Civil War

Points available: 10

1:

At which battle did the Union suffer 7,000 casualties in twenty minutes?

  • A) Cold Harbor
  • B) Wilderness
  • C) Anteitam Creel
  • D) Chickamunga
2:

Of whom as Abraham Lincoln speaking when he said, "I can't spare this man, he fights."?

  • A) McClellan
  • B) Hooker
  • C) Grant
  • D) Thomas
3:

Which of these cities changed hands 72 times during the war?

  • A) City Point, Virginia
  • B) Corinth, Mississippi
  • C) Shelbyville, Tennessee
  • D) Winchester, Virginia
4:

Who was the grandfather of Confederate General George W. Randolph?

  • A) Thomas Jefferson
  • B) James Monroe
  • C) Paul Revere
  • D) George Washington
5:

Which battle was fought from July 1-3, 1863?

  • A) Antietam
  • B) Spotsylvania
  • C) Shiloh
  • D) Gettysburg
6:

Who was called the "Rock of Chickamauga"?

  • A) George Thomas
  • B) Joseph Hooker
  • C) Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
  • D) Braxton Bragg
7:

Which of these cities was not destroyed or heavily damaged by the Union forces during the Civil War?

  • A) Columbia, South Carolina
  • B) Vicksburg, Mississippi
  • C) Atlanta, Georgia
  • D) Savannah, Georgia
8:

How did Stonewall Jackson die?

  • A) Pneumonia
  • B) Execution
  • C) Bled to death
  • D) Shot by sniper
9:

The C.S.S. Alabama was sunk near which port city?

  • A) Baton Rouge, LA
  • B) Boston, MA
  • C) Matamoros, Mexico
  • D) Cherbourg, France
10:

What was General Sherman's "Christmas present" to Abraham Lincoln?

  • A) $200,000 in gold
  • B) Charleston, SC
  • C) Savannah, GA
  • D) Atlanta, GA