Class Quotes
The average age of most soldiers during the Civil War
18-30
One, of the two, Confederate military geniuses
Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson
a gun with a grooved barrel
rifle
the first professional baseball team in america
Red Stockings (Red Sox)
this killed more soldiers than bullets
disease
They won the First Battle of Bull Run
Confederates
a warship, covered in armor
ironclad
the piece of equipment most early baseball players lacked
gloves
They were NOT allowed to serve in the army, at first
African Americans
The Confederate Capital was located here
Richmond
slave states that remained in the Union during the Civil War
Border States
what metal civil war bullets were made of
lead
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
Fort Sumter
The Confederate loss at Antietam allowed Lincoln to issue the _____ Proclamation
Emancipation
a law requiring certain people to enlist in the army
draft
the last state to join the Union... its capital is Honolulu
Hawaii
The first modern bullet was called this
Minie Ball
This side was fighting a defensive war, that is, most of the battles were fought in its territory
Confederates (South)
the side or edge of a military formation
flank
during the Revolutionary War, you were considered a good shot if you could hit THIS at 50 yards
a barn (building)