Civil War Quiz
A feature of our monthly meetings is a Civil War quiz based on the contents of the previous month's presentation. The current and past quizzes are listed on this page. Answers are posted following the meeting. See the Past Meetings link on the left for information about the presentations that inspired these questions.
| Date of Quiz | Topic |
|---|---|
| January 29, 2013 | Death and The Civil War, Part 2 |
| November 27, 2012 | Death and The Civil War, Part 1 |
| October 30, 2012 | Benjamin Franklin Butler, Lincoln's Conundrum |
| September 25, 2012 | The Seven Days Battles |
| August 25, 2012 | What Sank the Confederate Submarine, The Hunley? |
| July 31, 2012 | Worth A Dozen Men: Nursing in the Civil War South |
| June 26, 2012 | A Marine Artist's View of Famous Civil War Naval Battles |
| May 29, 2012 | The Ring of Fire – San Francisco Bay Forts and Batteries: 1861-1865 |
| April 24, 2012 | Civil War Money and Finances |
| March 27, 2012 | Review of the West Coast Civil War Conference Nov 11-13, 2011 |
| February 28, 2012 | The Strategic Impact of Railroads in the Civil War |
| January 31, 2012 | Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain |
| November 29, 2011 | Holly Springs—Grant's Worst Nightmare? |
| September 27, 2011 | Civil War Prisons – Interesting Prison Escapes |
| August 14, 2011 | The Wheel Becomes a Weapon of War, From Iron Age Cart to Iron Horse |
| July 26, 2011 | Female Nursing in the Civil War South |
| June 28, 2011 | A Battle of Loyalties & Suspicions: St Louis in the Civil War |
| May 31, 2011 | A Landmark Account of How Strategy Determined the Civil War |
| April 26, 2011 | Atlanta Campaign |
January 29, 2013
Based on "Death and The Civil War, Part 2"
Q#1 – Did either the North or South have a system for keeping track of military personnel records?
Q#2 – How did most families find out if a relative was killed or wounded in battle?
Q#3 – What was the most difficult thing for families to deal with regarding a relative who was killed in the Civil War?
Q#4 – Henry Babitch lobbied for the establishment of what service for dealing with soldiers wounded on the battlefield?
Q#5 – How many casualties were there at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Q#6 – How many horses were killed at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Q#7 – At Gettysburg, how were most of the Confederate dead buried?
Q#8 – How many military cemeteries were created during the Civil War?
Q#9 – What was the fee paid to companies hired to bury dead soldiers on the battlefield?
Q#10 – What is the last sentence of the Gettysburg address?
Q#11 – What percentage of the total casualties in the Civil War occurred after 1863?
Q#12 – What two critical military events occurred in September 1864 that assured a Confederate defeat in the Civil War?
Q#13 – In the years immediately following the Civil War, what would visitors to battlefields most frequently find?
Q#14 – What program did Quartermaster Edwin Whitman lead regarding the burial location of Union soldiers killed during the Civil War?
Q#15 – In 1865, what organization did Clara Barton create regarding the identification of soldiers killed in battle?
November 27, 2012
Based on "Death and The Civil War, Part 1"
Q#1 – Who made the movie Death and The Civil War?
Q#2 – What is the opening scene of the movie?
Q#3 – What was the date of Lincoln’s first inauguration as President?
Q#4 – What percent of the US population died in the Civil War?
Q#5 – Were there any national cemeteries in existence before the Civil War?
Q#6 – How many soldiers were killed at the Battle of Fort Sumter?
Q#7 – How many soldiers were killed at the First Battle of Bull Run?
Q#8 – How many soldiers were killed at the Battle of Shiloh, which shocked the both sides regarding the level or human carnage?
Q#9 – How many soldiers were mobilized by the North during the Civil war? How many for the South?
Q#10 – In 1861 what organization in the North was founded to help deal with the huge numbers of dead and wounded soldiers?
Q#11 – What was the total number of casualties at the Battle of Antietam?
Q#12 – Prior to going into battle, what did many soldiers arrange in the event of their death?
