Famous Generals
This general led the charge against the Union at the battle of Gettysburg.
Who is General George Pickett?
This battle was the turning point of the war.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
This is the year the war started.
What is 1861?
Which General surrendered at Appomattox Court House to end the war?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was Lincoln's goal with the Civil War.
What is to keep the country united?
This General defeated the Confederates at Vicksburg.
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
In this battle, General Grant lay siege for 48 days until he won.
What is the battle at Vicksburg?
This is the year that the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg were fought.
What is 1863?
This is what happened in the South as a result of the war.
What is many towns, farms, and industries were ruined?
This is Lincoln's famous speech.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This General tore through Georgia burning everything in his path.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
This battle was fought in Georgia by William T. Sherman. This campaign brought total devastation throughout Georgia and earned a famous name.
What is "Sherman's March to the Sea"?
This is the year the war ended.
What is 1865?
Grant wanted this to start right away.
This is how Lincoln opened his speech at Gettysburg.
What is "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation."
This General fought for the South. He was a kind and polite man. He used strategy rather than brute force.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This city was under siege by General William T. Sherman.
What is Atlanta?
This is the date that Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House.
What is April 9, 1865?
Southerners could keep these after the war.
What are their personal weapons and horses.
Lincoln was giving the Gettysburg Address because of this. This is what the battlefield becamse.
What is a national cemetery?
This General was aggressive and relentless. He fought in the Mexican American war. He fought for the North.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
This is the village where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to bring an end to the Civil War.q
What is Appomattox Court House?
This is the date (month, day, and year) that Lincoln actually died.
What is April 15, 1865?
Due to the number of lives and the devastation of the South, the Civil War is known as this.
What is the most destructive war in our history?
This is the person who shot President Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?