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On-Level Civil War (Chapter 16/17) People
For each definition, identify the person being described. People have full names. All names need to be spelled correctly and capitalized.
1. ______Fought for abolition of slavery, supported the Emancipation Proclamation and recruitment of African American for the Union army
2. ______President of the U.S. during the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation, won reelection in 1864, but assassinated in April 1865
3. ______Lincoln’s vice president, became president after Lincoln’s assassination
4. ______Most famous Confederate general, took command of the Army of Northern Virginia in the spring of 1862 and led them until the end of the war
5 ______Actor and southern sympathizer who assassinated Lincoln at Ford’s Theater in April 1865
6. ______Organized a relief agency for Union soldiers, after the war founded the American Red Cross
7. ______Only president the Confederate States of America ever had
8. ______Confederate general that led an all out infantry charge on Union lines on the 3rd day of Gettysburg, its failure led to the end of the battle
9. ______Union general sent to attack Atlanta and march to the sea, his use of total war cut a path of destruction 60 miles wide and 300 mile long through Georgia
10. ______Replaced Hooker after his defeat at Chancellorsville, first Union general to defeat Lee in battle, did it at Gettysburg in July 1863
11. ______Given command of the Union army at the start of the war, only lasted as long as it took him to be defeated at 1st Bull Run
12. ______Confederate general who gained his nickname at 1st Bull Run, Lee’s “right arm”, but died at Chancellorsville
13. ______Took command of the Army of the Potomac after its defeat at 1st Bull Run, reorganized it and took it on the Peninsula Campaign in the spring of 1862, defeated at the Battle of Seven Days, replaced but given a 2nd chance that led to the Battle of Antietam and being relieved of his command, ran as the democratic candidate for president in 1864, defeated
14. ______College professor who won the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery at Gettysburg, chosen by Grant to accept the formal Confederate surrender
15. ______Commanded the Union army in the west, captured Vicksburg in 1863, given command of all Union armies in march of 1864, captured Richmond and forced Lee’s surrender in April 1865, credited with winning the war for the Union
The following people are not located in the textbook; we will talk about these in class when we grade this assignment. They would be bonus if found you can find them using another source before we grade the assignment.
16. ______Chilean immigrant and a member of the U.S. Navy on the USS Santiago de Cuba, he participated in the assault on Fort Fisher, a Confederate fort, he and five other seamen carried dispatches during the battle and he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1865 for his bravery.
17. ______Born a slave in Virginia, his father bought his freedom; enlisted in the all African American 54th Massachusetts regiment during the Civil War and fought bravely at the Battle of Fort Wagner outside Charleston, South Carolina and earned a promotion to sergeant. He was shot four times and survived. He is the first African American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.