Civil War Test - - Part 2 Flashcards
What is the name of the commander of Union force, who in 1864 planned “total war” on all points of the confederacy?
General U. S. Grant
What is the name of the city where the only major Civil War battle fought in Kentucky?
Perryville
When Virginia seceded from the Union, this man turned down Lincoln’s offer to command Union forces and instead went to the south?
Robert E Lee
What is the name of the fort that is located in Charleston Bay South Carolina - where the first shots of the Civil War occurred?
Fort Sumter
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Who was the President of the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
To preserve the union AND to end slavery was the aims of which side the union or confederate?
Union / North
What was the name of the battle that was turning point of the war?
Gettysburg
What is the name of the campaign where union forces marched toward the confederate capital, sailing down the Chesapeake and landing on the strip of land between York and James River?
The Peninsula campaign
What is the name of the confederate general who received a fomous nickname after the Battle of Bull Run?
General Thomas Jackson
What is the name of General Sherman’s destructive path from Atlanta to Savannah?
March to the sea
What is the name of the statement issued at the Battle of Antietam where the President freed all slaves in the states still fighting as of January 1 1863?
Emancipation Proclamation
What is the name of the city that is located on the Mississippi River that when if fell to Union forces, it split the south in half?
Vicksburg, Mississippi
What is the name of the capital of the Confederacy?
Richmond Virginia
What is the name of the general who trained the Army of the Potomac, won a questionable victory at Antietam and was fired twice by Lincoln?
General George B. McClellan