Q#13 – What was the name of the Southern quasi-military organization charged with tracking down run-away slaves and army deserters?
Q#14 – Of the 180,000 Black soldiers who participated in the Civil War, what was the ratio of those who died?
Q#15 – Approximately how many of the estimated 750,000 soldiers who died in the Civil war were never officially identified?
October 30, 2012
Based on "Benjamin Franklin Butler, Lincoln's Conundrum" by Tom Lubas
Q#1 – Where was Benjamin Butler born?
Q#2 – What concoction did Butler consume in large quantities that he attributed to his long and healthy life?
Q#3 – At what legal tactic did Butler excel in winning court cases?
Q#4 – What social cause was Butler’s first foray into politics?
Q#5 – Of what political party was Butler a member?
Q#6 – How many times did Butler vote for Jefferson Davis as the presidential nominee at the Democrat convention?
Q#7 – What was Butler’s first military rank in the Army?
Q#8 – What was Butler’s first military objective in 1861?
Q#9 – On what food item did Butler spend up to $20,000 of his own money to feed the people of New Orleans?
Q#10 – How did Butler punish the man in New Orleans who tore down the American flag?
Q#11 – What order did Butler issue that in effect, characterized the women of New Orleans as prostitutes?
Q#12 – In 1864 what command did General Ulysses Grant give to Butler?
Q#13 – Losing which battle cost Butler his command of the Army of the James?
Q#14 – What was Butler’s role in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson?
Q#15 – To what major political office was Butler elected after the Civil War?
September 25, 2012
Based on "The Seven Days Battles" by Hal Jespersen
Q#1 – On what date did the Seven Days Battle begin?
Q#2 – Who did McClellan replace as Commander of all Union Armies?
Q#3 – Fort Monroe was where McClellan ended up starting his attack on Richmond. What was McClellan’s first choice for starting his campaign?
Q#4 – What was McClellan’s primary military object for his Peninsula Campaign?
Q#5 – Approximately how many total troops, North and South, participated in the battle?
Q#6 – Approximately how many total casualties, North and South, resulted from the battle?
Q#7 – What were the 4 major battles fought during the Seven Days Battle?
Q#8 – During which battle on the Virginia Peninsula did Winfield Scott Hancock earn his nickname “Hancock the Superb”?
Q#9 – What river played a major role in the Seven Days Battle?
Q#10 – What two military duties did Robert E. Lee perform before being appointed Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?
Q#11 – How many cavalry troopers did Jeb Stuart have on his ride around the Union Army?
Q#12 – What was the primary reason the South lost the Battle of Mechanicsville?
Q#13 – Why did the South lose the battle at Savages Station?
Q#14 – On which side of Malvern Hill was the final attack of Seven Days fought?
Q#15 – What were the casualties for the North and the South at Malvern Hill?
August 25, 2012
Based on "What Sank The Confederate Submarine, The Hunley?" by Tom McMahon
Q#1 – What had been the prevailing theory of how the Hunley sank?
Q#2 – Is there any historical evidence that the Hunley actually had an anchor?
Q#3 – What significant damage was discovered on the ship’s conning tower?
Q#4 – When an autopsy of the drowned sailors was performed, what startling discovery was made?
Q#5 – When compared to the other crewman, in what body position was Captain Dixon’s body found?
Q#6 – Based on the scientific evidence, when was the Hunley’s conning tower damaged: before it sank or after?
Q#7 – Were any of the bullets that were fired at the Hunley by Union sailors ever found inside the Hunley’s hull?
Q#8 – What was the name of the famous southern foundry that was used to reproduce the Hunley’s conning tower?
Q#9 – What was the name of the Union warship that came to rescue the sailors from the sinking USS Housatonic?
Q#10 – How many Union sailors actually fired on the Hunley?
Q#11 – What were the 3 types of guns used by the Union sailors to fire in the Hunley?
Q#12 – What metal was the Hunley’s conning tower made of?
Q#13 – What happened when the outer flange of the Hunley’s conning tower was hit by a shell?
Q#14 – Where inside the Hunley were the bodies of all the crew found?
