Civil War Quiz – The Battle of Shiloh
Q#1 – What is another name given to the Battle of Shiloh?
Q#2 – What were the dates when the Battle of Shiloh was fought?
Q#3 – What was the name of the main river that bordered on the Battle of Shiloh?
Q#4 – What were the names of the two Confederate commanding generals at the Battle of Shiloh?
Q#5 – What was the name of the Union Army led by Ulysses S. Grant at the Battle of Shiloh?
Q#6 – What was the name of the Confederate Army that fought at the Battle of Shiloh?
Q#7 – In March 1862, Henry Halleck then Union commander of the Department of the Missouri replaced Ulysses S. Grant as the leader of the western Tennessee offensive with another Union general – then shortly thereafter reinstated Grant as the leader. What was the general’s name who replaced Grant and then was replaced by Grant?
Q#8 – What was the name of the nearby town where Confederate forces assembled prior to their attack against the Union forces located in the vicinity of the Shiloh Church?
Q#9 – Before the battle began, a Union Colonel under General William Sherman warned Sherman that a Confederate attack was imminent. What was Sherman’s response?
Q#10 – Where was Union General Grant located at the time the Confederates started their initial attack at Shiloh?
Q#11 – On the first day of the battle, Union troops formed a defensive line in a field along a road now popularly called the “Sunken Road” where intense fighting occurred. After the battle, what name was given to this location?
Q#12 – Albert Sidney Johnston bled to death on the battlefield of a wound he suffered. What area of his body was he wounded?
Q#13 – On the evening of the first day of battle, Union General Sherman remarked to Grant, “Well, Grant, we’ve had the devil’s own day, haven’t we?” What was Grant’s response?
Q#14 – Who was the Union division commander who arrived late with reinforcements that helped turned the battle towards the Union forces?
Q#15 – What were the reasons the Confederate commanding general withdrew from the battlefield?