Generals
He was the general of the Confederate army.
Who is Robert E. Lee
First battle of the War
What is the First Bull Run
A military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces.
What is the Anaconda plan
New invention that made the bullet spiral making it more accurate.
What is rifled-muskets
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with more than 51,000 casualties, including 7,863 dead. Battle deaths in the Civil War totaled nearly 215,000.
What is the battle of Gettysburg
He was the general of the Union
Who is Ulysses S Grant
A battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee.
What is Battle of Shiloh
Hard to move but deadly when fired, a tactic that would obliterate troops
What is Artillery
a firearm in which the cartridge or shell is inserted or loaded into a chamber integral to the rear portion of a barrel. Modern mass production firearms are breech-loading,
What is a breech loader
There is widespread disagreement among historians about the turning point of the American Civil War. A turning point in this context is an event that occurred during the conflict after which most modern scholars would agree that the eventual outcome was inevitable.
What is the Battle of GettysBurg
He fought in the battle of Rich Mountain
Who is George B. McClellan
Fought on May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of the Wilderness
This was used in 95% of amputations to help the patients
What is Anesthesia.
A single-barrel rifle capable of repeated discharges following a single ammunition reload, typically by having multiple cartridges stored in a magazine
What is are repeating weapons
With the end of the civil war America was
What is socialy divided but united
He was the general of the cavalry at Gettysburg
Who is George Armstrong Custer
Fought on December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fredericksburg
Another drug used in amputations
What is chloroform
It was patented on August 20, 1861 by William F. Ketchum, a mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., and was partially adopted in the Union Army. They were used in battles such as Vicksburg and Petersburg
What is The Ketchum Hand Grenade
Biggest change came after the war
What is the abolishment of Slavery
Stone Wall Jackson
Who is Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Fought on February 6, 1862, in western Middle Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. On February 4 and 5, Grant landed two divisions just north of Fort Henry on the Tennessee River.
What is the Battle of Fort Henry
This side sat back on the define for most of the war due to being out numbered.
What is the South
This is one of the best-known early rapid-fire spring loaded, hand cranked weapons and a forerunner of the modern machine gun and rotary cannon
What is the Gatling gun
This act produces the first wartime draft of U.S. citizens in American history. The act called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45, including aliens with the intention of becoming citizens, by April 1.
What is the Conscription act