Generals
This Confederate general, nickname "Stonewall," died after being shot by his own men during the Battle of Chancellorsville.
what is Tomas jackson
July 21, 1861. Va. (outside of D.C.) People watched battle. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson: Confederate general, held his ground and stood in battle like a "stone wall." Union retreated. Confederate victory. Showed that both sides needed training and war would be long and bloody
what is the first battle of bull run
what is the average age of a soldier in the civil war?
what is 21
A famous speech delivered by Abraham Lincolnon November 19, 1863, to dedicate a cemetery for Union soldiers killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
what is the gettysburg address
The name given to slave states that did not secede from the Union: Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri.
what is Border states
an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
what is Ulysses S. Grant
an 1862 Civil War battle in Virginia; one of the Union's worst defeats
what is the Battle of Fredericksburg
The Union strategy for defeating the Confederacy involved 3 parts
what is capturing richmond, seizing the missisipi, blockadeing southern ports
Where the Confederate troops were positioned during the battle of fredricksburg.
what is Marye's Heights
(v.) to free from slavery; to release or liberate
what is emancipate
Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
what is Robert E. Lee
A six week land and naval campaign lasting from May 18, 1863 - July 4, 1863, where Union General Ulysses S. Grant forced the surrender of Confederate soldiers occupying a town situated on a 200-foot bluff above the Mississippi River.
what is the siege of vicksburg
Who won the battle of antiam
what is Union, but both sides had major losses
An ultimatum given by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862, declaring if the rebels did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union before January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states would be free.
what is the Preliminary proclamation
A military operation in which enemy forces surround a town or building, cutting off essential supplies, with the goal of forcing a surrender from those inside.
what is a seige
Confederate general who attacked at Gettysburg with 15,000 soldiers that ended in failure
what is General George Pickett
Confederate forces suprised union troops & drove them across the Tennesee river; union got backup and won the battle but it was one of the most bloody battles in the civil war
what is Battle of shiloh
how many causities were there in the Battle of New Orleans
what is zero
A large gulf off the southeastern coast of North America
what is the gulf of Mexico/America
A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield.
what is trench warfare
Union general who helped end the Civil War by destroying the states of Virginia (most notably the Shenandoah Valley) and Tennessee
what is General Philip Sheridan
An 1863 Civil War battle in Virginia; important victory for the Confederacy.
what is the Battle of Chancellorsville
name five states/territories in the Army of the Potomac?
what is Cumberland, Georgia, Gulf, James, Mississippi, Ohio, Potomac, Shenandoah, Tennessee, Virginia
Who sent a letter to his mother about how gruesome the battle of bull run was?
what is Samuel english
a war where at least one side is mainly trying to defend itself from another
what is a defensive war