Mapping the Battles of the Civil War

Fill in the blank: The battle of ________ is highlighted as a major event in the map.

• Shiloh

• Battle of Austerlitz

• Battle of Blenheim

• Battle of Borodino

Which event is known for the Emancipation Proclamation being issued?

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Vicksburg

Fill in the blank: The Battle of _______ was a significant Union victory that split the Confederacy in two.

• Gettysburg

• Antietam

• Bull Run

• Vicksburg

Fill in the blank: The Battle of Chancellorsville on 5/6/63 was Lee's greatest victory, where he divided his army to defeat the Union army, which was __ times his size.

• 2x

• 3x

• 4x

• 5x

What was the significance of the Peninsula Campaign on 5-7/1862?

• Plan to speed up the war by taking Confed capital of Richmond; Union fails miserably; Lee uses knowledge of land to win.

• Lee's greatest victory.

• Union blunder, embarrassed again.

• Lee's second invasion thwarted.

What was the location of the CSA prison camp where 45k Union POWs were kept, representing the physical suffering of war?

• Andersonville Prison

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Gettysburg

• Vicksburg

At the start of the war, Grant was an _______.

• Unknown

• Famous

• Celebrated

• Renowned

Match the following

• Union

• South

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

• North

• Battle of Galveston

• Union Navy blockaded Texas ports, but the Confederate army won the battle

• Sabine Pass

• 1863 battle where Union forces withdrew because of a Confederate victory over federal ships

• Confederacy

• Last battle of the Civil War, where Confederate forces defeated the Union, delaying peace in Texas for months

Grant won this battle by taking control of Mississippi River and laying siege to the city of (a)  

1st Battle of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter

• El Alamein

• Gettysburg

• Appomattox Courthouse