Unit 13 Flashcards
What were the capitals of the Union and the Confederacy?
Washington D.C. (Union) and Richmond, Virginia (Confederate)
What rail center was Grant heading for when he was attacked at Shiloh?
Corinth
What Confederate commanding general was killed at Shiloh?
Albert Sidney Johnson
How high were the casualties at Shiloh?
20,000 were killed and wounded
Where did Lee first invade the Union?
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
What two commanders led the opposing forces at Stones River?
Braxton Bragg (Confederate) and William Rosecrans (Union)
Who won at the battle of Shiloh?
Union
Who won at the battle of Second Bull Run?
Confederate
Who won at the battle of Antietam?
Union
Who won at the battle of Fredericksburg?
Confederate
Who won at the battle of Stones River?
Union
Where did the Emancipation Proclamation apply?
To the slaves in the area which were still in rebellion
How many African-Americans served in the Union army?
200,000
Why did Lee invade the Union again?
He thought it might relieve the pressure on Vicksburg, give renewed legitimacy to the Confederate cause, and perhaps even end the war
On what occasion did Lincoln deliver his Gettysburg Address?
At the ceremony dedicated to the national cemetery at the Gettysburg battlefield
Who won at the battle of Gettysburg?
Union
Who won at the battle of Chickamauga?
Confederate
Who won at the battle of Lookout Mountain?
Union
Who was the last general-in-chief that Lincoln appointed?
Ulysses S. Grant
What Union general took Atlanta and led the March Across Georgia?
General William Sherman
Who was Lincoln’s vice presidential nominee in 1864?
Andrew Johnson
Who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864?
George McClellan
Where was the last push of the Confederate war effort in the west?
Nashville and Franklin, Tennessee
Where did Lee surrender?
In a farmhouse near the village of Appomattox Court House
When and where was Lincoln assassinated?
He was shot on April 14, 1865, at Lincoln’s balcony box at Ford’s Theater in Washington. He died the next day
Who shot Lincoln?
John Wiles Booth
Who else were targets of assassins the same evening?
Secretary of State William Seward was stabbed but recovered, and VP Andrew Johnson was a target, but was not taken out
How were military companies usually organized?
By localities
From what countries did the Confederacy try to get recognition?
Great Britain and France
Who were Copperheads?
Northern Democrats who pressed for truce in the fighting and were also sympathetic to the South (also called Peace Democrats)
