Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Historical facts
Battles
Generals
100

What year did Abraham Lincoln's family move to Indiana?

1816

100

 What was the name of the attack that Lee organized and failed miserably at.

Pickett's Charge.

100

When was the battle of Fort Sumter? (name the exact date)

April 12, 1861

100

Who was the commanding commander of the southern army?

General Robert E. Lee.

200

What year did Lincoln's mother die, and what year did his father remarry?

1818 and 1819.

200

How many miles away was Gettysburg from Washington DC?  

About 80 miles.

200

Who is the famous American nurse who helped wounded soldiers?

Clara Barton.

200

 How many generals died at the battle of Gettysburg?

Nine generals died during the battle of Gettysburg

300

How many years of formal education did Lincoln have?    

Only one year.

300

 How many men died in the battle of Gettysburg? 

Over 48,000.

300

What was the final act that the union did that made the south surrender?

The north engaged in total war.

300

What school educated over 400 generals who later fought each other in the Civil War?

West Point.

400

 What war did Lincoln serve as a captain in?

The Black Hawk Wars.

400

How many Union men kept the South from gaining Little Round Top?  

365.

400

 What was the battle after Vicksburg?  

The Battle of Chickamauga. (September 19-20, 1863)

500

What county did Lincoln's father move his family to in 1830?

Macon County Illinois.

500

 What is the first sentence of the Gettysburg address?  

“Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition  that all men are created equal.”

500

What four diseases took the lives of lots of men? (name all four)

Malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, and pneumonia

500

 What is the final battle listed in the PDF  

The Battle of Bentonville (March 19-21, 1865)

500

 Who were the two commanders of the armies that fought in Perryville? Name one. 

Confederate commander Braxton Bragg and Union commander Don Carlos Buell.