Final Exam - - Civil War

Question 1

What is the capital of the Confederacy?

Answer 1

Richmond

Question 2

What fort was located in Charleston Bay - was fired upon by the Confederates which started the Civil War?

Answer 2

Fort Sumter

Question 3

Who was the general-in-chief of the Union forces who was a master at training troops - - but he hesitated on the battlefield?

Answer 3

George B McClellan

Question 4

Who was the President of the Confederacy?

Answer 4

Jefferson Davis

Question 5

What was the name of the military campaign where Union troops sailed down the Potomac River to Chesapeake Bay and tried to attack Richmond from the east?

Answer 5

Peninsula Campaign

Question 6

Who was the Confederate general that was given the famous nickname of “Stonewall” - - following the 1st Battle of Bull Run?

Answer 6

General Thomas Jackson

Question 7

Who was the President of the Union?

Answer 7

Abraham Lincoln

Question 8

What was the name of the battle in which the confederate invasion into Pennsylvania failed when they were defeated?

Answer 8

Battle of Gettysburg

Question 9

Who was the commander of the southern troops in Virginia during most of the war?

Answer 9

Robert E Lee

Question 10

What was the name of the battle that was the first invasion attempted by the Confederates into Maryland that ended with a loss?

Answer 10

Battle of Antietam