Civil War Flashcards
As of the 1860 U.S. Census, what was the most populous city in what would become the Confederate States of America? It was roughly four times more populated than the CSA’s second-largest city, Charleston.
New Orleans
The world’s first battle between steam-powered ironclad warships famously took place at Hampton Roads, Virginia, in 1862 during the U.S. Civil War, when the USS Monitor faced the CSS Virginia. The latter vessel’s armored superstructure was built over the hull of what captured U.S. Navy frigate?
USS Merrimack
The vice president of the Confederate States of America adopted his middle name during his youth, taking it from that of a Presbyterian minister and childhood mentor, and not so that his first and middle name would match the first and last of a founding father (which would have been rather incongruous, considering). What was that middle name?
Hamilton (Alexander H. Stephens)
This Union General refused to run for President stating, “will not serve,” if elected; he wouldn’t have carried Georgia.
William Tecumseh Sherman
The Iron Brigade, Philadelphia Brigade, Excelsior Brigade, and Irish Brigade fought during the U.S. Civil War within the Union’s principal army in the Eastern Theater, which was commonly known as “Mr. Lincoln’s Army” but was formally known as the ‘Army of’ what body of water?
Potomac
Which military award was established during the Civil War?
The Army Medal of Honor
This was the temporary name given to the Republican party during the 1864 presidential election. The ticket included Republican Abraham Lincoln and Democrat Andrew Johnson. The renaming of the party was meant to attract War Democrats and border states.
National Union Party
On July 21, 1861 the Union attacked the Confederates near a stone bridge crossing this creek in the First Battle of it.
Bull Run
This Civil War battle, which took place in Virginia’s Spotsylvania County from April 30 - May 6, 1863, is known as Lee’s “perfect battle” because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force. The battle also saw Gen. Stonewall Jackson get struck by friendly fire. He had to get his left arm amputated and died from resulting pneumonia.
Battle of Chancellorsville
After being cut off from the rail lines and their farm land during the U.S. Civil War, the South had very little to eat aside from boiled peanuts, which they called these, a name immortalized in the title of a folk song popular among the Confederate soldiers of the time. What is this alternate name for “boiled peanuts”?
Goober Peas
