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Civil War Review Sheet
Identify and Put in Chronological Order the Following Civil War Events:
End of Siege at Vicksburg
Battle of Gettysburg
Secession of South Carolina
Surrender at Appomattox Court House
Battle of 2nd Bull Run
End of Peninsular Campaign
Battle of the Merrimac v. Monitor
Election of President Lincoln
Battle of 1st Bull Run
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Shiloh
Fort Sumter Attacked
Lincoln’s 1st Inauguration
Emancipation Proclamation
List: Which were the Confederate States / Which were the Union States?
Compare the pre-war economy / population / military of North and South.
Identify:
Ambrose Burnside
Joseph Hooker
George McClellan
William T. Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Total War
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Winfield Scott
George Meade
Robert E. Lee
War of Attrition
What happened important at?
- Gettysburg
- Appomattox Court House
- Antietam
- Atlanta
- Vicksburg
- Sherman’s March to the Sea
- New Orleans
Victory or Defeat for the Union?
- Gettysburg
- Antietam
- Vicksburg
- New Orleans
- Ft Sumter
- Appomattox Court House
- Atlanta and Savannah
- Sherman’s March to Sea
- The Siege of Petersburg
- Cold Harbor
Washington DC
Richmond VA
Analysis Questions
1. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the tone of the war for the
Union? How did it keep the South from gaining foreign allies?
2. Was the Anaconda plan ultimately successful?
3. What is Total War and how did Sherman’s March to the Sea hasten the end of the
war?
4. How did Gettysburg and Vicksburg turn the tide of the War in 1863?
What was Life for a soldier like?
What was the difference between artillery, cavalry and infantry?
Was the Anaconda Plan ultimately successful? Who was the author?
Campaigns – What were the goals of these campaigns and who were the generals in
charge? What was the outcome of these campaigns?
1. Peninsular Campaign
2. The Gettysburg Campaign
3. The Vicksburg Campaign
4. The Wilderness Campaign
5. The Atlanta Campaign and the March to the Sea