Early Battles of the Civil War from the Secession to Antietam
Name: U.S. History I
Date: Mr. Melhorn
Period:
Early Battles of the Civil War From the Secession to Antietam
1. How many states seceded during the first secession and what was the first state?
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2. How many states seceded in the
Second secession and what event led to this? -
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3. What state was Abraham Lincoln from?
4. What was his main goal before the war and throughout the war?
5. Who was Abraham Lincoln’s Vice President during his second term?
-where was he from?
-Why would Lincoln pick a Vice President that was from the South?
6. Who was the President of the Confederacy?
-What state was he from?
7. Who was the Vice President under Confederate President Jefferson Davis?
-where was he from?
9. Where is Fort Sumter?
10. Who led the Union troops at Fort Sumter?
11. Who led the Confederates at the Battle of Fort Sumter?
12. Why did the Confederate general decide to fire upon Fort Sumter even after Robert Anderson agreed to vacate the fort on April 15?
13. Though one soldier was killed in the Union departure ceremony, how many actually died in battle?
14. What is the overall importance of Fort Sumter?
15. Where were both of the Bull Run Battles?
16. What were the dates on the 1st Bull Run?
17. What is Bull Run?
18. Who was theUnion battlefield commander for the 1st Bull Run?
19. Was this individual prepared to command 35,000 Union troops?
20. Who was the Commander of the Confederate forces during the time of the 1stBull Run?
21. Where were the Confederates lined up on the First day of the 1st Bull Run Battle?
22. What areas did the Confederacy hold strong and win the battle by holding?
23. Whose troops were the heroes of the 1st Bull Run?
24. Who won the 1st Bull Run?
25. What change in leadership did the Union face after the 1stBull Run?
Antietam
26. Why should McClellan have been able to beat Robert E. Lee after Lee dispatched his troops to Harper’s Ferry and over the SouthMountain?
27. Why did the Confederates want to take over Harper’s Ferry, Virginia?
28. Name the two basic reasons why a victory in the North could help the South. - -
29. After the Union surrendered the Harper’s Ferry fort/arsenal to the Confederates, how did A.P. Hill outfit his troops? (an act which later helped the Confederates at Antietam?
30. What part of Antietamwas the area of the bloodiest fighting?
31. The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest…
32. What did Abraham Lincoln release just 5 days after the victory at Antietam?
Battle of Fredericksburg
33. Who became the Union Commander for the Battle of Fredericksburg?
34. What is the name of the River that the Union had to cross to meet the Confederates at Fredericksburg?
35. Who won the Battle of Fredericksburg?
Chancellorsville
36. Who replaced Ambrose Burnside and became the Union Commander for the Battle of Chancellorsville?
37. Which Confederate General was sent with Chaplain Reverend B.F.C. Lane through the Wilderness to make an attack upon Oliver Howard’s German Immigrant Union Troops?
38. Which Confederate General was shot by his own men when returning from a reconnaissance mission at Chancellorsville, later dying from pneumonia after having his left arm amputated?
39. Who won the Battle of Chancellorsville?