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Elected President of the United States in the 1860 Election
Abraham Lincoln
100
Civil war word for a quick retreat, usually in fear
Skedaddle
100
What the attack on Mayre's Heights in Fredericksburg was called
Massacre, slaughter
100
The proclamation that freed the slaves in the Confederate south
Emancipation Proclamation
100
Biggest killer of the Civil War
Disease
200
First state to secede the Union
South Carolina
200
Command of the Union army was first offered to him
Robert E. Lee
200
The key southern port captured by Admiral Farragut's Navy in April, 1862
New Orleans
200
Southern General that was shot by his own men and died at Chancellorsville
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
200
He was given command of all the Union armies in March, 1864
General Ulysses S. Grant
300
The number of states to secede the Union
11
300
The first shots of the Civil War were fired here
Fort Sumter
300
What is The two ironclads that battled it out at Hampton Roads
Merrimac and the Monitor
300
The victory at Vicksburg did this to the Confederacy
Split the South
300
Twenty-five days, 250 miles from Atlanta to the Sea
Sherman's March
400
The Senator that ran against Lincoln in the 1860 election
Stephen Douglas
400
The first major pitched battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run
400
McClellan had a copy of these in his hands before the battle of Antietam, but moved to slow for them to do any good
Lee's Orders #191
400
Lee's second invasion into the North that was the turning point of the war
Gettysburg
400
The place Lincoln was assassinated
Ford's Theater
500
First and only President of the Confederacy
Jefferson davis
500
For a Civil War soldier this is necessary, often tedious, and always repetitious
Drill and practice
500
The bloodiest single day of battle
Antietam/Sharpsburg
500
Led a bayonet charge on Little Round Top to save the flank on day two of Gettysburg
Joshua Chamberlain
500
The only female to be hanged in the United States (part of the Lincoln conspirators)
Mary Suarrat