Battles of Civil War | Military Men | Locations and Geography | technology and numbers | Politics and Politicians |
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What is First Battle of Bull Run/ Manasas
Battle that took place in Manasas Virginia
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What is Robert E. Lee
Confederate Military Leader during Civil War
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What is The Army of the Potomac
The name of the army that primarily operating outside of Washington DC
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What is Ironclad
Iron plated steam powered warship
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What is a Confederacy
Form of government in which the authority belongs to the states
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What is Antietam
Battle that is also called Sharpsburg
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What is Abraham Lincoln
A man who lead the nation through the Civil War and was assassinated in 1865.
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What is Seminary Ridge and Cemetery Ridge
The two ridges that were key landforms in the battle of Gettysburg.
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What is greenbacks
Paper money issued by the US starting in the Civil War
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What is Jefferson Davis
Only president of the Confederate states
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What is Battle of Gettysburg
Battle with close to 50,000 total casualties
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What is William Sherman
Led his army through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah destroying everything in their path.
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What is Richmond Virginia
The capital of the Confederacy
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What is Rifling
name of grooves in rifles causing bullets to spin
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What is Washington DC
Capital of the north in which the First Battle of Manassas occurred
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What is Battle of Shiloh
Battle that allowed Grant to begin a massive operation in Mississippi a year later.
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What is George Pickett
Led a charge in battle of Gettysburg in which close to 500 men were killed.
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What is Fort Sumter
A Fort in the Harbor of Charleston which the Confederates attacked to start the war.
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What is 6 years
The length of a Confederate presidential term
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What is Gettysburg Adress
Speech by Abraham Lincoln which dedicated the military cemetery at Gettysburg
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What is Battle of Vicksburg
This battle was fought so that the Union could secure control of the Mississippi river.
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What is John Crittenden
Kentucky senator who proposed the Crittenden compromise
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What is Tennessee
State in which the battle of Shiloh occurred
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What is 3,000
Total deaths at the first battle of Bull Run
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What is Total War
State of war in which the government doesn't makes no difference between military and civilian targets, and uses all resorces
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