Significant Individuals of the Civil War

Who tended to wounded soldiers on the battlefield and established the American Red Cross?

• Julia Ward Howe
• Stonewall Jackson
• Clara Barton
• Philip Bazaar

Why is Philip Bazaar a significant individual from the Civil War?

• He was the only African American to serve in the Confederate army.
• He was one of the first Latin Americans to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his efforts at the Battle of Fort Fisher.
• He was a Purple Heart recipient for his efforts in the First Battle of Bull Run.
• He was the Confederate general during the Siege of Vicksburg.

What is William Carney's significance in the Civil War?

• He was the last African American left fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg.
• He was a spy for the Union army.
• He was the first Irishman to receive the Valor award
• He fought with 54th Massachusetts, an African American infantry regiment, and was awarded the Medal of Honor.

The author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is - 

• Julia Ward Howe
• Jefferson Davis
• William Tecumseh Sherman
• Clara Barton

What was General Sherman's contribution to the Civil War?

• He was the Confederate general at Fort Sumter.
• He accepted the surrender at Appomattox Court House.
• He waged total war on Georgia and the Confederacy during his March to the Sea.
• He was the first Union general to receive the Congressional Medal of honor for his efforts at Antietam.

Confederate general who despised slavery and secesssion, but could not bear to fight against his home state of Virginia. 

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
• Jefferson Davis
• George Pickett
• Robert E. Lee

Who was a military legend and Confederate general that received his nickname at the Battle of First Bull Run?

• Stonewall Jackson
• Robert E. Lee
• JEB Stuart
• Braxton Bragg

What was Jefferson Davis's contribution to the Civil War?

• President of the United States
• First and only president of the Confederate States of America
• Got his nickname when he led his troops to stand like a "great stone wall" at First Manassas
• Union general who defeated Confederate troops at Shiloh.

Union general who accepted surrender at Appomattox Court House, Virginia and eventually became president of the United States.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Jefferson Davis
• George McClellan
• Ulysses S. Grant

President of the United States who tried to keep the nation together.

• Jefferson Davis
• Andrew Johnson
• Abraham Lincoln
• WiIliam Carney