Battles
First shots of the Civil War were fired at...
Fort Sumter, S.C.
President of the Union
Abraham Lincoln
Another name for the North
Union
Another name for the South
Confederacy
What was the Civil War over?
Slavery & States' Rights
Bloodiest battle at the time
Battle of Shiloh (TN)
President of the Confederacy during the war...
Jefferson Davis
These were steam ships which were covered with iron and converted into warships during the Civil
Ironclads
This strategy was used by the South to gain the support of Great Britian during the Civil War...
Cotton Diplomacy
This fort in South Carolina was attacked by the 54th Regiment of the Union Army
Fort Wagner
Bloodiest single day of the war which also led to the passing of the Emancipation Proclamation...
Battle of Antietam (MD)
Ulysses S. Grant
This was read by Abraham Lincoln after the bloodiest battle of the war, dedicating a portion of the battlefield to burying and memorializing those who gave their lives in the battle.
The Gettysburg Address
This was the strategy used by the North during the Civil War which involved surrounding and crushing the South...
Anaconda Plan
Sherman's March to the Sea
Bloodiest battle of the entire war
Battle of Gettysburg (PA)
Main general of the Confederacy...
Robert E. Lee
This document freed all slaves in rebelling states of the South, allowing them to come to the North to get jobs and join the military...
Emancipation Proclamation
This person was a Union soldier whose diary and writings helped us to understand the War from a soldier's perspective...
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
This was a method used by William Tecumseh Sherman to demoralize the South during his March to the Sea.
Total War
Where did the war end?
Appomattox Courthouse, VA
Famous Confederate general who was known for his bravery in combat and leadership skills.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Regiment of African American men who fought for the Union and led a charge on Fort Wagner.
54th Regiment
Another African American regiment who took part in the Battles of Franklin and Nashville, inspiring many other soldiers.
13th U.S. Colored Troops
ANOTHER name for the method used by Sherman on his March to the Sea.
Scorched Earth.