This newspaper journalist interviewed the soldiers.
Who was Horace Greeley?
100
Fought in once peaceful peach orchards and near a church in
April 1862, but one of the bloodiest single battles in U.S. history.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
100
This proclamation, issued officially January 1, 1863, freed
the slaves in all rebellious states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
100
Two-to-one ratio.
What is the ratio of death from disease as compared to battle wounds?
100
His second inaugural speech had several very memorable phrases in it. He said, “With malice toward none; with charity for all…let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the Nation’s wounds.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
200
First state to secede, or leave, the Union.
What is South Carolina?
200
This key southern port was captured by the Union Navy in April 1862.
What is New Orleans?
200
These two famous women worked as nurses and have been
called “angels of the battlefield”.
Who were Dorothea Dix and Clara Barton?
200
Book published just before the Civil War that told of the evils of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
200
The three-hour meeting took place
on Palm Sunday in Appomattox Court House, VA.
What is the surrender by Confederate General Robert E. Lee to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
300
The “first shots” of the Civil War were fired here.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
300
This “reverberated across the field at most battles, including
Second Bull Run,” to inspire and aid Confederate soldiers.
What was the Rebel Yell?
300
Lincoln hoped the Union would have this to show that the men who died at Gettysburg four and a half months earlier.
What is a "new birth of freedom"?
300
He was given command of all Union armies in March, 1864, by President Lincoln.
Who was U.S. Grant?
300
7:22 a.m. on April 15.
When was the death of the nations beloved president, Abraham Lincoln.
400
Civil War word for a quick retreat, usually in fear.
What is skedaddle?
400
Northerners called this battle Antietam (a nearby creek), Southerners named it after this nearby town.
What is Sharpsburg?
400
Both Vicksburg and Gettysburg ended nearly on this same often celebrated day.
What is July 4, 1863?
400
Sherman’s march devastated this Southern state—the heart of the Confederacy.
What is Georgia?
400
John Wilkes Booth
Who was Lincoln's assassin?
500
President Lincoln used this particular constitutional power or duty as he called out troops and made decisions about war strategy.
What is Commander-in-Chief?
500
After capturing New Orleans, the Union got control of this river.
What is the Mississippi?
500
Important organization founded to ensure the health and safety of Union soldiers.
What is the U.S. Sanitary Commission?
500
A sutler.
From whom did soldiers often buy writing materials?