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45 Cards in this Set
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Where and when did the battle of Gettysburg occur?
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July 1-July 3, 1863
Pennsylvania |
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Where and when did the battle of Bull Run occur?
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July 21st, 1861
Virginia |
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Where and when did the battle of Antietam occur?
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September 17, 1862
Maryland |
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Where and when did the battle of Spotsylvania Court House occur?
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May 8-21, 1864
Virginia |
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Where and when did the battle of Appomattox Court House occur?
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April 9, 1865
Virginia |
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When and where did the battle of Vicksburg occur?
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May 22-July 4, 1863
Mississippi |
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When and where did the battle of Shiloh occur?
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April, 1862
Tennessee |
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When and where did the battle of Chancellorsville occur?
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May, 1863
Virginia |
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When and where did the Second Battle of Bull Run occur?
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August 28-30, 1862
Virginia |
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When and where did the battle of Atlanta occur?
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July 22, 1864
Georgia |
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When and where did the battle of Chattanooga occur?
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Nov. 23-25, 1863
Tennessee |
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When and where did the battle of Franklin occur?
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Nov. 30, 1864
Tennessee |
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When and when did the battle of Chickamauga occur?
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Sept. 19-20, 1863
Georgia |
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When and when did the battle of Perryville occur?
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Oct. 8, 1862
Kentucky |
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When and where did the battle of Wilderness occur?
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May 5-6, 1864
Virginia |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Gettysburg?
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North- Meade
South- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Bull Run?
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N- McDowell
S- Beauregard |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Antietam?
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N- McClellan
S- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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N- Grant
S- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Appomattox Court House?
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N- Grant
S- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Vicksburg?
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N- Grant
S- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Shiloh?
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N- Grant
S- S. Johnston |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Chancellorsville?
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N- Hooker
S- Lee & Jackson |
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Who were the leaders of the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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N- Pope
S- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Atlanta?
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N- Sherman
S- Hood |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Chattanooga?
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N- Grant
S- Bragg |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Franklin?
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N- Schofield
S- Hood |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Chickamauga?
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N- Rosecrans
S- Bragg |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Perryville?
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N- Buell
S- Lee |
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Who were the leaders of the battle of Wilderness?
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N- Grant
S- Lee |
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What happened in the battle of Gettysburg?
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40k casualties. Lee is defeated. Pickett's charge = 15k men in one wave. Charge was disaster 10k die in the wave. Meade did NOT pursue.
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What happened in the battle of Bull Run?
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Union retreats; McDowell replaced with McClellan, first major land battle of Civil War
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What happened in the battle of Antietam?
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N. had 100k men. S. had 50k men. 24k casualties. Standoff (Union Victory)- kept England out of war and Emancipation Proclamation, Bloodiest battle of war
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What happened in the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?
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Inconclusive; no real victor; over 28k casualties. Lee inflicted heavy losses on the Union Army, but Grant kept moving forward
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What happened in the battle of Appomattox Court House?
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Result, Union victory of war; surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia
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What happened in the battle of Vicksburg?
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47 days of siege, Grant attacked rear, 2nd goal achieved; yielded command of the Mississippi River to the Union forces
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What happened in the battle of Shiloh?
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Grant led charge & Confederates retreats. 24k dead from both, S. Johnston dies from stray bullet
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What happened in the battle of Chancellorsville?
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Confederates win battle. (Stonewall) Jackson shot by friendly fire. Lee decides to invade North.
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What happened in the Second Battle of Bull Run?
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Confederates win battle. Pope was relieved of command on September 12, 1862
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What happened in the battle of Atlanta?
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March to Savanna, then to the north. ".. the utter destruction of its roads, houses, and people will cripple their military resources."
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What happened in the battle of Chattanooga?
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Union victory puts most of Tennessee into Northern hands. 3 months later Grant is named General in Chief
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What happened in the battle of Franklin?
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This fierce battle of Hood's Tennessee campaign failed to draw Sherman from Georgia. U: 2300
C: 6300 casualties |
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What happened in the battle of Chickamauga?
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This major southern victory trapped Rosecrans at Chattanooga but once again the South failed to take advantage
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What happened in the battle of Perryville?
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General Bragg, the Confederate commander in Tennessee, suddenly invaded Kentucky. Neither side could claim victory, but the South could not afford casualties, Confederates retreat
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What happened in the battle of Wilderness?
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Union Victory: Grant had superior forces, supply lines, replacement troops, and a boldness to match Lee's. Heavy losses failed to halt Grants progress southward.
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