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Harriet Beecher Stowe. Mrs. Stowe wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' which became a best-seller and converted many Northerners to the antislavery cause. The book was banned in the South.
South Carolina. The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 convinced many Southerners that secession was their only option. South Carolina led the way, and was followed over the next several months by ten additional states.
Montgomery, AL. The Confederacy was formed in Montgomery in February 1861. After Virginia joined the Confederacy later that year, the capital was moved to Richmond.
Sherman. Sherman believed that the quickest way to end the war was to take it to civilians.
Savannah, GA. Sherman captured Savannah a few days before Christmas 1864, at the end of the March to the Sea.
| Northerners and Southerners frequently referred to battles by different names. What did Southeners call the battle that Northerners named Bull Run? | Random Facts about the Civil War
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Manassas. Early in the war Southerners named battles after nearby towns while Northerners named them after bodies of water--creeks, rivers, etc.
| When General Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House his army had shrunk desperately low. How many troops did he command at the surrender? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| History has re-named the bridge over the Antietam creek as, Burnside bridge. What was the bridge called by the local towns people? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| During the battle of Yellow Tavern a Union private named John Huff shot and killed J.E.B. Stuart, Confederate General. What was the fate of John Huff? | Civil War Trivia 1
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He was killed two weeks later.
| During the battle of First Manassas, what civilian occupant of the Henry House was killed? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| During the battle of Gettysburg both Union and Confederate drank from a spring during the fighting that surrounded the spring. What is the name of the spring? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| The battle of Gettysburg is considered by many to have been the largest battle in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately how many casualties were there at this great battle? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| Colonel Joshua Chamberlain and his troops held off several Confederate attempts to take Little Round Top. By what name do we call these troops? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| What Union General always wore clean white shirts despite the grime of battle? | Civil War Trivia 1
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| How old was General John Bell Hood when he was appointed to the rank of full general? | Civil War Trivia 1
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George Thomas. During the second day of the battle, Rosecrans, the Union Commander was erroneously informed that he had a gap in his line. When he moved units to fill in the 'Gap' he created one - which was quickly exploited by Longstreet. The Union Army crumbled and it was only George Thomas who stood firm on Horseshoe Ridge and Snodgrass Hill against repeated rebel assaults. Although Thomas himself vacated the field after dark, he had saved the Army from annihilation.
| William Quantrill led an infamous raid on what town? | Civil War
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Lawrence, Kansas. 182 old men and boys were killed by Quantrill's raiders during the raid.
Semmes. One of hte most successful Confederate Raiders, The Alabama, during its two-year career claimed more than 60 prizes valued at nearly {$6,000,000.}
| At what battle did the Union suffer 7,000 casualties in twenty minutes? | Civil War
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| During what engagement was JEB Stuart mortally wounded? | Civil War
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Yellow Tavern. JEB, in the front line, was mortally wounded by a pistol shot from an unhorsed Union soldier.
| Union forces suffered staggering losses assaulting Marye's Heights in what battle? | Civil War
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Fredericksburg. This disaster led to Burnsides' removal as Commander of the Army of the Potomac.
| Prentiss stubbornly defended the 'Hornet's Nest' during which battle? | Civil War
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Shiloh. Prentiss held the position against repeated assaults before being forced to surrender
| The C.S.S. Alabama was sunk near which port city? | Civil War
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Cherbourg, France. The Alabama was engaged and sunk by the U.S.S. Kearsarge after she emerged from the French harbor.
| What Civil War general was quoted as saying 'Bury your poor dead, and speak no more about it'? | Civil War : Volume 1
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Robert E. Lee. After the battle of Bristoe Station, Va. in 1863, many of A.P. Hill's men lay dead or dying from a poorly planned assult on a Union stronghold. Lee was overheard uttering this to Hill after the battle, which at the time was considered a very harsh rebuke from Lee.
| During the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded. What was the place that Jackson was taken to, where he died at ten days later? | Civil War : Volume 1
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Guinea Station, Va. Jackson had his arm amputated on the battle field of Chancellorsville, after accidentally being shot by his own men. He was then transported to Guinea Station where he died ten days later on May 10, 1863.
| General Burnside was always known for his haircut and his military blunders. In which battle did Burnside send fourteen full frontal assaults on a stone wall, which got most of his men killed or wounded? | Civil War : Volume 1
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Battle of Fredericksburg. In the Battle of Fredericksburg, General Burnside's assult against Lee's entrenched men at the bottom of Marye's Heights proved a fatal blow to Burnside's command of the Army of the Potomac.
| At what western theater Union fort did Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest rout and kill an entire regiment of colored troops? | Civil War : Volume 1
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Fort Pillow. After asking for the fort's unconditional surrender, and not getting a response, Forrest charged his men over the ramparts and killed almost every colored soldier inside the fort.
Leather goods and harness salesman. For a time Grant also worked as a clerk in his father's store in Galena, Illinois.
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