1. Most decisive Battle of the Civil War – Lasted three days. Turned the tide squarely in favor of the Union

2. Speech by Abraham Lincoln written to commemorate a cemetery for Union soldiers. Perhaps the most eloquent speech ever given by a President

3. Union victory over key Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River – Loss at Vicksburg cut the Confederacy in two because the Union now had control of the Mississippi River

4. Union General who captured Atlanta and conducted Sherman’s “March to the Sea”

5. Site of Confederate surrender to Union General Ulysses S. Grant – located in Virginia

6. Amendment that outlawed slavery

7. Disgruntled Southerner who assassinated President Lincoln