Q#15 – What is the theory of what caused the Hunley’s crew to die?
July 31, 2012
Based on "Worth A Dozen Men: Nursing in the Civil War South" by Dr. Libra Hilde
Q#1 – In what year was the first Civil War battle re-enactment held?
Q#2 – During which span of years did the period of “National Reconciliation” occur?
Q#3 – What is the most common definition of the “Lost Cause”?
Q#4 – How many veterans attended the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Q#5 – In a speech, how did President Woodrow Wilson characterize the Civil War?
Q#6 – In what years did a significant interest in the Civil War really begin to take hold in America?
Q#7 – How did women view themselves emerging from the Civil War?
Q#8 – What did many Southern female nurses do after the Civil War?
Q#9 – How were Southern female nurses most often characterized?
Q#10 – Which Southern female nurse played a prominent role in the founding of the “Lost Cause”?
Q#11 – What were most Southern Hospitals called during the Civil War?
Q#12 – What Southern women’s organization was founded in the early 1890s?
Q#13 – What was the approximate death rate percentage for Southern soldiers during the Civil War?
Q#14 – Two part question: 1-In the first years after the Civil War, in what locations were most Southern Civil War monuments erected? 2-Why were the monuments erected in these locations?
Q#15 – What is the name of Dr Hilde’s recently published book?
June 26, 2012
Based on "A Marine Artist's View of Famous Civil War Naval Battles" by Jim Campbell
Q#1 – What was the reason Jim Campbell had to redo his drawing of the Battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac?
Q#2 – What records does the Confederate submarine HL Hunley hold for naval warfare?
Q#3 – What was the name of the ship that fired the last shot of the Civil War?
Q#4 – From what southern harbor did the majority of Confederate blockade runners depart?
Q#5 – How long did the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimac last?
Q#6 – What was the name of the fort that was guarding the entrance to Hampton Roads?
Q#7 – How many guns did the CS Virginia have?
Q#8 – What innovative feature did the Monitor have installed for its two guns?
Q#9 – Two part question: 1-What was the name of the first Union ship that was attacked by the CS Virginia? 2-What was the name of the second Union ship attacked by the CS Virginia?
Q#10 – How many sailors died when the Monitor sank?
Q#11 – How many different prototypes of the Hunley did the Confederates build?
Q#12 – What was the name of the Union ship that the Hunley actually sunk?
Q#13 – How many minutes of air did the crew of the Hunley have when it ran submerged?
Q#14 – How was the body of the Hunley’s captain George E. Dixon identified when the submarine was being recovered from the ocean?
Q#15 – What did most military people call submarines during the Civil War?
May 29, 2012
Based on "The Ring of Fire – San Francisco Bay Forts and Batteries: 1861-1865" by Ernie Manzo
Q#1 – What name did the Spaniards give to their main fort when they arrived in the Bay Area?
Q#2 – During the early to late 19th century, what was the name of the construction method used to build forts?
Q#3 – What were the names of the two forts planned to protect the Golden Gate entrance to San Francisco Bay?
Q#4 – How many months of supplies and munitions were stored at Fort Point?
Q#5 – Where did the granite come from that was used to build Fort Point?
Q#6 – What was the only foreign country to formally announce support for the US Government during the Civil War?
Q#7 – What types of guns were placed on Crissy Field?
Q#8 – Why was the fort at Lime Point never built?
Q#9 – What other name was given to the military installation at Point San Jose?
Q#10 – Where was Black point geographically located?
Q#11 – What type of living creature inhabited Alcatraz Island?
Q#12 – In October 1863, what ship was fired upon as it entered San Francisco Bay?
Q#13 – How many batteries were posted on Angel Island?
Q#14 – What was the name of the fort located on Angel Island?
Q#15 – What piece of equipment was not shipped for the monitor that the Navy planned to use in San Francisco Bay?
April 24, 2012
Based on "Civil War Money and Finances" by Arthur Henrick
Q#1 – What military role did the presenter Arthur Henrick take on as a Civil War re-enactor?
