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Seven Days' Battles/Peninsula Campaign Quiz

A quiz on the series of battles fought in the spring of 1862 on the Virginia Peninsula.

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

Author
DarthNefarus

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
235,033

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. When General George McClellan was appointed commander of the Federal army, what name did he give to the army he personally commanded? Hint

Army of the Potomac

Grand Union Army

Army of the Shenandoah

Army of Virginia

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Question 2 of 10

2. The Union army loaded itself onto ships to be transported to where on the Virginia Coast? Hint

Norfolk

Petersburg

Hampton Roads

Fort Monroe

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Question 3 of 10

3. What town did McClellan's advancing troops encounter their first resistance? This fight ended up being a timewasting and strategically worthless siege. Hint

Yorktown

Petersburg

Norfolk

Hampton Roads

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Question 4 of 10

4. As McClellan's forces drew closer to Richmond, General Johnston finally attacked at what location? Hint

Seven Trees

Seven Hills

Seven Maples

Seven Pines

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Question 5 of 10

5. After Johnston fell with a wound, President Davis appointed whom to take command of the Confederate forces? Hint

General Lee

General Smith

General Jackson

General Longstreet

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Question 6 of 10

6. Lee launched his first attack on one of McClellan's corps at Beaver Dam Creek. He lost this poorly coordinated battle against which Federal corps commander? Hint

General E. Sumner

General J. Hooker

General D. Couch

General F.J. Porter

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Question 7 of 10

7. Lee's second assault was against the same corps as at Beaver Dam Creek. Lee won this battle in costly fighting. Where did this second fight take place? Hint

Fraser's Farm

Savage Station

Gaine's Mill

Malvern Hill

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Question 8 of 10

8. After McClellan pulled back again, Lee continued his assaults. They finally culminated in a desperate attack by Lee on Federal positions at ____. Hint

Savage Station

Malvern Hill

Fraser's Farm

Fort Monroe

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Question 9 of 10

9. During the campaign, Lee renamed the Confederate army what? Hint

Army of the South

Army of Virginia

Army of Northern Virginia

Army of the Confederacy

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Question 10 of 10

10. What event in the Peninsula campaign most likely prolonged the war three more years and resulted in an impressive string of Southern victories? Hint

Retreat of McClellan

Reformation of the Confederate forces

Arrival of Jackson's troops from the Shenandoah

Wounding of Johnston

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. When General George McClellan was appointed commander of the Federal army, what name did he give to the army he personally commanded?

Answer: Army of the Potomac

McClellan became known as a great organizer of troops, but an incompetant field commander.

2. The Union army loaded itself onto ships to be transported to where on the Virginia Coast?

Answer: Fort Monroe

It was the largest amphibious operation in American history until D-Day during WWII.

3. What town did McClellan's advancing troops encounter their first resistance? This fight ended up being a timewasting and strategically worthless siege.

Answer: Yorktown

McClellan's forces were stalled by a Confederate force they heavily outnumbered long enough for Joseph Johnston and the Confederate army to arrive to protect Richmond.

4. As McClellan's forces drew closer to Richmond, General Johnston finally attacked at what location?

Answer: Seven Pines

The attack was poorly coordinated and resulted in Johnston being severely wounded, though he would survive.

5. After Johnston fell with a wound, President Davis appointed whom to take command of the Confederate forces?

Answer: General Lee

Lee had been Davis's military advisor up until that time.

6. Lee launched his first attack on one of McClellan's corps at Beaver Dam Creek. He lost this poorly coordinated battle against which Federal corps commander?

Answer: General F.J. Porter

Throughout the campaign, McClellan was bluffed by Lee into thinking that Lee had thousands more men that he really had, so that even if he won a battle, McClellan ordered his men to fall back.

7. Lee's second assault was against the same corps as at Beaver Dam Creek. Lee won this battle in costly fighting. Where did this second fight take place?

Answer: Gaine's Mill

Porter's corps was isolated on the north side of one of the easily flooded rivers in the region, left alone to fight the two above battles on his own.

8. After McClellan pulled back again, Lee continued his assaults. They finally culminated in a desperate attack by Lee on Federal positions at ____.

Answer: Malvern Hill

The attack was a total failure. Many of the troops involved would take part in another failed frontal attack on July 3, 1863 at a then little known Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg.

9. During the campaign, Lee renamed the Confederate army what?

Answer: Army of Northern Virginia

He also reorganized the army, for the first time creating two corps, one of which went to James Longstreet and the other to "Stonewall" Jackson.

10. What event in the Peninsula campaign most likely prolonged the war three more years and resulted in an impressive string of Southern victories?

Answer: Wounding of Johnston

If Johnston had not been wounded, General Lee would not have been given a field command and the Federal army could have probably beaten him much more easily.

Source: Author DarthNefarus

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