Who, what, or where am I?

  1. ______Who wrote this letter? He wrote in a letter to Horace Greeley, “my paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others along, I would also do that.”
  2. ______What was the announcement? Announced in fall of 1862 and set to go into effect on January 1, 1863, this declared free all slaves residing in states and districts still in rebellion against the United States.
  3. ______Where was this speech given? The following was part of a dedication of a national cemetery in Pennsylvania, “Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.”
  4. ______What was the occasion? A Lincoln speech in March of 1865, he is quoted as saying, “With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan; to do all which man achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
  5. ______What was the event? In April of 1861, a fort in the South still controlled by the federal government is attacked and forced to surrender.
  6. ______What is the battle named? One of the first advances by Union soldiers is halted by Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson at Manassas Junction, Virginia.
  7. ______Who is this leader? The Union’s military leader promoted to the rank of Brigadier General at the outbreak of the Civil War. He led the battle for the Union at Manassas Junction, Virginia.
  8. ______Who is this leader? Following the Union loss at Manassas, he was made commander of the newly formed Army of the Potomac, a title which made him the commander of the Union military forces.
  9. ______Who is this leader? He was brought in to lead the Union army and match wits with the leading Confederate general after generals before him failed to get the job done. He was the leading general for the Union when they were able to force the Confederacy to surrender.
  10. ______What caused this? The export of cotton from the south fell by 90% by the end of the war.
  11. ______Who is this leader? General-in-chief of all Confederate forces during the Civil War.
  12. ______What was the event? This March of 1862 historic naval battle was the first between ironclad vessels.
  13. ______What was the event? This Tennessee battle in April, 1862 ended as a Union victory, but is best known because it was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War (up to that point.)
  14. ______What was the event? In April of 1862, the Union was able to win a victory in the South’s largest city and port.
  15. ______What was the event? A battle, and then a six week siege eventually led to the Union controlling the Mississippi.
  16. ______Who was the leader? After he was put in charge of invading Georgia with over 100,000 men, this leader fought and then burned everything of military value from Atlanta to Savannah on the coast.
  17. ______What was the event? Confederate troops moving north in 1862 severely defeated the Union troops in the Vicinity of Manassas Junction.
  18. ______What was the event? This Maryland battle, which ended in a draw on September 17, 1862, proved to be a victory for the Union as Lee had to withdraw his exhausted and battered army to Virginia. Lincoln used the event as a springboard to make the Emancipation Proclamation.
  19. ______What was the event? This terrible 3 day battle saw the Union troops led by George B. Meade hold off and defeat the Confederate troops. Despite a last ditched effort by George Pickett, the Confederacy had to withdraw. Britain and France took this battle seriously and decided that the Union was likely to win and they chose not to recognize the Confederacy.
  20. ______Where was the event? In April of 1865, Confederate forces evacuated this place after failing to hold on to Petersburg. They blew up their own bridges, factories, arsenals, and burned all government property that could not be removed.
  21. ______Where was the event? Lee surrendered to Grant April 9, 1865.