Battles of the Civil War
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
The President of the Union during the American Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
A battle considered as the turning point of the American Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Capital of the Union during the American Civil War.
Washington, D.C
During this speech after a battle in Pennsylvania, Abraham Lincoln declared, "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom".
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Bloodiest day in American history
What is the Battle of Antietam?
General of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This document transformed the purpose of the war from fighting for a united union to freeing slaves.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Capital of the Confederacy by the end of the American Civil War
What is Richmond, Virginia?
This declaration freed slaves in the Confederate-held territories, stating, "I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The battle that marked the start of the Civil War
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
President of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This document was found by the 27th Indiana Infantry, and revealed the movements of General Lee's troops for the coming weeks.
What is Special Orders 191?
The final hold-out that allowed the Union total control of the Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?
After Abraham Lincoln is voted President for the second time, he said, "Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash, shall be paid by another drawn with the sword..." in this speech.
What is Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address?
First battle between two ironclads, ended in a draw.
What is the Battle of Hampton Roads?
Regarded as the best General of the Army that the Union had
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
The Infantry that ran down Little Round Top with their bayonets to protect other Union soldiers during the Battle of Gettysburg
What is the 20th Maine Infantry?
What is Tennessee?
Jefferson Davis once said, "I was remarking that we are passing through one of the greatest revolutions in the annals of the world. Seven States have within the last three months thrown off an old government and formed a new." in this speech.
What is the Cornerstone Speech?
What is the Battle of Ball's Bluff?
Founder of the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
The shape that Union troops formed at the Battle of Gettysburg
What is a fish hook?
First Capital of the Confederacy
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
In this address, Abraham Lincoln (somewhat ironically) pondered, "Now, my friends, can this country be saved upon that basis? If it can, I will consider myself one of the happiest men in the world if I can help to save it. If it can't be saved upon that principle, it will be truly awful. But, if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle---I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than to surrender it."
What is Address at Independence Hall?