Battles
The first land battle of the war saw a Confederate victory and showed both sides that this was going to be a long war.
What was the Battle of Bull Run
A popular Union General nicknamed, "Little Mac", he led the army in several major battles including Antietam. However, he frustrated Lincoln due to his lack of initiative.
Who was George "Beautiful Mustache" McClellan?
President of the United States and Leader of the Union (North)
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
A Civil War Nurse who founded the American Red Cross
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (or Clara Barton)
The first shots of the War were fired at?
What is Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina?
This battle is widely seen by historians as the turning point in the war (from a military standpoint) and was the bloodiest battle in American History.
What was the Battle of Gettysburg?
First general for the Union army in the west before becoming the commander of the Army of the Potomac. His tactics of relentless warfare gave him the nickname, "The Butcher".
Who was U.S. Grant?
Originally a Senator from Mississippi who became President of the Confederate States of America.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
She was a spy for the Confederacy (South). She wrote ciphered (secret code) messages to the Confederate forces and provided information about Union military plans.
Rose O'Neal Greenhow
This document freed slaves in the rebelling states but did not free them in the border states.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
This battle was the bloodiest day in American History and led to the Emancipation Proclamation
What was Antietam
The leader of the Confederate Army of North Virginia who successfully held off the Union between 1862 and 1865. However, his decision to invade the North backfired turning the tide in the Union's favor.
Who was General Robert E. Lee?
Who was Frederick Douglass?
After the Emancipation Proclamation, how many African Americans signed up to fight for the Union Army?
Between 180,000 and 200,000
Lee surrendered his army to Grant here in 1865, effectively ending the war.
What was Appomattox Court House?
This was the first battle between two ironclad ships.
What was Merrimack v. Monitor (Battle of Hampton Roads)?
Union General famous for his "March to the Sea"
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
Who ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864?
This unit was the first all-black regiment in American history and saw its first action at the battle of Fort Wagner.
What was the 54th Massachusett's Infantry Regiment?
This campaign saw the Union Army march from Atlanta to Savannah destroying railways, burning farms, and taking livestock to convince the Southerners to surrender.
What was "Sherman's March to the Sea"?
This battle helped the Union secure total control of the Mississippi River.
What was the Battle of Vicksburg?
Confederate general who gained the reputation of being "like a stonewall" at the battle of Bull Run. He dies later in the war due to friendly fire (his soldiers mistook him for a Union scout)
Who was Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson?
Lincoln's second Vice President who became President after Lincoln's assassination in April 1865...
Who was Andrew Johnson?
As "Franklin Flint Thompson" this woman participated in several battles that took place during the Maryland Campaign of 1862. She also claimed to have worked as a spy during the war
Sara Emma Edmonds
Due to shortages and inflation, a mob of mostly women, after protesting at the Capitol building, began ransacking and looting shops chanting “bread or blood.”
What was the Richmond Bread Riots?