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All About The Civil War Trivia Quiz

So you think you know the Civil War? Try this quiz and find out.

A multiple-choice quiz by yaintu69. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
yaintu69

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,754

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
7396

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 165 (13/15), gregson8030 (3/15), Guest 170 (13/15).

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1. What was the first major land battle of the Civil War? Hint

Shiloh

First Manassas

Sharpsburg

Cedar Creek

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2. How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last? Hint

one

three

two

five

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3. In what battle did a U.S. senator die? Hint

Big Bethel

Antietam

Ball's Bluff

Gettysburg

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4. In which battle did a U.S. general hide out in a pig sty? Hint

Sharpsburg

Gettysburg

Leesburg

Shiloh

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5. Which CSA general did General Grant fear the most? Hint

Robert E Lee

J.E.B. Stuart

Nathan Bedford Forrest

Stonewall Jackson

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6. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest enlisted as a private.

True

False

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7. Who was the only U.S. president to serve the Confederacy? Hint

Johnson

Fillmore

Jackson

Tyler

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8. Franklin Buchanan, first Superintendent of the US Naval Academy, became commander which ship?

Answer: (the South's first ironclad and the former USS Merrimac.)

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9. What was Jefferson Davis' middle name? Hint

Finnelly

Frederick

Finis

Figaro

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10. What did the initials in General J.E.B. Stuart's name stand for? Hint

James Ewell Brown

Josephus Elias Bocephus

John Edgar Brown

John Edward Bartholemew

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11. Grant's wife, Julia Dent, had a cousin who was a CSA general. Which of the following was he? Hint

James Longstreet

Braxton Bragg

Joseph Johnston

Robert E. Lee

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12. Which American Indian tribe was the first to side with the Confederacy? Hint

Mohawk

Choctaw

Cherokee

Apache

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13. Which general was the first to die? Hint

John Adams

Stonewall Jackson

Robert Selden Garnett

John C. Carter

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14. Who commanded Andersonville? Hint

Otho F. Strahl

Patrick Cleburne

Henry Wirz

States Rights Gist

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15. What was important about the battle at Island Mount, Missouri on October 19, 1862? Hint

first African-American troops to fight

Grant's first victory

the first major Union victory

no one died

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the first major land battle of the Civil War?

Answer: First Manassas

First Manassas was also called Bull Run. It was the first of two battles.

2. How many days did the Battle of Gettysburg last?

Answer: three

July 1st to the 3rd, 1863.

3. In what battle did a U.S. senator die?

Answer: Ball's Bluff

Col. Edward Baker (US) was the senator. This battle had severe political ramifications in Washington and led to the establishment of the Congressional Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War.

4. In which battle did a U.S. general hide out in a pig sty?

Answer: Gettysburg

The General who hid in the pigsty was Alexander Schimmelfennig. He hid between a wood pile and two slop barrels from which pigs were fed (backyard of a house on Washington Street).

5. Which CSA general did General Grant fear the most?

Answer: Nathan Bedford Forrest

Grant feared him because he was a great strategist although he had no formal training as a soldier.

6. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest enlisted as a private.

Answer: true

Forrest enlisted in June of 1861 and became brigadier general in July 1862.

7. Who was the only U.S. president to serve the Confederacy?

Answer: Tyler

John Tyler served as a representative in the CSA Congress.

8. Franklin Buchanan, first Superintendent of the US Naval Academy, became commander which ship?

Answer: CSS Virginia

9. What was Jefferson Davis' middle name?

Answer: Finis

10. What did the initials in General J.E.B. Stuart's name stand for?

Answer: James Ewell Brown

His nickname was "Beauty" because he was kind of homely.

11. Grant's wife, Julia Dent, had a cousin who was a CSA general. Which of the following was he?

Answer: James Longstreet

12. Which American Indian tribe was the first to side with the Confederacy?

Answer: Choctaw

13. Which general was the first to die?

Answer: Robert Selden Garnett

CS Gen. Robert Selden Garnett, killed July 13, 1861 at Corrick's Ford, was the first general to be killed in the war.

14. Who commanded Andersonville?

Answer: Henry Wirz

15. What was important about the battle at Island Mount, Missouri on October 19, 1862?

Answer: first African-American troops to fight

The 79th US Troops and the 21st KS Volunteers. became the first African-American regiment to fight in the war.

Source: Author yaintu69

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