Civil War Battles
These first shots of the Civil War were fired at this harbor fort in South Carolina on April 12, 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
This Confederate general's left arm was buried at Ellwood Plantation, while the rest of him was interred at the Virginia Military Institute.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
This "conductor" on the Underground Railroad was known as "Moses" for leading over 300 enslaved people to freedom.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This city in Virginia served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for most of the war.
What is Richmond?
To join the army, a recruit had to have at least two opposing front teeth so they could bite open these paper-wrapped gunpowder containers.
Fought in Maryland, this 1862 conflict remains the bloodiest single day in American military history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This 16th President of the United States delivered the Gettysburg Address and signed the Emancipation Proclamation.
After escaping from slavery, this orator wrote a famous autobiography and became a key advisor to President Lincoln.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
Control of this river was a primary Union goal to split the Confederacy in half and cut off their supply lines.
What is the Mississippi River?
After a rainy 1862 battle, soldiers noticed their wounds literally glowed in the dark; those with "Angel’s Glow" actually healed faster due to bioluminescent bacteria.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
This three-day 1863 battle in Pennsylvania is widely considered the major turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This West Point graduate turned down an offer to lead the Union Army, choosing instead to lead the Army of Northern Virginia for the Confederacy.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This author's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was so influential that Lincoln reportedly called her "the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
This town in Pennsylvania was the site of the war’s largest battle, primarily because several major roads intersected there.
What is Gettysburg?
This farmer had the war start in his front yard at Bull Run and end in his parlor at Appomattox after he moved to get away from the fighting.
: Who is Wilmer McLean?
This 1863 siege effectively split the Confederacy in two by giving the Union control of the Mississippi River.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
After failing as a farmer and a tanner, this man rose to become the General-in-Chief of all Union armies by 1864.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This radical abolitionist led a famous raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry in 1859, hoping to start an armed slave revolt.
Who is John Brown?
This strategic "Gibraltar of the Confederacy" sat on a high bluff overlooking a sharp bend in the Mississippi River.
What is Vicksburg?
This Union General, who shared a name with the Confederate President, was often a source of confusion for troops on the battlefield.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant at this specific Virginia location.
: What is Appomattox Court House?
This former U.S. Senator from Mississippi served as the first and only President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This publisher of The Liberator newspaper was a co-founder of the American Anti-Slavery Society and famously burned a copy of the Constitution in protest.
Who is William Lloyd Garrison?
General Sherman’s "March to the Sea" began in this Georgia railroad hub and ended at the port city of Savannah.
What is Atlanta?
After the war, the U.S. government turned this Confederate General's confiscated estate into Arlington National Cemetery.
Who is Robert E. Lee?