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DSST Civil War: Names
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1. Confederate General; earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run. Robert E. Lee's 'right-hand man.' Died at Chancellorsville
General Joe Johnston
John Calhoun
General Meade
General Thomas Jackson
2. Invented the cotton gin. Also contributed to the concept of interchangeable parts that were exactly alike and easily assembled or exchanged
Eli Whitney
General U.S. Grant
George McClellan
Jubal Early
3. General of the Union army at the Battle of Chickamauga
McCormick
Wendell Phillips
General Rosecrans
John C. Fremont
4. Launched the American Red Cross. An 'angel' in the Civil War - she treated the wounded in the field.
General A. S. Johnston
Clara Barton
Henry Clay
George McClellan
5. Leader of a slave rebellion in 1831 in Virginia. Revolt led to the deaths of 20 whites and 40 blacks and led to the 'gag rule' outlawing any discussion of slavery in the House of Representatives
John Brown
General Sherman
Nat Turner
General Robert E. Lee
6. General of the Union Army - best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
George McClellan
General Hooker
William H. Seward
George McClellan
7. General of the Confederate army - worked closely with Robert E. Lee. He disagreed with Lee on Pickett's charge - but reluctantly gave the order to go ahead with it.
General James Longstreet
George McClellan
John C. Fremont
General Hooker
8. General of the Confederate army - he refused Lincoln's offer to head the Union army and agreed to lead Confederate forces. He successfully led several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg - and he surrendered to the Union's commander General
General Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Fremont
George McClellan
9. Confederate commander who was executed for mistreatment of Union prisoners of war
General Sherman
Captain Henry Wirz
Clara Barton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
10. General of the Confederate army - assaulted Grant at the battle of Shiloh. He dies at the battle because he was shot in the leg and cant feel it - and thus bleeds to death.
John C. Fremont
William Lloyd Garrison
General A. S. Johnston
General Burnside
11. Ohio unionist of the Copperhead faction of anti-war - pro-Confederate Democrats
General Buford
Nat Turner
General U.S. Grant
Clement Vallandigham
12. Union Colonel in command the all black 54th Mass. regiment
General Hooker
John Calhoun
Robert Shaw
Captain Henry Wirz
13. General of the Confederate army - attacked at Gettysburg with 15 -000 soldiers; called __________'s Charge; ended in faliure
John Calhoun
Horace Greely
General Pickett
General Joe Johnston
14. Abolitionist. Editor of radical abolitionist newspaper 'The Liberator' - and one of the founders of the American Anti-Slavery Society.
General Rosecrans
Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
Henry Clay
15. Leader of a slave rebellion - but was found out by Charleston SC - arrested and executed
General Thomas Jackson
General Burnside
Harriet Tubman
Denmark Vessey
16. Author of a novel about slavery that advanced the abolitionists' cause
Harriet Beecher Stowe
General Hooker
General U.S. Grant
Clara Barton
17. Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson
William H. Seward
John C. Fremont
Nathan Bedford Forrest
General Pickett
18. Democratic party's nominee for pres. in 1864- lost to Lincoln
General Sherman
George McClellan
General U.S. Grant
William Lloyd Garrison
19. Confederate: sent to sweep Union forces from the Valley and - if possible - to menace Washington - D.C. - hoping to compel Grant to dilute his forces against Lee around Petersburg - Virginia - terrorized D.C.
Jubal Early
Harriet Beecher Stowe
General James Longstreet
General Pickett
20. Former slave who helped slaves escape on the Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Robert Shaw
General U.S. Grant
General Hooker
21. General of the Union army at 2nd Battle of Bull Run; defeated; replaced by McClellan
General Thomas Jackson
Horace Greely
General Pope
Joshua Chamberlain
22. General of the Union Army; fired by Lincoln for being too cautious - Peninsular campaign
General Rosecrans
George McClellan
William H. Seward
William Lloyd Garrison
23. South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights - limited government - and nullification
General Pope
Eli Whitney
John Calhoun
General James Longstreet
24. Abolitionist newspaper publisher to whom Lincoln wrote a letter about wanting to resote the union - even if slavery had to continue.
Horace Greely
Joshua Chamberlain
Clara Barton
George McClellan
25. Abolitionist - escaped from slavery - great thinker and speaker - published his own antislavery newspaper and wrote an autobiography
General Sheridan
General Buford
General Sherman
Frederick Douglass
26. General of the Union army who captured Atlanta - Georgia - then marched through Georgia to the sea - burning and destroying everything on the way
Nat Turner
General Meade
General Sherman
General Rosecrans
27. President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865
Frederick Douglass
Jefferson Davis
William H. Seward
General Meade
28. President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth
General A. S. Johnston
McCormick
Abraham Lincoln
Clement Vallandigham
29. General of the Union army - appointed general by Lincoln after firing McClellan
General Rosecrans
General Burnside
Wendell Phillips
General Sheridan
30. Confederate Cavalry Commander - Battles: Shiloh - Vicksburg - Chickamauga - Atlanta - Savannah - Chattanooga - and Carolina Campaign - started the KKK
Nathan Bedford Forrest
General Sherman
Captain Henry Wirz
Clement Vallandigham
31. General of the Union army - ordered by Grant to wage total war in Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. He burned and destroyed all farmland - animals and food
General Sheridan
General Pope
McCormick
General Joe Johnston
32. General of the Confederate army at 1st Battle of Bull Run and Peninsula Campaign. He surrendered to William Sherman on April 26th - 1865 in North Carolina.
George McClellan
William H. Seward
General U.S. Grant
General Joe Johnston
33. Presidential nominee for Republicans in election of 1856
Nat Turner
John C. Fremont
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Clement Vallandigham
34. Abolitionist who aided Garisson and helped him in abolition - denounced the president for being a first rate second rate man for delaying on the emacipation
George McClellan
Wendell Phillips
Jefferson Davis
Harriet Beecher Stowe
35. General-in-chief of the Union Army from 1864 to 1869 during the American Civil War.
Henry Clay
General U.S. Grant
Harriet Tubman
General Rosecrans
36. Union commander of the 20th Maine - achieved fame during the Battle of Gettysburg for his defense of Little Round Top
William Lloyd Garrison
Joshua Chamberlain
General Buford
Harriet Beecher Stowe
37. General of the Union army - first to lead the union army into Gettysburg
General Buford
General Sherman
General Pope
General Burnside
38. Slave whose case led the Supreme court to declare the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
General U.S. Grant
General Robert E. Lee
General Joe Johnston
Dred Scott
39. General of the Union army; surrounded and defeated Lee at Gettysburg
General Pope
Clara Barton
John Calhoun
General Meade
40. Senator who persuaded Congress to accept the Missouri Compromise - which admitted Maine into the Union as a free state - and Missouri as a slave state
Henry Clay
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglass
General James Longstreet
41. Abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry - Virginia
John Brown
Clara Barton
General Pope
Joshua Chamberlain
42. Invented the reaper - could harvest 6x more rain than men alone
Captain Henry Wirz
General A. S. Johnston
McCormick
Robert Shaw