Two Miserable Presidents ch. 5 People and Places

The _____________ is northwest of Richmond, where additional Union soldiers were waiting to attack the Confederate capital

• Sharpsburg

• Potomac River

• Shenandoah Valley

_________________ was a spy for the Confederates. She shot a Union soldier who broke into her home. She also ran into a battle to deliver a message to the Confederates.

• Barton Mitchell

• Granny Lee

• Belle Boyd

__________________ was a nickname for Robert E. Lee because he was so well mannered.

• Granny Lee

• Robert Smalls

• Fitz John Porter

______________ was a Confederate officer who led 1,200 soldiers around McClellan's army to take prisoners and destroy Union supplies

• Robert Smalls

• Jeb Stuart

• Thaddeus Lowe

___________________was an inventor who built large balloons filled with hydrogen gas.

• Jeb Stuart

• Thaddeus Lowe

• Robert Smalls

___________________ was a Union general who went up in a balloon to see the enemy camp.

• Fitz John Porter

• Barton Mitchell

• Clara Barton

__________________ was a lave who freed his family and others buy taking a Confederate steamship and surrendering it to the Union.

• Jeb Stuart

• Fitz John Porter

• Robert Smalls

The ______________ River flows through Maryland, Washington, D.C. and Virginia. Lee and his soldiers had to cross it to get into Maryland.

• Shenandoah

• Potomac

• Antietam

___________________ was a Union corporal who found Lee's battle plan wrapped around cigars on the ground.

• Granny Lee

• Robert Smalls

• Barton Mitchell

________________ was the city in Maryland where the Union army drove the Confederate army back into Virginia. More lives were lost that day than on any other day in U.S. history.

• Sharpsburg

• Potomac

• Shenandoah