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I. Leaders of the Union and Confederacy
Using the information below complete the chart. Use the index in the book.
Leaders:
Robert E. Lee
“Stonewall” Jackson
Jefferson Davis
President A. Lincoln
Joseph Johnston
US Grant
William T. Sherman
Sides: Union or Confederacy
Significance: (Each one fills in one of the “significance” boxes)
 Commanding general of all the Confederate forces
 Commanding general of all the Union forces in 1862: accepted Lee’s surrender at Appomattox.
 President of the Confederate States of America
 16th President of the United States of America and the leader of the Union
 General responsible for the “March to the Sea”; destroyed the South and introduced the idea of “total
war”
 Lee’s right hand man; got his nickname at Bull Run; accidentally shot by his own man at
Chancellorsville
 Commanded troops in NC at Bentonville and finally surrendered to Sherman at Bennett Place in
Durham
LEADER
SIDE
(Union or
Confed)
SIGNIFICANCE
II. Civil War Sites: 1860 – 1865
Use the map “Civil War Sites 1860-1865” on the back of the Casualty Figures packet to
answer the following questions.
1. Name the 4 states that had slaves but did not
leave the union.
2. Sherman marched through the South
destroying towns and crops. Most of the
destruction occurred in this state.
3. This city, in the middle of Georgia was burned
by General Sherman.
4. The Chesapeake Bay almost cuts this slave
holding Union state in two parts.
5. The capital of the United States, Washington
D.C., is surrounded by these two states.
6. The capital of the Confederacy, Richmond, is
in this state.
7. General Lee invaded the North only once. He
was stopped at this battle.
8. This state, which is located between Kentucky
and Marland, split from Virginia left the Union.
9. The first important battle of the Civil War
happening in Virginia about half way between
Richmond and Washington, DC. Name this
battle.
10. This important battle in Tennessee took
place before General Grant started down the
Mississippi River.
11. This was a stronghold on the Mississippi
River that General Grant captured. It gave Union
forces complete control of the Mississippi.
12. Fort Sumter is located in the first state to
leave the Union. Name this state.
13. Name the Union plan to keep the Southern
ships from arriving or leaving their harbors.
14. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in this
state.
15. The end of the Civil War came at Appomattox
Courthouse in which state?
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III. The Cost of the War in Human Terms
Use figures 1-7 in the folder to complete the chart to understand the cost in human lives.
Question
What was the most deadly DAY of
the Civil war?
What was combat like in the war?
(This will be your words)
What caused most Civil War deaths?
About what percentage of Union
troops died in the war?
What treatment did injured soldiers
receive?
What was the ratio of combat deaths
by diseases? (Ratio- x:y or x/y)
What was the most deadly battle of
the Civil War?
How many soldiers fought for each
side in the war?
What were the 3 most deadly WARS
Americans have fought?
Which side was more affected by
illness?
What is meant by the term
“casualties”?
What were the biggest problems
faced by doctors?
What is meant by the term “mortally
wounded”?
Which 3 Civil War battles had the
most casualties per day? (Hint:
divide the number of casualties by
the number of days in the battle)
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