Civil War in Louisiana

The 1820 agreement to set a boundary between free and slave states along the Missouri border.

The belief that a state could block or overrule the actions of the Federal government.

The withdrawal of a state from the Union.

President of the United States of America during the Civil War.

Louisiana governor at the beginning of the Civil War.

The name of the government formed by the southern states when they seceded from the Union.

Main issue in the 1860 Presidential election.

Capitol of Louisiana at the beginning of the Civil War and the site of a major battle.

Governor of Louisiana at the end of the Civil War.

Leader of the Confederate forces during the Red River Campaign.

To force someone to join the army.

Louisiana’s main Civil War training camp for all Confederate forces in the state.

President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.

12. The Union army wanted to control the _____________ River and split the Confederacy in half.

The most hated Union General in New Orleans during the Civil War.

Major Louisiana battle during the Civil War with over 20,000 casualties.

Someone who wanted to free the slaves.

Louisiana General who ordered the first shot of the Civil War to be fired at Ft. Sumter in 1861

The 1863 executive order that freed the slaves in the Confederate states.

Union Army campaign to try and gain control of the Red River and the western Confederacy.