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- True or False? Lee surrendered to President Lincoln at the Confederate headquarters in Richmond.
- True or False? Sherman's "March to the Sea" began with the burning of Atlanta.
- List the three battles that Grant's army fought on the way to Richmond.
- In the beginning of the war, the North and South exchanged (1)_________________. Later they set up prison (2)_________________. Prisoners were only allowed to keep their (3)_________________ and a cup or canteen. Wounded soldiers got bread and soup to eat. Prisoners did not get much at all.
- True or False: Some women disguised themselves as men so they could fight in the war.
- Who was the Tennessee resident that wanted Texas to rebel and separate
- Who replaced Gen. Gates as the commander of Patriot forces in the South?
- The Emancipation Proclamation transformed the war from a war to preserve the Unionto...
- What is the last major battle of the American Revolution?
- Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation would free all enslaved persons ___________________________________ after January 1, 1863.
- Who was the most famous Patriot soldier fighting in the South using Guerilla warfare?
- The biography of McClellan says "McClellan proved himself to be too ________________ to achieve the battlefield success expected of him.
- In August of 1862, the Confederates defeated the Union army at the 2nd Battle of Bull Run. Afterwards, how many miles were the Confederates from Washington D.C.?
- Read the biography of Thomas Jackson. At what battle was he given the nickname "Stonewall"?
- What did the Union navy do to Southern ports beginning in April, 1861?
- In the spring of 1862, a combined force of David Farragut's warships and Benjamin Butler's soldiers captured which Southern city?
- The biography of Julia Ward Howe says "In 1868 Howe became actively involved in the movement to secure __________________________________________________."
- What did the victory at Antietam "set the stage" for Lincoln to do?
- In June of 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee began a series of attacks on the Union army. What did these battles come to be known as?
- What did this battle make clear that the North would need?