Battles

Question 1

Shiloh

Answer 1

Hornets nest - Ben Prentiss

Question 2

Antietam

Answer 2

Emancipation proclamation - bloody lane, burnsides bridge, cornfield

Question 3

Fredericksburg

Answer 3

Northern lights appeared over the battlefield - confederates felt that God was celebrating a confederate victory.

Question 4

Chancellorsville

Answer 4

Pyrrhic victory - you win but the cost is too great - Stonewall Jackson died from his wounds - Lee divides his forces

Question 5

Vicksburg

Answer 5

“Prairie dog” town - confederate a lived in underground caves and were starving

Question 6

Women in the civil war

Answer 6

Mary Anne Bickerdike “Mother Bickerdike”

Mary Livermore raised thousands of dollars and sent food to the needy

(Nurses)

Clara Barton Union army nurse

Dally Tompkins confederate nurses help

Dr. Mary Edwards Walker first female doctor in the army

Question 7

Cold Harbor VA

Answer 7

Attack Lee wherever he is

Question 8

Sherman’s March GA

Answer 8

Total war, general Sherman’s goal was to destroy the will of the confederacy

Question 9

1st bull run

Answer 9

Great skadaddle Crowd watches from nearby hills - the Union soldiers stop to pick up souvenirs