Civil War Dates
July 21, 1861
What was the First Battle of Bull Run
(Manassas)?
General George G. Meade's favorite mount during the Civil War
What was Baldy or Old Baldy?
The site of the first Ironclad sea battle
What is Hampton Roads?
Author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
Who was George Mason?
The percentage of the population of the United States that died in the U.S. Civil War
What is 2%
December 13, 1862
What is the Battle of Fredericksburg?
The number of horses shot from under General Nathan Bedford Forrest during the war
What was Twenty-nine (29)?
The winner between the Merrimack and the Monitor
What is a draw?
Most of these Americans supported neither the Union nor Confederacy
Who are Native Americans?
It helped millions of former black slaves and poor whites in the South after the Civil War.
What was the Freedmen's Bureau?
The first submarine sunk in combat on February 17, 1864
What was the sinking of the H.L.Hunley?
General George B. McClellan's favorite horse
What was Dan Webster?
The ironic location the location chosen for the funeral of Confederate General John Pegram
What was the St Paul Church in Richmond VA where he was married only three weeks earlier?
The oldest officer to leave the prewar U.S. Army for Confederate service
Who was General David E. Twiggs?
(71 years old)
Two brothers who became Civil War generals on opposite sides, and both were killed in action
Who was General William R. Terrill of Virginia, a Union Brigade commander, killed at the Battle of Perryville in 1862?
Who was James B Terrill Confederate brigadier general who was killed at Bethesda Church in 1864?
November 25, 1863
What was the Battle of Missionary Ridge?
Name three horses used by General U.S. Grant during the Civil War.
What was Cincinnati, Kanagaroo, Fox, Jeff Davis, and Jack?
In this campaign the phrase "The cracker lines open! Full rations boys!" was heard
What was Chattanooga?
The group that settled primarily in the Shenandoah Valley along the migration route
Who are the German and Scot-Irish?
otch Irish?
During the Battle of Pea Ridge the Confederate commander established his field headquarters in this vehicle
What is an ambulance?
On November 4, 1862, this patent was issued that was perfected too late for the Civil War
What was patent # 36,836 for the Gatling Gun?
General Albert Sidney Johnston was riding this horse when he was killed at Shiloh
What was Fire-eater?
Three out of four Union expeditions against Vicksburg which bogged down in the bayous of the Mississippi River from February to April 1863.
What were Duckport Canal, Lake Providence, Yazoo Pass, and Steele's Bayou?
This Confederate General was mortally wounded at Falling Waters, Virginia
Who was General James J.Pettigrew?
The highest-ranking Admiral in the Confederate Navy
Who was Admiral Franklin Buchanan?