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William Sherman declared this landmark the "spinal column of America?.
What is the Mississippi River?
This law allowed rich southern planters to avoid going to war.
What was the Twenty-Negro Law?
He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play with his wife.
Who is the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln?
Onlookers realized war was no "picnic" when Stonewall Jackson gained victory over the over confident and unprepared Union army.
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
This man took the first photographs of the horrors of war.
Who was Mathew Brady?
The Yankees were going to attack the south by squeezing them with the battle tactic of blockading ports, controlling the Mississippi and capturing the Confederate capital of Richmond.
What was the Anaconda Plan?
At the Second Battle of Bull Run Confederate J.E.B. Stuart raided this man's headquarters.
Who was General John Pope?
Lincoln and his VP running mate, Andrew Johnson, ran against whom in the election of 1864?
Who was George B. McClellan?
This battle attack resulted in huge losses for the Confederates at the Battle of Gettysburg.
What was Picket's Charge?
Lincoln stated "I cannot spare this man. He fights." about this famous Union general who captured Southern forts along the Mississippi.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
Some union men avoided the draft by paying these people to fight in their place.
What are recent Immigrants?
Losses of these things devastated the south after the war.
Innovations such as ironclad ships, aerial balloons and telegraphs made the War Between the States the first of its kind.
What is Modern War?
Union General Irvin McDowell suffered an embarrassing defeat at this battle.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run or Manassas?
This famous Confederate commander replaced Joseph Johnston and made some offensive battle maneuvers into Northern territory, eventually being defeated at the Battle of Gettysburg and surrendering in Appomattox Courthouse.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
New Orleans fell to Union forces due to the effort of this Union Admiral.
Who was David Farragut?
The South won the battle here, but they shot their own Commander, Stonewall Jackson who had his arm amputated and later died from the wound.
What is Chancellorsville?
Lincoln replaced George McClellan with this Union general.
These two ironclad warships ended battle with a tie.
What was the Monitor and the Virginia?
This famous Union Commander was ordered to make the Shenandoah valley a "barren waste".
Who was General Philip Sheridan?
This famous Union Commander had orders to "forage liberally" on his "March to the Sea"?
Who was William T. Sherman?
For six weeks the Union army shelled this town until food became so scarce, people were eating rats and family pets.
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?
Lincoln wanted to preserve the Union and reduce distrust between the states by dealing with them kindly after the war, however he did have to employ this battle tactic first in order to win.
What was Total War?
After finding a note in a cigar wrapper, the Union victory at this battle allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation proclamation which freed slaves in the rebel states if they kept fighting. This gave slaves encouragement to leave their masters, blacks the opportunity to join the Union army, the North a greater incentive to continue the fight and prevented Britain from joining the confederates in the fight against the North.
What was the Battle of Antietam?
This Confederate general is famous for leading the shortest, deadliest charge of the war.
Who was General George Pickett?