Civil War Battles: Shiloh

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1. Who was the Commander of the Confederates on the first day? Albert Johnston Robert E. Lee Pierre Beauregard Joseph Johnston

2. What Union Division Commander had previously commanded troops in a battle in Virginia? William Sherman Benjamin Prentiss Lew Wallace Ulysses Grant

3. What former Vice-President fought at Shiloh for the Confederates? W. H. L. Wallace Braxton Bragg John Breckinridge John Tyler

4. What new item did the Confederates leave in the Union camps after they drove the Northern troops away? Gold Pieces Food Paper Money Captured Soldiers

5. Where did Union troops hold up the center of the Confederate attack for most of the first day? Shiloh Church Nashville The Tennessee River The Hornet's Nest

6. What two gunboats supported Union troops on the second day? Tyler and Lexington Monitor and Merrimac Monitor and Virginia Tyler and Louisville

7. Who led the first brigade of reinforcements from Buell's army? William 'Bull' Nelson Lew Wallace John McClernand Jefferson C. Davis

8. Who commanded the Confederates on the second day? Albert Sidney Johnston Braxton Bragg Joseph Johnston Pierre Beauregard

9. What Union General went on to write the book 'Ben-Hur'? Ulysses S. Grant William Sherman Lew Wallace Don Carlos Buell

10. Who killed William 'Bull' Nelson in a Kentucky hotel after the battle? Pierre Beauregard John Morgan Jefferson C. Davis Nathan B. Forrest