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Civil War Game
Union (North)--2.9 million or 2,900,000
Confederacy (South)--1.2 million or 1,200,000
There will be a number of “battles” fought between the North and South, testing your knowledge of specific events
throughout the years of the Civil War. Each of these battles will result in causalities for both armies. There will also
be bulletin board, and a small project, which may result in causalities as well.
The point break down is as follows:
Each team member has the opportunity to receive:
Assignments
100 points for their bulletin board
50 points for each battle (5 battles)
50 points for a final quiz
50 points for a final project
Totaling in 450 points
Who you work with
ARMY
ARMY
INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER
INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER
As you can see, there are portions of points that you receive as an army, so you must keep each other accountable.
To help do this, there will be generals and lieutenants assigned as “team captains” to help delegate work and check
– up on progress.
Battles
For the battles, each soldier will be responsible for learning certain portions of notes that I will provide you with. It
will be a jeopardy type game, where I give questions to each army in regards to the notes. Each problem they get
wrong, results in a loss of men.
The army with the most men at the end will win the ‘war’, but that does not mean you will receive a good or bad
grade for the unit. It all depends on how your team works together and how you do your individual work.
Due Dates:
Battle of 1861 and 1862: __________________
Battle of 1863: ______________________
Battle of 1864: ______________________
Battle of 1865: ______________________
The American Civil War
1861
Date
Event
Causalities
Fort Sumter
April 14
April 15
Confederate
Victory
0
President
Lincoln Call
for Army
Volunteers
Summary
The Confederate States wanted to force the US Army to
leave Fort Sumter. There was forty hours of continuous
shelling before the fort fell to the South. By this time onefifth of the fort was on fire. The Southern commander,
General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, gave permission for all the
Union troops to leave safely and the Southern troops took
over the fort.
President Lincoln asked for only three months' service from
each volunteer.
No Victory
Blockade
April 19
May 21
Lincoln proclaimed a blockade of the South.
No Victory
Confederate
Capitol
Richmond, Virginia was chosen for the Confederate Capital.
No Victory
First Battle
of Bull Run
July 21
2,900
Confederate
Victory
This was the first great battle of the Civil War. The battle
was fought at Manassas Junction near Bull Run Creek, only
30 miles south of Washington, D. C. Many Congressmen and
their wives watched from behind the battle lines. The Union
guns shot first attacking General Beauregard's troops.
Confederate reinforcements arrived by train wearing blue
uniforms. After confusion set in the North was defeated and
retreated to the capital. President Lincoln asked for more
volunteers.
1862
Date
Event
February 6 (Fort
Fighting on the
Henry)
Mississippi
February 16
(Fort Donelson) Union Victory
March 9
Casulities
17,398
Ironclad Ships
Battle
No Victory
Shiloh
April 6
23,746
Union Victory
April 16
Confederate
Army Calls for
Men
Summary
After capturing Fort Henry along the Tennessee River
the Union army with 15,000 men led by Ulysses S.
Grant attacked Fort Donelson, a Confederate fort on
the Cumberland River. At Fort Donelson Grant sent
the message, "No terms except unconditional and
immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to
move immediately upon your works." The North had
six gunboats. The fighting lasted three days. Grant
took 12,000 Confederate prisoners and 40 cannons
from Fort Donelson. This cut off the Confederate
supply line from the western territories.
For the first time in history two ironclad ships
battled. The battle lasted for about 4 hours. Neither
side won the battle. The Confederate ironclad was
an old wooden ship called the Merrimac which had
been rebuilt with iron all around the boat then
renamed the Virginia. The Merrimac had sunk several
Union ships in the past months. The North decided
to build an ironclad ship to fight it. The Northern ship
was called the Monitor.
After Grant had captured several forts in Tennessee
his armies moved south toward Mississippi. The
Confederate Army lead by General Albert Sidney
Johnston, met Grant at Shiloh, Tennessee. Grant had
not expected the attack which started while the
Yankee soldiers were cooking their breakfast. At first
Grant seemed to be losing. Then more Northern
troops arrived and Grant defeated the Southerners.
(Johnston was wounded in the leg and bled to death
before medical help came. P. G. T. Beauregard took
command after Johnston was wounded.)
All men between the ages of 18 and 35 must serve in
the army.
No Victory
New Orleans
April 18
0
Union Victory
Yorktown
May 4
Union Victory
Farragut attacked and captured New Orleans.
McClellan's Union troops occupied Yorktown,
Virginia and advanced on Richmond.
