Civil War Battles: Shiloh

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

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

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

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 The Hornet's Nest The Tennessee River Nashville

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

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

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

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

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