Civil War Facts - Rigorous

1. The Civil War started with the Battle of .

2. Who was appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army on February 6, 1865? .

3. Who was General-in-Chief for the Union Army from 1864 to 1865? .

4. The American Civil War is also known as the War the .

5. In September of 1862, President Lincoln issued the that ordered some slaves to be freed in the United States.

6. As Union armies conquered the Confederate armies, approximately million slaves were freed by 1965.

7. Any person against the trade of slaves was called an during the Civil War.

8. President Lincoln gave the on November 19, 1863 at the dedication of Soldiers' National Cemetery.

9. The Battle of in July of 1863 had the greatest number of casualties during the American Civil War.

10. The Civil War ended with a surrender by the Confederate Army to General Grant at the Courthouse.