Battles During the Civil War Module 18

Question 1

Where did the Civil War began at?

Answer 1

Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor

Question 2

Where did the Battle of Bull Run take place?

Answer 2

Bull Run Creek near Manassas, Virginia

Question 3

What was the first MAJOR battle of the Civil War?

Answer 3

Battle of Bull Run

Question 4

What is another name for the Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 4

First Battle of Manassas

Question 5

General George B. McClellan was placed in charge of 100,000 soldiers, called the what?

Answer 5

The Army of the Potomac

Question 6

Why did Abraham Lincoln send General George B. McClellan to take over Richmond and why was the second attempt to take over Richmond called?

Answer 6

Because of the failed attempt last time
Peninsular Campaign

Question 8

On June 26 the Confederate and Union armies meet in what battle and who were the general’s for the Confederate and union armies?

Answer 8

Seven Day’s Battle
Confederate - Robert E. Lee
Union - George B. McClellan

Question 9

After what Battle did Abraham Lincoln order General John Pope to march to Richmond?

Answer 9

Seven Day’s Battles

Question 10

What army stopped General John Pope’s army before they got to Richmond?

Answer 10

The Confederate army of Thomas “Stonewall” Jacksons

Question 11

What was the battle called that Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson’s troops stopped Pope’s army before it met up with the other Union army?

Answer 11

Second Battle of Bull Run or the Second Battle of Manassas

Question 12

Since all of the Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s victories in what? The Confederate Leaders wanted to do what?

Answer 12

Follow Robert E. Lee to fight more in Northern Land

Question 13

Where did Lee’s Confederate troops and McClellan’s Union army met for the Battle of Antietam?

Answer 13

Along Antietam Creek in Maryland

Question 14

What was the Battle of Antietam most known for in U.S. history?

Answer 14

Was the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history.

Question 15

What is the Battle of Antietam also known as?

Answer 15

The Battle of Sharpsburg

Question 16

Why was the victory of the Union at the Battle of Antietam important for the Union?

Answer 16

It was an important victory for the Union, stopping Lee’s northward advance.

Question 17

Where was General Ulysses S. Grant going in February 1862 and led a Union army into Tennessee? Also, What did he want to accomplish?

Answer 17

He was going towards the Mississippi River. He wanted to capture outposts that would separate the eastern from its western, food-supplying states.

Question 18

On General Ulysses S. Grant way to the Mississippi to capture outposts which outpost did he capture on his way?

Answer 18

Fort Henry and Fort Donelson

Question 19

What action of General Ulysses S. Grant of his start the Battle of Shiloh?

Answer 19

General Ulysses S. Grant halted his troops to wait for more soldiers to arrive

Question 20

While General Ulysses halted his soldiers what happened? And what did it lead to?

Answer 20

The Confederate troops caught General Ulysses and his troops by surprise and attacked whish was the start of the Battle of Shiloh

Question 21

What did the Union get from the Battle of Shiloh?

Answer 21

Parts of the Mississippi River

Question 22

What was the Unions problem with trying to control the Mississippi River?

Answer 22

New Orleans port Orleans—largest
confederate city and gateway to the Mississippi.
and there were two forts guarding New Orleans

Question 23

How did Admiral David Farragut capture New Orleans?

Answer 23

He disguised his boats and raced pasted the two forts guarding New Orleans in the darkness before dawn and within days New Orleans fell into Union troops control

Question 24

After Admiral David Farragut took New Orleans which other places did he take?

Answer 24

Baton Rouge, Louisiana,
Natchez, Mississippi

Question 25

What made invading Vicksburg, Mississippi nearly impossible?

Answer 25

Vicksburg was located on 200-foot high cliffs about the Mississippi River

Question 26

Since it was hard to invade Vicksburg what did the Union army decide to do?

Answer 26

Instead of trying to attack Vicksburg directly, General Ulysses cut of the city so they stave.

Question 27

Since the Union cut of the food supply of the Confederacy did that cause?

Answer 27

Siege of Vicksburg

Question 28

What was amazing about the Siege of Vicksburg for the Union?

Answer 28

The Mississippi River was now under Union control

Question 29

Defeats where and where stopped Confederates from taking lands where?

Answer 29

Arizona and Glorietta Pass
West

Question 30

What was General Ambrose E. Burnside Attack strategy at a battle at Fredericksburg?

Answer 30

Attack Richmond by way of Fredericksburg

Question 31

What was General Joseph Hookers Attack strategy at a battle at Chancellorsville?

Answer 31

Outmaneuver the Confederate army at Fredericksburg

Question 32

About the Battle of Gettysburg….

Answer 32

-Largest and bloodiest battle of Civil War

-More than 51,000 soldiers were killed, wounded, captured, or went missing in three days.

Question 33

What happened on the first day of Battle of Gettysburg what were the Confederates doing?

Answer 33

Lee’s forces were gathered at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on July 1, 1863. Then Ran into Union forces

Question 34

What happened on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 34

Lee ordered attack on Union troops on Little Round Top.

Question 35

What was Pickett’s charge?

Answer 35

Lee planned attack on center of Union line. General George Pickett led
15,000 men in Pickett’s Charge, a failed attack on Cemetery Ridge.

Question 36

After what happened during the Battle of Gettysburg did Robert E. Lee retreat to where?

Answer 36

Pickett’s Charge
Virginia

Question 37

What was Wilderness Campaign?

Answer 37

series of battles designed to capture Confederate capital of Richmond,
Virginia,

Question 38

Where did General William Tecumseh Sherma’s troops march from to capture Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia?

Answer 38

Tennessee

Question 39

What did General William Tecumseh Sherman’s troops capture?

Answer 39

Atlanta and Savannah, Georgia

Question 40

What did William Tecumseh Sherman’s practice because he thought it would speed up the war?

Answer 40

Total War destroying civilian and economic resources, in the hope of
ruining the South’s economy and ending its ability to fight.