Washington and Richmond are the capitols of what respectively?
What is the Union and the Confederacy.
100
This man said, "Mr. Lincoln, you will get no troops from North Carolina."
Who is John Ellis.
100
This Virginian was Lincoln's first choice to lead federal forces. He ultimately refused to draw his sword against his home state.
Who is Robert E. Lee.
100
The South never fully recovered after this, most northern battle. Days later, this key southern city on the Mississippi River also fell.
What is Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
100
This actor was responsible for the fatal shot from a .44 caliber Derringer pistol that killed President Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth.
200
This is where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter, SC.
200
This native of the Reems Creek section of Buncombe County was North Carolina's Civil War Governor.
Who is Zebulon Baird Vance.
200
This man had failed at everything except war. He was responsible for the Anaconda Plan along with the Union victories at Vicksburg and Shiloh.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant.
200
Name three advantages the North had over the South.
What are experienced government, larger population, better transportation, more industry, or trade with foreign countries.
200
Lincoln was going to be this to the South during Reconstruction?
What is forgiving, sympathetic, supportive, etc.
300
This is the first land battle of the Civil War.
What is First Manassas or Bull Run.
300
North Carolina lost 40,000 men in the Civil War. This compared in what way to other states?
What is the most.
300
This eccentric professor of artillery at the Virginia Military Institute went on to become Lee's right hand man. He gains his heroic nickname at First Manassas.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.
300
The last Confederate troops surrender at this small farm outside of Durham, NC.
What is the Bennett Farm.
300
This Union raid stormed through Western North Carolina at the very end of the Civil War. During this raid, Confederate troops stopped Union forces from entering the Swannanoa Valley in the Swannanoa Gap.
What is Stoneman's Raid.
400
This battle is infamous for the bloodiest day in American history.
What is Antietam or Sharpsburg.
400
This fort protected North Carolina's only deep water port. It was also the last major port to fall under union control. Known as the "Gibraltar of the South."
What is Fort Fisher.
400
This Union General led his infamous "March to the Sea." On this march, the cities of Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah, Charleston, and Columbia were devastated by "Total War" tactics.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman.
400
The 9 1/2 month siege of this Virginia town ended in a Union victory that further solidified the Confederacy's decline. Also noted for "The Crater."
What is Petersburg.
400
This Raleigh native was Lincoln's 2nd Vice President. After serving for only 6 weeks he assumed the Presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Who is Andrew Johnson.
500
This was the largest battle of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg.
500
May 20, 1861 represents what day for North Carolinian's?
What is the day North Carolina seceded from the Union.
500
Lincoln referred to this Union General as having "A case of the slows." This man would ultimately run against Lincoln in the Presidential election of 1864.
Who is George McClellan.
500
This small courthouse served as the site of General Robert E. Lee's surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9, 1865.
What is Appomattox Courthouse.
500
Following a Union victory at Antietam, on January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issues this, freeing the slaves in all states of rebellion.