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Social Studies
Civil War Facts
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What battle did Stonewall Jackson receive his FATAL wound ? | The Battle of Chancellorsville |
| How many people died in the Battle of Shiloh? | 23,000 |
| When did the 1st major battle of the Civil War, the Battle of Bull Run start? | July 21,1861 |
| What ships did the South use to try to defeat the Union naval forces? | Ironclads |
| Who was the 1st woman to be an Army surgeon and receive the Congressional Medal of Honor? | Mary Edwards Walker |
| Who became famous for working with the wounded soldiers in the North? | Clara Barton |
| What erupted in the South as supply lines were cut off by Union armies? | Bread Riots |
| What was the best known African American Regiment? | 54th Regiment of Massachusetts |
| Who was the highest ranking NAVAL officer in the Union ? | Admiral David Farragut |
| When did Richmond fall? | April 3,1869 |
| How many soldiers died in the Civil War? | More than 600,000 |
| What date did Gen Robert E Lee surrender to Gen Ulysses S Grant at Appomattox? | April 9, 1865 |
| Why was Robert E Lee important to the Confederacy? | He was a strong military leader and planner |
| What was the location of the Gettysburg Address? | Pennsylvania |
| What was the date of the Battle of Antietam? | Sept 17,1862 |
| What date did the Emancipation Proclamation go into effect? | January 1 ,1863 |
| Who convinced officials to let women work as nurses and recruited large numbers of woman to serve? | Dorthea Dix |
| Who was a female spy for the Union? | Rose Oneal Green |
| What was the civil war debate about? | Expansion of slavery in the western territories. |
| Who was the Union general that commanded the Union forces at Antietam? | George McClellan |
| When was the General Grant's Siege of Vicksburg ? | July 4, 1863 |
| When did the British decide NOT to help the Confederacy? | October 1862 after the Emancipation Proclamation |
| When was the Wilderness Campaign between Lt Gen Ulysses Grant and Gen Robert E Lee? | May 6, 1864 |
| When did the Union and Confederacy realize they needed need more soldiers? | Within the 1st year when they realized it was going to be a long, hard war |
| When did President Lincoln put General Ulysses S Grant in charge of the Union army? | 1863, after he took control of the Mississippi River |