Civil War Battles

Question 1

Battle of Bull Run (date)

Answer 1

July 1861

Question 2

Battle of Bull Run (generals)

Answer 2

Stonewall Jackson (Confederate)

Irvin McDowell (Union)

Question 3

Battle of Bull Run (outcome)

Answer 3

Confederacy

Question 4

Battle of Bull Run (defining element)

Answer 4

Stonewall Jackson and his troops stormed the Union line with the “rebel yell,” scaring the troops, and winnin the battle for the Confederacy

Question 5

Battle of the ironclads (location)

Answer 5

Off the coast of Hampton Roads, Virginia

Question 6

Battle of the ironclads (date)

Answer 6

March 1862

Question 7

Battle of the ironclads (outcome)

Answer 7

It was a draw, but the south blew up their ship shortly after the battle

Question 8

Battle of the ironclads (defining element)

Answer 8

Wooden ships were no longer in navy’s because the ironclad ships could easily best them in battle

Question 9

Battle of Antietam (location)

Answer 9

Maryland

Question 10

Battle of Antietam (date)

Answer 10

September 1862

Question 11

Battle of Antietam (generals)

Answer 11

George McClellan (Union)

Robert E. Lee (Confederacy)

Question 12

Battle of Antietam (outcome)

Answer 12

Union claimed victory

Question 13

Battle of Antietam (defining element)

Answer 13

McClellan didn’t pursue the Confederate army after the battle. This could have ended the civil war if he pursued.

Question 14

Battle of Fredericksburg (location)

Answer 14

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Question 15

Battle of Fredericksburg (date)

Answer 15

December 1862

Question 16

Battle of Fredericksburg (generals)

Answer 16

Ambrose E. Burnside (Union)

Robert E. Lee (Confederacy)

Question 17

Battle of Fredericksburg (outcome)

Answer 17

Confederate victory

Question 18

Battle of Fredericksburg (defining element)

Answer 18

Burnside had to wait 17 days for bridges to come, letting Lee reinforce his army

Question 19

Battle of Chancellorsville (location)

Answer 19

Chancellorsville, Virginia

Question 20

Battle of Chancellorsville (date)

Answer 20

May 1863

Question 21

Battle of Chancellorsville (generals)

Answer 21

Robert E. Lee (Confederacy)

Joseph Hooker (Union)

Question 22

Battle of Chancellorsville (outcome)

Answer 22

Confederate victory

Question 23

Battle of Chancellorsville (defining element)

Answer 23

Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men. Right when it looks like he is recovering, he gets pneumonia and dies

Question 24

Battle of Gettysburg (location)

Answer 24

Gettysburg, Virginia

Question 25

Battle of Gettysburg (date)

Answer 25

July 1863

Question 26

Battle of Gettysburg (generals)

Answer 26

Robert E. Lee (Confederacy) George G. Meade (Union)

Question 27

Battle of Gettysburg (outcome)

Answer 27

Union victory

Question 28

Battle of Gettysburg (defining element)

Answer 28

The turning point of the war (in a Union favor)

Question 29

Battle of Vicksburg (location)

Answer 29

Vicksburg (in between Memphis and New Orleans)

Question 30

Battle of Vicksburg (date)

Answer 30

July 1863

Question 31

Battle of Vicksburg (generals)

Answer 31

John C. Pemberton (Confederacy) Ulysses S. Grant (Union)

Question 32

Battle of Vicksburg (outcome)

Answer 32

Union victory

Question 33

Battle of Vicksburg (d fining element)

Answer 33

The win at Vicksburg let the Union control the Mississippi, splitting the Confederacy in half

Question 34

Battle of Bull Run (location)

Answer 34

Manassas, Bull Run Creek

Question 35

Fort Sumter (generals)

Answer 35

P.T. Beauregard (CSA) Robert Anderson (USA)

Question 36

Fort Sumter (location)

Answer 36

Charleston, South Carolina

Question 37

Fort Sumter (winner)

Answer 37

CSA

Question 38

Fort Sumter (defining moment)

Answer 38

This historic battle marks the start of the conflict between the CSA and the USA called the American Civil War

Question 39

Fort Wagner (who)

Answer 39

54th Massachusetts Regiment led by Robert Gould Shaw

Question 40

Fort Wagner (location)

Answer 40

South Carolina

Question 41

Fort Wagner (winner)

Answer 41

CSA

Question 42

Fort Wagner (defining element)

Answer 42

The Massachusetts 54th Regiment may not have taken the fort, but they gained respect as an all-black regiment

Question 43

Sherman's March to Sea (who)

Answer 43

William Tecumseh Sherman

Question 44

Sherman's March to Sea (location)

Answer 44

Atlanta to Savannah (Georgia)

Question 45

Sherman's March to Sea (winner)

Answer 45

USA

Question 46

Sherman's March to Sea (defining element)

Answer 46

Introduced new war tactic (total war)