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Before the war he was a professor. He showed great skill at both Battles of Bull Run, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Fredricksburg, and Chancellorsville. At Chancellorsville he was accidentally fired at by some confederate troops. 

Who is Tomas Jonathan ”Stonewall” Jackson

100

He fought in the Mexican-American War. He resigned from the U.S. Army in 1854, but went on to offer his services to the Union Army in 1861. He served two terms as president.  

Who is Ulysses S. Grant.

100

The first battle. No body considered it serious they had picnics while it happened.

What isThe Battle of Bull Run

100

The Emancipation Proclamation 

What is September 22, 1862

100

She was an abolitionist  born a slave and ran away in 1849. She joined The Underground Railroad as a conductor and helped over 300 people escape to the north.

Who is Harriet Tubman

200

He was the top student at the West Point military academy. He was in the U.S. Army 36 years before the Civil War.  He was Against slavery and secession, but he came from Virginia so he joined the confederate cause. 

Who is Robert E. Lee

200

As a young man he attended the U.S. military Acasino at West Point. After graduating in 1840 he served in the army 13 years. He later became a leader of a Military college in Louisiana. When Louisiana seceded he turned to the north.     

Who is William Tecumseh Sherman.

200

Confederate General Robert E. Lee tried to invade Maryland, but Union General George B. McClellan was sent to stop him. neither side won.

What is The Battle of Antietam 

200

Southern states form Confederate States of America  

What is 1861

200

She was a confederate nurse when the war began and turned a large house in Richmond Virginia into a hospital. She was also an officer in the confederate Calvary.    

Who Is Sally Tompkins

300

President of the Confederate States of America. 

Who is Jefferson Davis.

300

He was the president of the union and wrote the emancipation proclamation.

Who is Abraham Lincoln. 

300

General Grant wanted to fight the confederate’s army of Northern Virginia. Fighting was fierce but inconclusive, as both sides attempted to maneuver in the dense woods. 

What is The Battle of The Wilderness.

300

The Battle of Gettysburg

what is July 1-3 1863

400

was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and was the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse". He served under Lee as a corps commander for most of the battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the eastern theater, and briefly with Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the western theater.

Who is James Longstreet

400

He was a union general and in 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley.

Who is Philip Sheridan.

400

General Lee received approval to invade the north. General George Gordon Meade met him on July 30. The battle had the highest rate of casualty. 

what is the battle of Gettysburg. 

400

President Lincoln is killed 

what is April 14, 1865

500

American military officer who served in the United States Army and the Union army as a major general in command of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He fought in many of the key battles of the eastern theater and defeated the ConfederateArmy of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Who is George Meade

500

General Grant sent his army army to the  spotsylvania courthouse, unknown to him confederates were also marching there. 

What is The Battle Of Spotsylvania Court House.

500

Union General Willam T. Sherman‘s march to sea

what is Autumn 1864