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Civil War Quiz

How much do you know about the Civil War? Try my quiz, it's just for fun.

The answers to the questions you don’t already know are highlighted in red on the appropriate pages. Click on the Question to go to the page with the answer.

The quiz is divided up into three sections:

Easy, everyone should know this. I was told my easy questions were to hard so I easied them up a bit. I find these to be the hardest question to come up with and I am open to suggestions. But isn't it true that any question is easy if you know the answer?

Moderate, Civil War geeks should know this stuff.

Hard, people with way to much time on their hands and nothing better to do might know this.

Real Hard, I don't provide a link to the answers for this one. I may not know, myself.

The list of questions will grow over time so check back and see how much your knowledge grows as well.

Fell free to contact me concerning any question and or its answer. Or with suggestions for other questions, no answers, I like finding them myself. Let me know if you want credit for the question or not.

Easy

1. Who were the two best known generals to face off in the Civil War?

2. Which side was called the Rebels, North or South?

3. Which side was called the Yankees?

4. Which side won the war?

5. Which side was called called the Union?

6. Which side was called the Confederates?

7. Which side fought to end slavery?

8. In general, which side wore gray uniforms?

9. In general, which side wore blue?

10. What was the name of the Union President during the Civil War?

11. What does flanking a position mean?

12. What is a trench?

13. What is a rifle pit?

Moderate

1. Who is traditionally considered to be the first Confederate killed in the Civil War? Maybe true maybe not.

2. Which battle is famous for a charge by VMI cadets over open ground?

3. Which battle was the only battle where Stonewall Jackson drew his sword?

4. What was the name of the tavern that was the site of most of the fighting at Pea Ridge?

5. What did Mr. Rual Colt Gridley carry through Austin, Nevada?

6. Where did Lee live for a time before the war and CSA President Jefferson for a time after?

7. What is the name of the place called ‘the bloodiest spot’ of the Civil War?

8. At Gettysburg Lee attacked, what did Longstreet want to do?

9. Where was the first West Point graduate killed in the Civil War?

10. What is the field called that the VMI cadets charged across?

11. What was the last significant battle won by the Confederacy?

12. Who was hailed as the hero of Gettysburg?

13. Both battles at Big Cabin Creek were fought for control of a river ford on what road?

14. What was the key to victory at Petersburg?

15. What made Corrinth, Mississippi a strategic location?

16. Which General held up the Confederate advance long enough to establish a new Union line at the Battle of Stones River?

17. Which soldiers were on shorter rations at Chattanooga the North or the South?

18. What made the Battle of Franklin unusual?

19. Col. Chivington's role in which Civil War battle was called into question after the Sand Creek Massacre?

20. What is the present day location of the first invasion of Virginia by the North?

21. Where was the first major battle between Grant and Lee fought?

22. Why did Bragg CSA abandon Chattanooga?

23. Armatures talk of tactics, professionals speak of ?

24. What western trail to the California gold fields did the South attemp to control?

25. Lee took comand and replaced what wounded general after the Battle of Fair Oaks?

26. Which two Generals were faced off at Five Forks?

27. Who shot Stonewall Jackson?

28. What did Stonewall Jackson actually die of?

29. What was the name of the first submarine to sink a ship?

30. What were the Union irregulars in Kansas called?

31. What were the Confederate guerrillas called in the western states?

32. Which battle was called the Battle Above the Clouds?

33. Who shot General James Longstreet CSA?

34. What battle was Lee's first vistory as a Civil War general?

35. What does it mean when a regiment or a company is placed in reserve?

Hard

1. Who was the last Confederate General to surrender?

2. What town was so divided in its loyalties that the town itself was divided with its own Masson Dixon Line?

3. What was in the wagons Lee’s troops were guarding when they abandoned Richmond?

4. What was the name of the town, now gone, that hosted the wounded from Pea Ridge?

5. During which Civil War battle did the local mayor tell the two armies to knock it off, they were making to much noise?

6. What was the first Civil War battle in which Native Americans fought each other?

7. In which battle did Lee lose half his army, crying out, “My God, the is army disintegrating”?

8. Who owned the barn that figured prominently into the First Battle of Newtonia?

9. Which battle had the least number of casualties?

10. What was the last state or territory added to the Confederacy?

11. Who supervised the collection of Confederate soldiers bodies from the Tullahoma Campaign?

12. Where was the furthest west battle or skirmish of the Civil War fought?

13. The Hold at Mountain Run was a part of what larger battle?

14. Why did the Confederates abandon Fort Pillow?

15. What site was the launching point for the Tullahoma Campaign?

16. During which battle did a Col. Sigel USA conduct a fighting retreat from a flanking movement by unarmed recruits?

17. What was the key factor in the collapse of the Union position at Valverde?

18. What was the name of the first sea going iron clad ship?

19. What was the name of the first iron hulled battleship?

20. Why did Grant hold up his army in the Wilderness?

21. Which was the better dressed army at Sailor's Creek and why?

22. Why did Forrest attack Fort Pillow?

23. Which battle was fought because Union General Lyons found himself cut off and he had to surrender, retreat, or attack?

24. How close did Lee's troops get to the Union position at Malvern Hill before the guns drove them back?

25. In what two battles did Lee try to personally lead his troops, only to be led himself, to the rear?

26. Where were Stonewall Jackson's forces held up and prevented from joining Lee at the Battle of Glendale?

27. In who's field did the Battle of Shilo begin?

28. Where did Grant cross the Rapidan River to start his Overland Campaign?

29. Why was the war in the west so critical to the Union victory?

30. What was Grant’s only ever stated regret concerning the Civil War?

31. Which General won the battle of Beaver Dam Creek but retreated anyway?

32. What does the term "refusing the line" mean?

Real Hard

1. Where was the furthest north Civil War battle fought?

2. When was the battle fought?

3. Who won the battle?

4. Where did the victor go after the battle?

5. The furthest north battle had two other distinctions, what were they?

6. What does enfalding fire mean?

7. What is a fire step?

8. What is abatis and how is it used?

9. Who wrote Taps? (Not the movie.)

10. What is a lancer? Name a Civil War battle where they were actually used?

11. Who made the Long Walk? Where did they go?

12. What was the Official Confederate policy toward Native American relations?

13. What Civil War POW camp had the highest death rate? Which one had the lowest?

14. The tune for the Battle Hymn of the Republic was lifted from another song, what was it called?

15. What is the typical defense multiplier value used in trench warfare?

16. Which Conferedate flag had its own song? Which flag was it?

17. John Brown and his sons used an unusual weapons to kill some pro-slavery men, what were they?

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