May 30
Corinth
Unknown
Northern army occupy Corinth, Mississippi
181
Memphis fell to the Union armies
Union Victory
Memphis
June 6
Union Victory
Seven Days'
Battle
June
Confederate
Victory
In a series of battles the Southern army led by
Generals Joseph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee, the
South managed to drive back the Union army. The
battles ended at Malvern Hill on July 1. Lee breaks
Confederat
McClellan siege of Richmond. The Union Army
e
returned to Washington.
20,100
Union:
15,800
The Union led by General John Pope was defeated at
Bull Run Creek while trying to reach Richmond. The
Union army retreat to Washington.
Second Battle
at Bull Run
August 28-30
22,180
Confederate
Victory
September 17
Battle of
Antietam Sharpsburg,
Maryland
23,100
No Victory
September 22
October 8
Lincoln Frees
all the Slaves
No Victory
Battle of
Perryville
Confederate
Victory
Lee took command telling the Confederate forces
that he planned to carry the fight to the enemy. Lee
gave each division a route and job to do. One copy of
Lee's plan ended up with the Union Army. Therefore
when Leee crossed the Potomac River into
Maryland, he was blocked from Washington, D. C. by
Union troops in a bloody battle at Sharpsburg near
Antietam Creek. Lee realized that his army was in a
bad position to receive supplies and withdrew his
troops over the Potomac to Virginia.
President issued a proclamation freeing all the slaves
in the South. Lincoln's document called the
Emancipation Proclamation because in emancipated
the slaves.
7,407
Buell's forces ended Bragg's invasion of Kentucky in
the Battle of Perryville.
17,429
Lincoln replaced General McClellan with Ambrose
Burnside. Burnside's men were slaughtered at
Fredricksburg.
Union Victory
Fredricksburg
December 11
J. E. B. Stuart broke into the Union headquarters and
captured a case containing more that $300,000
(worth $5 million today). Lincoln relieved Pope of his
command.)
1863
Date
January 2
April 30
May 18
July 1
Event
Causalities
Summary
Battle of Stones
Union troops under Rosecrans forced the
River
22,576
Confederates to retreat after the Battle of Stones
River.
Union Victory
General Lee fought against General Joseph Hooker.
Chancellorsville
Although outnumbered two to one, Lee won the
battle. During the battle General Thomas J.
20,000
Confederate
"Stonewall" Jackson was killed.
Victory
(Jackson was shot when returning to camp by one
of his own men.)
In Vicksburg, Mississippi a strong fort overlooked
Vicksburg
the river. Grant surrounded the fort and began a
35,835
siege. On July 4 Vicksburg surrendered. This gave
Union Victory
the North control of the Mississippi River.
Robert E. Lee invaded Pennsylvania in June 1863.
He was hoping to threaten Washington and
Philadelphia, to breed Northern morale, and to
gain recognition and independence for the
Southern Confederacy. At Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania, Lee's Army of Northern Virginia met
Gettysburg
the Army of the Potomac unexpectedly. It was
51,000
under the command of General George G. Meade.
Union Victory
This famous battle lasted three days. The
Southerners were turned back and again retreated
into Virginia.
The combined casualties of Gettysburg and
Vicksburg overwhelmed the South.
Port Hudson
July 8
12,208
Northern forces occupied Port Hudson, Louisiana.
34,624
The Confederate Army led by General Braxton
Bragg won against the Union army at Chickamauga
Creek in Tennessee. General George Thomas
commanded the Union army which was trapped in
Chattanooga. After winning Bragg decided not to
capture Chattanooga. Ten Confederate generals
had been killed or wounded.
Union Victory
Chickamauga
September 18
November 19
Confederate
Victory
Gettysburg
Address
No Victory
Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Chattanooga
November 23-25
12,485
Union Victory
Grant and Thomas led Union armies to victory in
the Battle of Chattanooga.
1864
Date
March 9
May
May 5 - 6
May 8 - 12
May 31
Event
Causalities
Summary
Grant appointed
President Lincoln appointed Grant became general
Commander-inin chief of the North. Grant then appointed General
Chief
William T. Sherman to command the Western
armies, while General George G. Meade remained
No Victory
the command of the armies of the East.
William T. Sherman left Tennessee with 100,000
Sherman's march
troops. He marched to Atlanta, Georgia. He ten
to the Sea
12,140 in
marched from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean.
Atlanta
During this 300 mile march Sherman's soldiers
Union Victory
burned and destroyed everything in a width of 60
miles.
