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President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Where is Charleston?
War measure by Lincoln declaring that all slaves in "rebelling states" were freed.
What is the Emancipation Proclimation?
This caused South Carolina and much of the Deep South to secede.
What is the election of Abraham Lincoln?
The years of the Civil War.
When is 1861-1865?
Confederate General who fired on Fort Sumter.
Who is P.G.T. Beauregard?
The Battle of Antietam occurred in this state.
What is Maryland?
Nickname for Winfield Scott's strategic plan to defeat the Confederacy?
What is the Anaconda Plan?
First pitched Battle of the War. Located outside D.C.
What is First Battle of Bull Run?
Name for the military strategy that includes all resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets and mobilizes all of the resources of society to fight the war
What is Total War?
Grant's right hand commander, known for the Atlanta Campaign.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln were born miles apart in this state.
What is Kentucky?
The name for the region of states that contains Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware?
What are the Border States?
The North's first major offensive against the South devised by McClellan to land ships at the mouth of the James River to march on Richmond.
What is the Peninsula Campaign?
John Brown wanted to raid this building at Harpers Ferry.
What is a federal armory?
Lincoln's Vice President in the 1864 Election.
The siege of this railroad town near Richmond by Grant ultimately led to surrender of the Confederacy.
What is Petersburg?
Last effort of legislation to attempt to keep Union together; passed by House and Senate but never ratified by the states.
What is the Corwin Amendment?
This battle took place at Bobby Jones Golf Course.
What is the Battle of Peachtree Creek?
Approximate number of deaths on the 6 week March to the Sea.
What is 3,000?
President before Lincoln who famously did not act when the southern states seceded.
Who is James Buchanan?
Home estate of Robert E. Lee.
What is Arlington?
Name of the new type of bullet for muzzle-loading rifles, named after its French inventor.
What is minié ball?
Name for the Battle of the Merrimac and Monitor.
What is the Battle of Hampton Roads?
Name of the hill courageously held by Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and his Maine Militia at the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is Little Round Top?