This was the bloodiest/deadliest 3 day battle of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
100
Was this # president of the United States.
What is 16th?
100
Total amount of soldiers that died during the Civil War
What is 620,000.
100
President of the United States of America.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
April 12, 1861 : started the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
200
This was the bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War.
What is Antietam?
200
Originally believed the war would last less than __ days
What is 90?
200
Number one cause of death during the Civil War
What is sickness (disease)?
200
President of the Confederate States of America
Who is Jefferson Davis?
200
July 1-3, 1863 : turning point in the war. South realizes they cannot invade the North
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
300
This piece of technology allowed for soldiers and supplies to move from one area to the next, allowing for reinforcements to be available to fight in battle.
What is the railroad?
300
Wrote this document that freed the slaves in rebel states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
300
Reason why some children under the age of 16 enlisted in the Confederate army
They needed soldiers and were not strict about checking their ages.
300
Confederate Leader of the Army of Northern Virginia, was originally loyal to the Union, but chose to join the Confederacy when Virginia seceded from the Union
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
300
November 15 - December 21, 1864 : General Sherman’s march from Savannah, to Atlanta, which resulted in the complete destruction of cities and crumbling of the southern economy
What is the March to Sea?
400
An important field nurse that helped organize hospitals and eventually create the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
400
Famous speech that was given at the dedication of America’s first National Cemetery.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
This army had an advantage due to its trained generals and their military experience.
What is the Confederate army?
400
Union leader of that negotiated the peace terms with Robert E. Lee to end the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
April 9, 1865 : Lee surrenders to General Grant in Virginia to end the Civil War
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
500
This piece of technology was essential in getting information sent behind enemy lines quickly, and with little chance of messages being intercepted.
What is the telegraph?
500
This man was Lincoln's top competitor for the Election of 1860, and had run against him - and won - the Senate seat in Illinois several years earlier.
Who is Stephen Douglas?
500
Most soldiers in the Civil War were between the ages of __ and __.
What is 16 and 23.
500
Union leader that was known for his brutal ‘total war’ tactics and for fighting in the west.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
500
July 21, 1861 : Union attempts to capture the railroad junction in Manassas, Virginia. The Union realizes defeating the Confederacy will not be easy.