They Won This Battle
This is the reason why after marching through Atlanta to Savannah, General Sherman went to North Carolina
Why is because North Carolina was the first state to secede?
This is what would most likely happen to deserters of the war
What is they would be hanged?
He was Lincoln's number one general
Who is General Ulysses Grant?
This is approximately how many black soldiers ended up fighting for the Union?
What is about 200,000?
This is who killed Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
This is why Confederate General Robert E. Lee's victory at Chancellorville against Union General Hooker was so surprising
Why is because General Hooker had twice as many men as Lee?
This is why President Lincoln was so adamant that Richmond, Virginia be taken from the Confederacy?
Why is because it was the Confederacy’s capital?
This Confederate general fought against Union General Sideburn at Fredericksburg
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This was Union General Sherman’s strategy in Atlanta
What is to march through Atlanta and tear up railroads, burn farms, and destroy communication lines and also to liberate thousands of slaves?
This is where Lincoln was killed
What is at Ford's theater?
This is who finally won at Vicksburg and the reason it was so important
Who is the Union and why is because they now controlled the Mississippi River?
This was a nurse who did crucial work during the Civil War
Who is Clara Barton?
This Union General took over Atlanta
Who is General Sherman?
Though the Confederacy was doing well militarily, These were three of the problems they were having?
What is that their economy was crumbly, riots were happening in Richmond, Virginia, and their supplies were dwindling?
This Amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This is why the Confederates were able to win at Fredericksburg?
What is because when General Sideburn’s troops got there, the pontoon boats they needed to cross the River arrived too soon and therefore they had to camp on the other side of the river which gave the Confederates time to prepare.
This is who killed Confederate General Stonewall Jackson and why
What is because the Confederate troops didn’t recognize him because it was dark and so they shot him?
This is the Confederate general who surrendered to Union General Sherman in Bennett Place, North Carolina?
Who is General Johnson?
This is why troops from both sides would sometimes call truces
Why is so they could recover the wounded men and also so they could trade with each other?
This is the speech that Lincoln gave at the opening ceremony for the National Cemetery at Gettysburg
What is The Gettysburg Address?
Even Though Union General Rosecrans beat Confederate General Braxton Bragg in Tennessee, he underwent a Confederate siege here
What is Chattanooga?
This was the most significant battle of the Civil War
What is the Battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
This Confederate general surrendered to Union General Grant at Appomattox court on April 9,1865
Who is Confederate General Robert E. Lee?
This is why on June 1863 the Confederate General Robert E. Lee wanted cross north and threaten Washington D.C.
Why is because with supplies so low he knew that the longer the war lasted, the worse their chance would be to win?
This is when the Amendment abolishing slavery was passed
What is January 1865?