1861
This attack marked the start of the Civil War.
What is the Siege of Fort Sumter?
This battle, on Sept. 17th 1862, remains the bloodiest single day in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This battle represented another attempted Union invasion by the Confederacy. The Union victory is considered the turning point of the war.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
“I take possession of this town in the name of the Confederate States of America" was said at this event.
What was the St. Albans Raid?
This U.S. president issued the Thanksgiving Proclamation.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This was the first official battle of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Bull Run / Manassas ?
This general had to make the decision whether to lead the Union of Confederate army.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
Originally patented & built in 1863, this "fishboat" represents the first-ever submarine used in war.
What was the Hunley Submarine?
These two people ran for president in 1864.
Who were Abraham Lincoln & George McClellan?
This holiday was created in 1966 in order to give African Americans a connection to the cultures in Africa that they had been stolen from.
What is Kwanzaa?
Name 6 of the states that seceded and joined the Confederacy.
What were South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina?
William Scott, who became known as the Sleeping Sentinel, originated from this town...
What is Groton, VT.
This was the name of the event on NYE, wherein Freed Black people and abolitionists waited until the stroke of midnight to celebrate the Emancipation Proclamation taking effect in 1963.
What was Watch Night?
The Overland Campaign was led by this Union general, who was finally a strategic match for General Lee.
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
These two famous Christmas texts were written in the 1800s.
What were "Twas the Night Before Christmas" and "A Christmas Carol"?
What was senators and spectators having picnics and watching?
This general led the Union forces to start the war. His lack of pursuit after the Battle of Antietam would get him eventually fired by Lincoln.
Who was General George McClellan?
This document included the line, "this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."
What was the Gettysburg Address?
This general led a march through the Southern States, including his famous March To the Sea through Georgia.
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
Civil War cartoonist Thomas Nash created the iconic depictions of this uniquely American holiday figure.
Who was Santa Claus?
Elmer Ellsworth, the first person killed in the Civil War, was the leader of this small touring militia.
What were the Zouave Cadets?
This battle included 14 charges against a stonewall and resulted in a significant Union loss that affected the war effort psychologically.
What was the Battle of Fredericksburg?
The Emancipation Proclamation specifically enacted these 3 things.
What were: freed enslaved people in the Confederacy, the US military would enforce this, and allowed Black men to join the Union military?
Generals Grant & Sherman were waging total war against the Confederates in order to run out their supplies. This strategy is called a war of...
What is attrition?
These two Pagan holidays inspired part of the traditions celebrated at Christmas.
What are Yule and Saturnalia?