Civil War Battles

This man commanded confederate forces and later surrendered at Appomattox Court House

This man was the President of the Confederate States of America.

The North and South were very different. People were loyal to their part of the country. This feeling is called

• States’ rights

• Sectionalism

• Economic differences

The South was beginning to feel that the federal government was taking too much of their Power. They felt they were losing

• sectionalism

• States’ rights

• cash crops

What did the South feel was essential to their economy?

• Slaves

• sectionalism

•  factories

The first state to secede from the Union was

• Tennessee

• South Carolina

• Georgia

President Lincoln declared that all slaves in the South were free when he signed the

• Gettysburg Address

• Surrender papers

• Emancipation Proclamation

During the __________, General Ulyssess S Grant surrounded the city and cut off supply  

          Lines until the Confederate soldiers surrendered.

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Seige of Vicksburg

General Sherman’s Union troops marched to Atlanta where they fought fiercely with 

            Confederate troops. This time of fighting was called

• Sherman’s march to the sea

• The Atlanta Campaign

• The Gettysburg Address

 General Grant met General Lee at the ___________ to discuss the terms of the Confederate surrender.

• Appomattox Court House

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Bull Run