Civil War Battles Intro

Match the following

• Gettysburg

• Bloodiest battle of the Civil War

  (3 days)

• Vicksburg

• Bloodiest day during the Civil War

• Antietam

• Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River

Match the following

• Antietam & Gettysburg

• Only 2 major battles fought in the north

• Gettysburg and Vicksburg

• Union won both of these on the 3rd & 4th of july 1863

• General Lee surrenders

• Battle of Appomattox Courthouse

• Fort Sumter

• 1st Battle of the Civil War

Reorder the following

• Election of Lincoln in 1860

• Antietam 1862

• South Carolina secedes from the Union

• Battle of Fort Sumter

Match the following

• Gettysburg

• First Battle of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter

• More than 50,000 casualties over 3 days

• Antietam

• About 23,000 casualties in 1 day

Match the following

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Best Union General in the Civil War

• Robert E. Lee

• President of the Confederacy

• Abraham Lincoln

• Best Confederate General in the Civil War

• Jefferson Davis

• President of the Union during the Civil War

Reorder the following

• Gettysburg and Vicksburg

• Fort Sumter

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle of Atlanta

• Antietam

Categorize

Groups:

(a) The Union

,

(b) The Confederacy

• Grey uniforms

• Blue uniforms

• The South

• The North

Categorize

Groups:

(a) The Union

,

(b) The Confederates

• More railroads

• More industry

• Better Generals

• Home field advantage

Categorize

Groups:

(a) The Union

,

(b) The Confederate States of America

• General Robert E. Lee

• Yankees

• General Ulysses S. Grant

• Rebels