This was the first in a series of battles that took
Union:
place in the woods of near Chancellorsville,
18,000
Battle of the
Virginia. The first Union attack was made in an
Wilderness
Confederat area about 50 miles from Richmond. Fires trapped
e:
both Confederate and Union soldiers in the blazing
Union Victory
7,500
woods. The Union gained little and lost much in
casualties. (Some consider battle this a draw.)
Spotsylvania
14,000 in
Grant ignored the losses in the Battle of the
Union
Wilderness and ordered Meade to move on
Union Victory
troops
toward Spotsylvania Court House.
Cold Harbor
Grant kept moving toward Lee's army after Spotsylvania.
Confederate
Victory
15,500
104,000
After leaving Cold Harbor Grant headed for
Petersburg, 20 miles south of Richmond, the
Confederate capital. The Union delayed attacking
long enough for Lee to gather reinforcements. This
was the beginning of a nine month siege with
Grant's men surrounding Lee's army. Petersburg
did not fall until the end of the war.
1,822
Farragut won the Battle of Mobile Bay. This closed
the last Confederate Gulf port.
12,140
Northern troops under Sherman captured Atlanta
after a forty-day siege of the city. Atlanta was an
important victory because it was one of the most
important railroad junctions in the Confederacy.
Siege of
Petersburg
June 20
Confederate
Victory
Mobile Bay
August 5
Union Victory
Atlanta
September 2
Union Victory
They fought the Southern army at Cold Harbor in an
advance upon Richmond. After many casualties the Union
army called off the attack.
Sherman burned much of the city on November 15
before leaving to begin his march to the sea.
October 19
November 8
Shenandoah
Valley
Sheridan led his troops on a rampage of
destruction in the Shenandoah Valley.
Union Victory
Election of
Lincoln
No Victory
Battle of Franklin
November 30
Lincoln was reelected President for a second term.
8,587
Schofield's Union forces inflicted heavy losses on
Hood in the Battle of Franklin.
6,602
The Battle of Nashville smashed Hood's army.
Union Victory
Nashville
December 15-16
Union Victory
Savannah
December 21
Sherman's troops occupied Savannah, Georgia.
Union Victory
1865
Date
February 6
Event
Causalities
Lee becomes
general
Summary
Lee became general in chief of the South.
No Victory
April 2
Petersburg and
Richmond
7,750
Union Victory
April 9
Appomattox
Courthouse
Union Victory
April 14
Lincoln's
assassination
No Victory
April 26
May 4
Johnston
surrenders
Union Victory
Confederate's
surrender
700
General Grant and General Meade's Army moved to the
south of Richmond. During the winter of 1864-65 the
Union army attacked many times, but could not break
through. After nine months General Lee was forced to
retreat toward Lynchburg giving up both Petersburg and
Richmond. The Confederate burned Richmond before
leaving to keep the Union from getting equipment and
supplies.
General Lee surrendered to General Grant at
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia. Confederate
soldiers were allowed to keep their belongings
including pistols and horses and could return
home.
On Good Friday, April 14 Lincoln was assassinated. He was
attending a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington,
D. C. The assassin was and actor named John Wilkes
Booth. After twelve days of running Booth was fatally
shot. He had been part of a group of co-conspirators
including Lewis Powell, Lewis Payne, who stabbed
Secretary of State Seward that same night. Seward lived.
After a manhunt for the eight conspirators four were
hanged and the four others were imprisoned.
Johnston surrendered to Sherman.
Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi
surrendered.
Union Victory
Davis's capture
May 11
May 26
Jefferson Davis was captured near Georgia.
Union Victory
Confederate's
surrender
Union Victory
The last Confederate troops surrendered.
Civil War Battles
The battles will be over years of the Civil War. There will be 5 battles: 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864, and
1865. Each battle will be fought in a quiz game fashion. It is your job to divide out the notes that I provide
for you among soldiers, but, it would be best if everyone knows most of the material so you can talk
together as an army to create the best answer. In order to get the full 50 points, each team must have the
following:
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Detailed notes re-written, with important dates, people and places high-lighted
_____ / 30 pts
20 Practice questions written out with answers
_____ / 10 pts
Full group participation during the battle
_____ / 10 pts
Total _____ / 50 pts
You will lose men by the number of questions you answer incorrectly. Each incorrect answer will equal
50,000 men lost, so it is imperative that you study for each battle.
Re-written notes must be in your own words with the dates, people and places high-lighted, with a highlighter. They must also be neat and in chronological order.
20 Practice questions must be numbered and have answers written on a separate page. These will
hopefully help you study for the battle.