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Abraham Lincoln
Civil War This & That
Homer P. Figg
100

What is the "snake name" of the Union naval blockade?

The "Anaconda" Plan

100

Cannons and mortars are part of what military unit?

Artillery

100

Lincoln signed what law on the first day of 1863?

Emancipation Proclamation

100

Who was the president of the CSA?

Jefferson Davis

100

What was Homer's brother's first name?

Harold

200

What was the largest battle of the Civil War?

Battle of Gettysburg
200

This was a slang term for the Confederacy.

Dixie

200

What holiday did Lincoln make law in 1863?

Thanksgiving

200

This person was the general who lost Gettysburg and led his troops back to the South.

Gen Robert E Lee

200

Complete the song lines...

The Union forever! ____, boys, ____!

Hurrah, hurrah

300

Who won the battle for the fort in Vicksburg, Mississippi?

Union - The North

300

The process of instructing recruits how to march is called ____.

Drill

300

What is the last word of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech?

Earth

300

The Emancipation Proclamation freed enslaved people in what states?

The South - The Confederacy

300

What kind of vegetable soup did Homer eat at the camp while looking for his brother?

Potato

400

In what Northern city were there 3 days of draft riots?

New York City

400

An attack against the flank of the enemy's army is called ____. 

Envelopment

400

Lincoln's draft law called for men between what ages to serve in the army?

20-45 years old

400

This was the month in which Gettysburg was fought.

July

400

What job did Mr. Jonathan Griswold have?

Newspaper reporter

500

Which Confederate general died after the rebel victory at Chancellorsville?

Gen. Stonewall Jackson

500

Another word for skedaddle

Desertion

500

What was Lincoln's son's nickname?

Tad

500

This person was the general who led his soldiers to victory for control of the fort in Vicksburg.

General Ulysses S. Grant

500

Who was Reginald Robertson Crockett?

Professor Fleabottom