Major Battles
The bloodiest single-day battle in American history.
What was Antietam?
The unlucky Union commander of the Army of the Potomac who always moved too slowly and exaggerated the size of his Confederate opponents' armies
Who was George B. McClellan?
This event started the American Civil War.
What was the firing on Fort Sumter?
Some disguised themselves to fight as soldiers. Others worked as spies or as hospital volunteers.
What were women's role in the Civil War?
The nickname used to identify Northern soldiers.
What was Billy Yank?
The first major land battle of the Civil War.
What was the first Battle of Bull Run?
The brilliant Confederate commander of the "Army of Northern Virginia".
Who was Robert E. Lee?
The major Naval warfare revolution of the American Civil War?
What was the introduction of ironclads (Monitor and Merrimac) OR combat submarines (The Hunley).
Some ran away. Others served in the Union army as soldiers or spies.
Who were African-Americans?
The nickname used to identify Confederate soldiers.
Who was Johnny Reb?
The final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the Civil War.
What was the Siege of Vicksburg?
Known as the "first modern general" with his "scorched earth" or total war policies?
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
The last official military event of the war in the East.
What was Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House?
Officially ended slavery during the Civil War. Was the first American president to be assassinated.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment to the United States Constitution officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude.
What is the Thirteenth Amendment?
A battle of much larger scale and numbers than the previous battle fought on the same ground.
What was the second Battle of Bull Run?
Accused of being a drunk by his superiors, later went on to win multiple victories in the West, and became the Union general in chief?
Who was Ulysses S. Grant?
The decree that freed all the slaves in the territory controlled by the Confederate states.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Served as the President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
The month and year the Civil War officially began.
What was April (12), 1861?
The decisive Confederate victory where southern troops on Marye's Heights slaughtered advancing waves of Union troops and Robert E. Lee said, "It is well that war is so terrible lest we grow too fond of it."
Fredericksburg
Was considered to be "one of the most gifted tactical commanders" in the history of the United States.
Who was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
The action Lincoln took that many considered to be unconstitutional.
What was the suspend the writ of Habeus Corpus
Battlefield nursing volunteer during the Civil War. Founded the American Red Cross after the war.
Who was Clara Barton?
The date the Civil War officially ended.
What was April (9), 1865?