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Quiz about Virginia in the American Civil War
Quiz about Virginia in the American Civil War

Virginia in the American Civil War Quiz


Virginia was instrumental to the Confederate cause. Let's see what we know about her role in the War for Southern Independence!

A multiple-choice quiz by DeepHistory. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
DeepHistory
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
361,679
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
358
Last 3 plays: Guest 209 (6/10), Guest 174 (8/10), Guest 172 (4/10).
Question 1 of 10
1. Virginia was not the first state to secede from the Union. How many states had done so before her? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What was the exact date in which State Convention voted to secede? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who was the Governor of Virginia at the time of her secession? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Whom did the Governor appoint to command the defenses of Virginia? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of these Virginians had been Governors of their state? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Who of the Virginians listed below became Governors of the state after the war? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of these Confederate generals did not call Virginia home? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. On what month of 1861 was the Confederate capital transferred from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What famous industrial company had its headquarters at Richmond and produced most of the Confederate artillery? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In what Military District was Virginia placed throughout Reconstruction and who was the Union general commanding it? Hint



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1. Virginia was not the first state to secede from the Union. How many states had done so before her?

Answer: 7

Initially, the Old Dominion did not want to severe ties with the Union. But the tide turned when Abraham Lincoln declared war on the Confederate States. Virginia did not want to fight her fellow Southerners and it seceded.
2. What was the exact date in which State Convention voted to secede?

Answer: April 17, 1861

Virginia voters ratified the ordinance after one month. Meanwhile, Lincoln had orderd the Union Navy to blockade Virginia and North Carolina, thus tipping the scales and leading to public acceptance of the Ordinance of secession in an overwhelming majority.
3. Who was the Governor of Virginia at the time of her secession?

Answer: John Letcher

Letcher was a staunch secessionist and very loyal to his home state. He was a talented politician and an impressive lawyer. Pierpoint was a unionist and, during Reconstruction, he acted as Governor of the State, despite having not been elected. Carlisle was a member of the Senate in 1861. William "Extra Billy" Smith had been Governor and later became a Confederate general.
4. Whom did the Governor appoint to command the defenses of Virginia?

Answer: Robert E. Lee

General Lee received his first assignment as a Confederate General and did a very creditable job. "Stonewall" Jackson was a colonel up to this time and had not received even his famoys moniker. Beauregard was commanding the defenses of Charleston Harbor and later he commanded the Confederate Army of the Potomac at First Manassas. Johnston had not received an assignmemt.
5. Which of these Virginians had been Governors of their state?

Answer: William Smith and John B. Floyd

All of them were Virginia governors during the 19th century. Both William Smith and Floyd became Confederate generals. Fitz Lee became Governor after the war, as did also Henry Wells. Patrick Henry had indeed been a Virginia Governor, but both of the pairs in which he is included are incorrect.
6. Who of the Virginians listed below became Governors of the state after the war?

Answer: Fitz Lee and James Kemper

All of them - except Henry - were Confederate generals. Wise and Floyd had been Governors before the war. William Smith had his second term as Governor after the war, but the pair is incorrect. Fitz Lee was Robert E. Lee's nephew, a cavalry general throughout the war, while Kemper had been disabled at Gettysburg during Pickett's Charge.
7. Which of these Confederate generals did not call Virginia home?

Answer: James Longstreet

Lee's "old War Horse" was from South Carolina. George Pickett became famous from his charge at Gettysburg. John Pegram was a capable and talented infantry commander. Finally, Ewell was Stonewall Jackson's successor in command of the Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
8. On what month of 1861 was the Confederate capital transferred from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia?

Answer: May

Richmond was the CS capital for the duration of the war. The most important city of the Confederacy, it was skillfully defended by Robert E. Lee till April of 1865. Its fall signaled the collapse of the Confederacy.
9. What famous industrial company had its headquarters at Richmond and produced most of the Confederate artillery?

Answer: Tredegar Iron Works

In fact, none of the other suggested companies existed. Tredegar Iron Works was the only industrial factory kept under Confederate control during the war. Some historians say it was comparable to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
10. In what Military District was Virginia placed throughout Reconstruction and who was the Union general commanding it?

Answer: First Military District under John Schofield

The other suggestions are completely incorrect. Schofield commanded the District for five years. O.O. Howard was the unforunate commander of the XI Corps, Army of the Potomac, at Chancellorsville. Godfrey Weitzel was the Federal general who built observation towers during the Siege of Petersburg. E.O.C. Ord was a cavalry commander. Some say that Lincoln had an affair with his wife.
Source: Author DeepHistory

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