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Quiz about The Final Days of the US Civil War

The Final Days of the U.S. Civil War Quiz

Most agree that the Civil War effectively ended on 9 April 1865 with the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia to Federal forces at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. Yet there were other events that happened in April and May 1865 ...

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

Author
liszkaj

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
84,406

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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3585

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Question 1 of 10

1. On 1 April 1865, during the climax of the Battle of Five Forks, where was Major General George Pickett? Hint

At the head of his division, leading it in battle.

In Tennessee leading a division of troops under General Hood.

In an army hospital, after being wounded a month before.

At a shad bake a few miles away.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Where was President Jefferson Davis when told the news that Richmond needed to be evacuated as soon as possible? Hint

In bed recovering from an attack of neuralgia.

Attending a church service.

Visiting with General Lee.

During a cabinet meeting.

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where was General Richard S. Ewell captured, during the retreat from Richmond? Hint

In Richmond itself. He never escaped in time.

Sayler's Creek

Appomattox Station

Jetersville

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who surrendered the remnants of the Army of Tennessee to William Sherman at the Bennett Farm in North Carolina? Hint

Joseph E. Johnston

Leonidas Polk

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

John Bell Hood

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Question 5 of 10

5. True or False? Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephens accompanied Jefferson Davis and the Confederate cabinet on their flight from Federal forces?

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. What play was Abraham Lincoln attending on the night of his assassination at Ford's Theater in Washington DC? Hint

Oklahoma!

Who's Afraid of West Virginia Wolf?

Hamlet

Our American Cousin

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Question 7 of 10

7. Where was Jefferson Davis finally captured by Federal forces? Hint

Goldsboro NC

Lynchburg VA

Irwinville GA

Milledgeville GA

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name of the steamship that caught fire on the Mississippi River while it was carrying Federal ex-Prisoners of War, killing over a 1,000 men? Hint

Lusitania

Hartford

Sultana

Kearsage

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was the only Confederate executed for war crimes? Hint

Robert E. Lee

Henry Wirz

George Pickett

Nathan Bedford Forrest

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the last major battle fought in Texas, a Confederate victory? Hint

Galveston

Red River

Austin

Palmito Ranch

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On 1 April 1865, during the climax of the Battle of Five Forks, where was Major General George Pickett?

Answer: At a shad bake a few miles away.

Yes, poor Pickett was enjoying a shad bake. Shad was a delicacy near the end of the war. Pickett could not pass up this opportunity to enjoy the fish with members of his staff. Unfortunately Five Forks was a major disaster for the Army of Northern Virginia.

2. Where was President Jefferson Davis when told the news that Richmond needed to be evacuated as soon as possible?

Answer: Attending a church service.

Davis was quietly told during a Sunday service at St. Paul's Church in Richmond on 2nd April 1865.

3. Where was General Richard S. Ewell captured, during the retreat from Richmond?

Answer: Sayler's Creek

Ewell and thousands of the rearguard of the Army were captured in one
of the final engagements of the Civil War.

4. Who surrendered the remnants of the Army of Tennessee to William Sherman at the Bennett Farm in North Carolina?

Answer: Joseph E. Johnston

Johnston surrendered the remnants of the Army of Tennessee on 26th April 1865.

5. True or False? Confederate Vice-President Alexander Stephens accompanied Jefferson Davis and the Confederate cabinet on their flight from Federal forces?

Answer: False

Stephens, a staunch critic of Jefferson Davis, was at home in Crawfordville, GA at the end of the war. Stephens spent little time actually doing his "job". He mostly spent the war years at Liberty Hall, his mansion in Crawfordville.

6. What play was Abraham Lincoln attending on the night of his assassination at Ford's Theater in Washington DC?

Answer: Our American Cousin

Lincoln was attending the final production of the British comedy starring Laura Keene. John Wilkes Booth shot him during Act III.

7. Where was Jefferson Davis finally captured by Federal forces?

Answer: Irwinville GA

Davis was captured by two regiments of Federal cavalry while visiting his wife and two children.

8. What was the name of the steamship that caught fire on the Mississippi River while it was carrying Federal ex-Prisoners of War, killing over a 1,000 men?

Answer: Sultana

The destruction of the Sultana, after one its boilers exploded remains
one of the most tragic events of the Civil War, as prisoners who survived the horrors of places like Andersonville lost their lives on their return home.

9. Who was the only Confederate executed for war crimes?

Answer: Henry Wirz

Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville prison, faced the noose as the only Confederate ever convicted and executed for war crimes. He claimed his innocence to his dying day.

10. What was the name of the last major battle fought in Texas, a Confederate victory?

Answer: Palmito Ranch

Source: Author liszkaj

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