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Secor Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Site of the first fighting during the Civil War. | Fort Sumter |
| Where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. | Appomattox Court House |
| A victory at this location allowed the Union to control the Mississippi River. | Vicksburg |
| The highest ranking person of North Carolina heritage during the Civil War. | Braxton Bragg |
| "The Bloodiest Day" of the Civil War, where the Union narrowly defeated the Confederacy in Maryland. | Antietam |
| Main general for the Confederate army. | Robert E. Lee |
| President of the United States during the Civil War. | Abraham Lincoln |
| The largest battle fought in North Carolina during the Civil War, where the Confederates tried to slow General Sherman from reaching General Grant. | Battle of Bentonville |
| The leading general of the U.S. Army by the end of the Civil War. | Ulysses S. Grant |
| The strategy that the South planned to use during the Civil War. | "Don't Lose" |
| The President of the Confederacy during the Civil War. | Jefferson Davis |
| A general from North Carolina who fought in several battles in eastern North Carolina. | Robert Hoke |
| Commander of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment. | Robert Gould Shaw |
| The Union war strategy that sought to cause suffering in the South by blockading southern ports and controlling the Mississippi River. | "Anaconda Plan" |
| Guarded the city of Wilmington and was a target for the Union army and navy. | Fort Fisher |
| General Sherman led his men across Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah on this mission. | "March to the Sea" |
| A three day battle in Pennsylvania that turned the tide of the war. | Gettysburg |
| A firm believer in "total war", or "hard war", who wanted to "make Georgia howl". | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Freed slaves in Confederate held areas, but not in the Union. | Emancipation Proclamation |
| One of the first all-black units allowed in the U.S. Army. | Massachusetts 54th Regiment |
| Governor of North Carolina during the Civil War. | Zebulon Vance |