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Civil War Multiple Choice Quiz | 10 Questions

A good way to test your knowledge of America's bloodiest war. How well DO you know your Civil War facts?

A multiple-choice quiz by rutgersg. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rutgersg

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
26,270

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
4459

Last 3 plays: Guest 223 (4/10), curdman (7/10), Makadew (9/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. The name of the cemetery where the Union formed their defensive line during the battle of Gettysburg? Hint

Hagerstown Cemetery

Overland Cemetery

Evergreen Cemetery

Parkland Cemetery

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name of General George Meade's favorite mount. Hint

Traveller

Cincinnati

Old Baldy

Rienzi

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Question 3 of 10

3. Name the general who foolishly redeployed his troops during the moments before the second day at Gettysburg. Hint

David Birney

Winfield Hancock

Dan Sickles

Governor K. Warren

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which northern regiment suffered the highest casualty rate during the war? Hint

1st Minnesota

15th New Jersey

5th Indiana

1st Wisconsin

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Question 5 of 10

5. Name of the city that changed hands 72 times during the war. Hint

Corinth, Miss.

City Point, Va.

Winchester, Va.

Shelbyville, Tenn.

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Question 6 of 10

6. He was spoken of on the deathbeds of both R.E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Hint

Joseph E. Johnston

Jefferson Davis

D.H. Hill

A.P. Hill

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was Abraham Lincoln's annual salary as President? Hint

$10,000

$50,000

$20,000

$25,000

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was General Sherman's 'Christmas present' to President Lincoln? Hint

$200,000 in gold

Charleston, SC.

Savannah, Ga

Atlanta, Ga.

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Question 9 of 10

9. What nationally known Union officer was killed on May 24th 1861 after pulling down a Confederate flag from atop a Virginia boardinghouse? Hint

General Felix Zollicoffer

General James Ledlie

Nathaniel Lyon

Colonel Elmer E.Ellsworth

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the grandfather of Confederate General George W. Randolph? Hint

Paul Revere

Thomas Jefferson

James Monroe

George Washington

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The name of the cemetery where the Union formed their defensive line during the battle of Gettysburg?

Answer: Evergreen Cemetery

2. Name of General George Meade's favorite mount.

Answer: Old Baldy

Currently on display at the Civil War Library and Museum in Philadelphia

3. Name the general who foolishly redeployed his troops during the moments before the second day at Gettysburg.

Answer: Dan Sickles

Sickles lost his leg during this battle.

4. Which northern regiment suffered the highest casualty rate during the war?

Answer: 1st Minnesota

Only 47 of 262 survived the battle unscathed.

5. Name of the city that changed hands 72 times during the war.

Answer: Winchester, Va.

6. He was spoken of on the deathbeds of both R.E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

Answer: A.P. Hill

Hill always had a knack for getting to the field of battle in time to save the day.

7. What was Abraham Lincoln's annual salary as President?

Answer: $25,000

8. What was General Sherman's 'Christmas present' to President Lincoln?

Answer: Savannah, Ga

His troops captured Savannah on December 21, 1864.

9. What nationally known Union officer was killed on May 24th 1861 after pulling down a Confederate flag from atop a Virginia boardinghouse?

Answer: Colonel Elmer E.Ellsworth

The innkeeper, James Jackson, was then shot and killed by Ellsworth's men. Ellsworth was a personal friend of Lincoln.

10. Who was the grandfather of Confederate General George W. Randolph?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

Randolph also served as Confederate Secretary of War

Source: Author rutgersg

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