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American Civil War Flashcards

1
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Who was appointed to command of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in 1862 after Joe Johnston was wounded and led it for the remainder of the war?

A

Robert E. Lee

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Who earned the nickname ‘Stonewall’ at the First Battle of Bull Run?

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Thomas Jackson

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What was the capital of the Confederacy from 30 May 1861 to 3 April 1865?

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Richmond

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Who led his troops on a ‘March to the Sea’ in 1864?

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William T Sherman

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5
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Where in Virginia did Grant accept the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on 9 April 1865?

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Appomattox Court House

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Who was President of the Confederacy throughout the American Civil War?

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Jefferson Davis

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What name has been given to the Confederate infantry assault on Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on 3 July 1863 the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg?

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Pickett’s Charge

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Which two ironclad battleships fought the Battle of Hampton Roads the first such naval battle?

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monitor And merrimac

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What did Lincoln issue on 22 September 1862 which declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States as did not return to Union control by 1 January 1863?

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Emancipation Proclamation

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10
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A series of battles were fought around which city in Virginia from 9 June 1864 to 25 March 1865? It is usually described as a siege.

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Petersburg

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11
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How many states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy?

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Eleven

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12
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The Confederate garrison of which city on the Mississippi surrendered on 4 July 1863?

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Vicksburg

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13
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Who was appointed to command of the Union forces after the defeat at the First Battle of Bull Run?

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George Mcclellan

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14
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What play was Lincoln watching when he was assassinated in April 1865?

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Our American Cousin

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15
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In December 1860 what was the first state to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina

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16
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Which Confederate commander was killed at the Battle of Shiloh?

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Albert Sidney Johnston

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17
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Which battle fought in May 1864 was the first battle of Ulysses S. Grant’s 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign?

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Battle Of The Wilderness

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18
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Who commanded the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Gettysburg?

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Gordon Meade

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19
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Union forces captured which port on 21 December 1864?

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Savannah

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20
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Who was the commander of the defence of Fort Sumter?

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Robert Anderson

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21
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H. L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink a warship by torpedoing which Union ship in 1864?

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Uss Housatonic

22
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The Confederate victory at which 1863 battle is known as Lee’s ‘perfect battle’ because of his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force?

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Chancellorsville

23
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What is the alternative name for the Battle of Shiloh?

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Pittsburg Landing

24
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Who replaced Ambrose Burnside after the Battle of Fredericksburg?

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Joseph Hooker

25
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Fort Sumter is in the harbour of which city in South Carolina?

A

Charleston

26
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In which state is Gettysburg?

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Pennsylvania

27
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Which part of the Siege of Petersburg involved exploding a large mine under the Confederate lines?

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Battle Of The Crater

28
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The Battle of Seven Pines and the Seven Days Battles were part of which 1862 campaign?

A

Peninsula Campaign

29
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Which woman was hanged in the Old Arsenal Penitentiary on 7 July 1865 for her part in the conspiracy to assassinate Lincoln?

A

Mary Surratt

30
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Who was in command of the Union Army of Virginia at the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862?

A

John Pope

31
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The battle for which fort on 12 April 1864 ended with a massacre of Federal troops most of them of African origin who were attempting to surrender?

A

Fort Pillow

32
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Who gained the nickname ‘The Rock of Chickamauga’ after his stout defence at that battle?

A

George Thomas

33
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What battle fought on 19 October 1864 was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns?

A

Cedar Creek

34
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Who commanded the Confederate forces defeated at the Battle of Atlanta?

A

John B Hood

35
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During the Battle of Fredericksburg the Union army made futile frontal assaults against entrenched Confederate defenders on which position behind the city?

A

Marye’s Heights

36
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The author of Ben Hur who was a Union commander at the battle of Shiloh?

A

Lew Wallace

37
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Which Union Army General was killed at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House in May 1864 while telling his troops that the enemy ‘couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance’?

A

John Sedgwick

38
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Who commanded the Confederate Army of Tennessee at the siege of Chattanooga?

A

Braxton Bragg

39
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Which lieutenant general in the Confederate Army served as the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan after the war?

A

Nathan Bedford Forrest

40
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Before the Battle of Antietam a copy of the Confederate’s orders was found by Union troops wrapped around what objects?

A

Cigars

41
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What was Ulysses S Grant’s birth name?

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Hiram Ulysses Grant

42
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Fought on 1 April 1865 which battle is sometimes referred to as the “Waterloo of the Confederacy”?

A

Five Forks

43
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Who was the Secretary of State who was wounded by Lewis Powell during the evening of Lincoln’s assassination?

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William H. Seward

44
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Which noted Virginian secessionist claimed that he fired the first shot on Fort Sumter?

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Edmund Ruffin

45
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Chickamauga is a Cherokee word meaning what?

A

River Of Death

46
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Whose two hour long oration preceded Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address?

A

Edward Everett

47
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What name was given to the supply line opened to feed the starving men and animals of the Union Army in Chattanooga?

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Cracker Line

48
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Which superintendent of the prison camp in Andersonville Georgia was hanged in November 1865 becoming the only American Civil War soldier to be executed for war crimes?

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Henry Wirz

49
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Which Confederate commerce raider fired the last shot of the American Civil War before surrendering in Liverpool?

A

Css Shenandoah

50
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What was the capital of the Confederacy from 4 April 1865 to 10 April 1865?

A

Danville

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