This Confederate general commanded the Army of Northern Virginia and surrendered it at Appomattox Court House in 1865. Who was he?

Lincoln promoted this Union general to command all Union armies in March 1864, and he later accepted Lee's surrender. Who was he?

This Illinois Republican was the United States president during the Civil War and issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Who was he?

This former Mississippi senator became president of the Confederate States of America in 1861. Who was he?

At First Bull Run, a Confederate general got the nickname Stonewall and later commanded the Second Corps. Who was he?

William T. Sherman served which side and role during the Civil War?

Alexander Stephens of Georgia held which side and office during the Civil War?

William H. Seward held which side and cabinet role during the Civil War?

George B. McClellan held which side and role early in the Civil War?

Winfield Scott held which side and role at the outbreak of the Civil War?

What did Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863 declare?

By framing the war as a fight against slavery, the Emancipation Proclamation made it harder for which foreign governments to recognize the Confederacy?

The proclamation named some Louisiana parishes and Virginia counties as exceptions. What did those exceptions mean?

What kind of action was the Emancipation Proclamation?

The proclamation said the Army and Navy would recognize and maintain the freedom of the people it covered. What did that mean in practice?

Why did the Emancipation Proclamation not free enslaved people in Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware?

How did the Emancipation Proclamation help make the Union army stronger?

In many Confederate areas, the Emancipation Proclamation freed no one at first. What had to happen before people there actually gained freedom?

Before 1863, the North fought mainly to preserve the Union. How did the Emancipation Proclamation change the war's goals?

Because Lincoln's proclamation did not end slavery nationwide, which later action abolished slavery throughout the United States?