Chapter 17 & 18 Review

President of the United States of America (the union)

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

Top general of the Confederate Army

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Abraham Lincoln

President of the Confederate States of America

• Robert E. Lee

• William T. Sherman

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

Top General of the Union Army

• Robert E. Lee

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Abraham Lincoln

Confederate general who earned his nickname for bravery

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

Union general that led his troops through Georgia waging "total war"

• William T. Sherman

• Robert E. Lee

• Abraham Lincoln

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?

• Fort Meade

• Battle of Bull Run

• Fort Sumter in South Carolina

• Battle of Gettysburg

Why is the Battle of Gettysburg considered the "turning point" of the war

• The Confederacy began to win a great number of battles afterwards.

• It marked the end of slavery in the South.

• The Confederacy surrendured after losing at Gettysburg

• The tide of the war turned in the Union's favor after Gettysburg.

The series of battles led by William T. Sherman that led to the capture of Atlanta

• The Savannah Campaign

• March to the Sea

• The Atlanta Campaign

• March fom Tenneessee

The march led by William T. Sherman from Atlanta to Savannah. Most of Georgia was destroyed.

• March through Georgia

• Savannah Campaign

• Christmas Present to Lincoln

• Sherman's March to the Sea