Civil War People
Was president at the time of the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
This battle means "place of peace" in Hebrew
was the first union general
Irwin McDowell
The Civil War officially began here
Fort Sumter
The north named the battles after the nearest ________ and the south named the battles after the nearest _________
North: river
South: town
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson got his name during this first land battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Given the opportunity to lead the Union army but turned it down because "He could not betray his state"
Robert E. Lee
The capital of the south was located in what city
Richmond
The Unions plan to surround the Confederacy on all sides,blocking all imports and denying all exports
The Anaconda Plan
Supreme court case ruled that slaves are not US citizens after this free slave sued for his and his families freedom.
Dred Scott
The single bloodiest day in American history
Battle of Antietam
Removed from command for failing to pursue Lee's army after the battle of Antietam
Who is George B. McClellan
Location of the surrender and end of the war
Appomattox Courthouse
the era that was shaped by the effort to rebuild the south after the war
Reconstruction
John Brown
Turning point of the war where Lee lost 1/2 of his denfenses
Gettysburg
A battle fought in this Tennessee city where the state fell completely under the Union army and the door opened to the Deep South
Chattanooga
Army seeks to destroy not only the soldiers but the means to supply them
Total War
General who was later President and his term was stained with corruption like whiskey ring, salary grab, etc.
Grant
This battle was the one that killed Stonewall Jackson
Battle of Chancellorsville
This general was nicknamed the creeper
George McClellan
The battle was named for a general who died in a battle on Kingston Pike that gave the Union enough time to complete the fort’s construction.
General William Sanders - Fort Sanders
When the Confederates arrived, the Union was ready, and they defeated the 813 Confederate soldiers in a battle that lasted only 20 minutes and resulted in only 13 Union casualties.
Group were small but vocal and pushed Congress to protect the newly freed slaves and prescribe strict rules for the South
Radical Republicans