The Battlefield
The first battle of the Civil War, in which some civilian onlookers brought picnic baskets.
1st Battle of Bull Run/1st Battle of Manassas
Ship that runs through a blockade, usually to smuggle goods through a protected area.
Blockade Runners
Abraham Lincolns opponent in the election of 1864 and former Union general.
George McClellan
Place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
Appomattox Courthouse
Proclamation which stated that all slaves in states at war with the Union would be freed.
The Emancipation Proclamation
16th president of the United States. He was assassinated after the conclusion of the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
Battle fought because Confederate forces were looking for shoes. This three-day battle has the highest casualty rate in American history.
The Battle of Gettysburg
Prison in the South which had abysmal conditions and in which 13,000 prisoners of war died.
Andersonville
President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Jefferson Davis
Battle fought in Pennsylvania, which had the highest casualty count of any single day in American history.
The Battle of Antietam
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated at this place.
Ford's Theater
Union officer who was reported to have said, &%*# the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" at the attack on Mobile Alabama.
Farragut
Final Confederate city on the Mississippi river, which general Grant captured. The taking of this city split the Confederacy in two.
Vicksburg
City with the largest population in the South and located at the mouth of the Mississippi river, which was captured by the Union early in the war.
New Orleans
General Grant's right-hand man, who was given control of the western Union forces after Grants promotion.
William Tecumseh Sherman