Battles

Question 1

Bull Run- outcome

Answer 1

Although outnumbered, confederate troops held off the union attack

Question 2

Bull Run- Generals

Answer 2

Stonewall Jackson (C), PGT Beauregard (C), Bernard Bee (C), Irvin McDowell (U)

Question 3

Monitor Merrimack- Location

Answer 3

Hampton Roads, Virginia

Question 4

Monitor Merrimack- Outcome

Answer 4

Both ships left the fight but the confederate Merrimack needed to be destroyed later.

Question 5

Monitor Merrimack- generals

Answer 5

John L. Warden (U lieutenant), Franklin Buchanan (C), Catesby Jones (C)

Question 6

Antietam- Location

Answer 6

Antietam, Maryland

Question 7

Antietam-outcome

Answer 7

Draw, but Union claimed victory. Lincoln releases the Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 8

Antietam- Generals

Answer 8

Robert E. Lee (C), George McClellan (U)

Question 9

Fredericksburg- location

Answer 9

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Question 10

Fredericksburg- outcome of battle

Answer 10

Burnside led Union forces but was turned back after. devastating losses. Burnside was fired shortly after.

Question 11

Fredericksburg- generals

Answer 11

Lee (C), Ambrose E. Burnside (U)

Question 12

Chancellorsville- location

Answer 12

Chancellorsville, Virginia

Question 13

Chancellorsville- outcome

Answer 13

Confederate forces defeated the Union. Jackson was shot by his own man and died later.

Question 14

Chancellorsville- generals

Answer 14

Jackson (C), Lee (C), Joseph Hooker (U)

Question 15

Gettysburg- location

Answer 15

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Question 16

Gettysburg- outcome

Answer 16

Union defeated the Confederates and the Confederates were not able to recover.

Question 17

Gettysburg- generals

Answer 17

Lee (C), George Meade (U)

Question 18

Vicksburg-location

Answer 18

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Question 19

Vicksburg-Outcome

Answer 19

Grant overpowered Confederate forces in Vicksburg and separated the Confederacy.

Question 20

Vicksburg- generals

Answer 20

Ulysses S. Grant (U), John Pemberton (C)

Question 21

Bull Run- Location

Answer 21

Bull Run creek, Manassas

Question 22

Bull Run- significance

Answer 22

North realized war wouldn’t be easy

Question 22

Anaconda plan

Answer 22

1. Stop trade (blockade)
2. Divide confederacy by Mississippi River
3. Capture Richmond

Question 22

PEOPLE: Rose Greenhow

Answer 22

Secret spy for south during bull run, she gave info to them

Question 22

Antietam- significance

Answer 22

Bloodiest day of war, emancipation proclamation

Question 22

Fredericksburg- significance

Answer 22

Boosted Lee’s confidence, things looking bad for the north

Question 22

Chancellorsville- significance

Answer 22

Boosted Lee’s confidence, blow to the south by losing stonewall Jackson

Question 22

Gettysburg- significance

Answer 22

South wouldn’t go that much north ever again in the war, turning point of the war

Question 23

Vicksburg-significance

Answer 23

Divided the confederacy, they couldn’t transport supplies over the Mississippi, total war

Question 24

Fort Wagner- who fought

Answer 24

54th Massachusetts regiment, first all black regiment

Question 25

Fort Wagner- general

Answer 25

USA- Robert Gould shaw

Question 26

Fort Wagner- significance

Answer 26

Showed that black men could be noble soldiers

Question 27

Sherman’s March to sea- general

Answer 27

USA- William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 28

Sherman’s March to sea- location

Answer 28

Atlanta to Savannah

Question 29

Sherman’s March to sea- significance

Answer 29

Total war, things looking bad for south

Question 30

PEOPLE: Philip Sheridan

Answer 30

Total war in Shenandoah valley, Virginia, destroyed most of it

Question 31

Fort Sumter- generals

Answer 31

Robert Anderson (U) 
PGT Beauregard (C)

Question 32

Fort Sumter- location

Answer 32

Charleston, South Carolina (confederate soil)

Question 33

Fort Sumter- winner

Answer 33

Confederate

Question 34

Fort Sumter- significance

Answer 34

Start of civil war