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This infamous actor assassinated Abraham Lincoln in Ford's Theater.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The most famous battle of the war, named for a town in Pennsylvania where General Meade was able to halt Lee's Confederate advance.
What is The Battle of Gettysburg?
Winfield Scott's strategy to defeat the Confederacy during the War for Southern Independence. It called for blockading the South's coasts and rivers, and cutting off its supply lines.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This major Southern city, depicted in Gone with the Wind, was burned to the ground by Sherman's soldiers.
What is Atlanta, Georgia?
During this battle, The Union army was routed in front of picnicking spectators from Washington, D.C., and politicians and generals on both sides were left to acknowledge the possibility that the war would last longer than they had thought.
What is the Battle of First Manassas or "Bull Run"?
This famous Union General, rallied his fellow Southern Illinoisans to the Union cause
This bloody battle, ironically named for a nearby church whose name means "peace", marks a significant turning point in the Western Theater of the war by allowing the Union to advance further into the Confederate interior.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
______ War is where all the resources of a society are mobilized to fight the war, and the distinction between combatants and non-combatants blurs, with any and all resources and infrastructure considered legitimate targets.
What is Total War?
In all, this many states officially seceded from the union.
What is 11?
The State Motto of Virgina, shouted by Lincoln's assassin in Latin reads "Sic Semper Tyrannis" translated into english means this:
What is "Death to Tyrants?"
This Union General cut a fiery swath from Georgia through the Carolinas in his infamous march to the sea, leading to thousands of civilian casualties and destruction of property.
Who is William T. Sherman?
The first major battle of the War for Southern Independence ended in a massive defeat for the Union; Here Thomas Jackson earned the nickname, "Stonewall Jackson"
What is The Battle of First Manassas or "Bull Run"?
Lincoln issued _______ as an emergency war measure to provide a mythical righteous cause in order to justify the war in the eyes of the public after the Battle of Antietam.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at this Courthouse:
What is Appomatox Courthouse?
Ulysses S. Grant earns the nickname "_______ ________" due to his refusal to accept surrender terms other than complete capitulation at Fort Donelson.
What is "Unconditional Surrender?"
This Virginian General commanded the army of Northern Virginia, and was considered by Teddy Roosevelt to be "the very greatest of all the great captains that the English-speaking peoples have brought forth."
Who is Robert E. Lee?
More Americans died in 12 hours at this battle than the American Revolution, The War of 1812, and The Mexican-American War combined.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Frank Metcalf and forty-four men from the southern tip of the Illinois, mostly from Marion, were recruited from Jackson and Williamson County, and joined the Confederacy as Company G, "The _______ Company", of the 15th Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry.
What is Illinois?
Lt. Col. Nathan Bedford Forrest, disgusted with the Confederate decision to surrender this fort, takes his cavalrymen and evades union forces in a daring escape down the Charlotte Road, earning him the nickname, “Wizard of the Saddle”
What is Fort Donelson?
Finish this quote by William T. Sherman:
“War is at best barbarism. Its glory is all moonshine… war is ____.”
What is, "war is hell?"
The last confederate general to surrender was __________
Who was Chief Stand Watie of the Cherokee?
After this battle in 1865, Lee's lines were stretched thin and were gradually encircled at Appomatox.
What is the Battle of Five Forks?
Just War Theory expounds on Christian conduct "Jus Ad Bellum" and "Jus in Bello"
What do these terms mean?
"Jus Ad Bellum" = Just cause for war
"Jus In Bello"= Lawful conduct during war
Though McClellan technically won the battle of Antietam, he was fired because of the negative press that the battle produced. What innovative technology brought the bloody reality of war into public attention?
The governor of this state replied to Lincoln's request for troops:
"I can be no party to this wicked violation of the law of the country, and to this war upon the liberties of a free people. You can get no troops from [here]".
What is North Carolina?