Q#2 – Before the Civil War, how many banking institutions printed their own unique paper money?
Q#3 – At the start of the Civil War, how much money was in circulation that was in gold and silver coins?
Q#4 – During the Civil War, could taxes be paid in paper money or gold?
Q#5 – When people needed to make change, what was a common practice regarding the use of paper money?
Q#6 – What were uncancelled postage stamps that were used for money called?
Q#7 – What was the size of the Federal Budget in 1861?
Q#8 – In an effort to further his political career, what act did Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chas order?
Q#9 – By what army unit organization did Union Army Paymasters pay soldiers?
Q#10 – Why did Union Paymasters prefer to pay experienced regiments rather than new regiments?
Q#11 – In July 1861, President Lincoln proposed a war budget. What was the amount of that budget?
Q#12 – In what year was the nation's first federal income tax law passed?
Q#13 – Two part question: By the end of the war, what was the total financial cost: 1-Union; 2-Confederacy?
Q#14 – By the end of 1865, what was the Union's total war debt?
Q#15 – How many years did it take the United States to pay off the financial costs of the Civil War?
March 27, 2012
Based on "Review of the West Coast Civil War Conference Nov 11-13, 2011" by John Herberich
Q#1 – What was the name of the Keynote Speaker at the conference?
Q#2 – What was the total number of formal speakers at the conference?
Q#3 – From his attendance at the conference, what did John Herberich come away with?
Q#4 – What was the military designation for John Herberich's great grandfather's army unit?
Q#5 – What famous statement did President Lincoln make at the beginning of the Civil war in regards to the State of Kentucky?
Q#6 – What philosophical concept proved most detrimental to the South's chances of winning the Civil War?
Q#7 – What term did most Union soldiers apply to Negro slaves?
Q#8 – Two-part question: At the start of the Civil War: (1) How many slaves were in America? (2) How many "freed men" were in America?
Q#9 – When spoken by most Southerners, what was the real meaning of the phrase "Why, bless your heart"?
Q#10 – What percentage of eligible voters participated in the presidential election of 1860?
Q#11 – At the start of the Civil War, which Northern state had 4 times the manufacturing capacity of all the Confederate states combined?
Q#12 – By the end of the Civil War, how many bureaucrats were employed in Washington DC?
Q#13 – Who named the Northern plan to encircle the South as the "Anaconda Plan"?
Q#14 – How was the Civil War characterized regarding its affect on most Americans?
Q#15 – As it relates to race relations, what action did President Woodrow Wilson take in 1920?
February 28, 2012
Based on "The Strategic Impact of Railroads in the Civil War" by Lee Meredith
Q#1 – What was the most important use of railroads during the Civil War?
Q#2 – What was the year the first railroad in America was chartered for operation?
Q#3 – How fast in miles per hour was the first train ride?
Q#4 – How many miles of track were laid at the start of the Civil War?
Q#5 – How much did the average Civil War locomotive weigh?
Q#6 – What was the name of the railroad that played a key role in the Confederate victory at the First battle of Bull Run?
Q#7 – At the beginning of the Civil War, how were Southern railroads regulated?
Q#8 – By the end of the Civil war, how many miles of railroad track existed in the State of Florida?
Q#9 – What were the 3 types of rails used for railroad tracks?
Q#10 – What legislation was signed into law in 1862 by President Lincoln authorizing construction of the Trans-continental Railroad?
Q#11 – How many times did Harpers Ferry, Virginia change hands during the Civil War?
Q#12 – How did Confederate General Braxton Bragg move his entire army from Tupelo, MS to Chattanooga, TN?
Q#13 – How many miles was the route to supply Northern general Rosecrans in Chattanooga?
Q#14 – Which two Union Army Corps were transferred from the Army of the Potomac to General Rosecrans's command in Chattanooga?
Q#15 – Where did the majority of troops ride when they were transported by train?
January 31, 2012
Based on "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain" by René Accornero (November 29)
Q#1 – How many times was Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain wounded during the Civil War?
Q#2 – What college did Chamberlain attend?
Q#3 – What childhood related physical impediment did Chamberlain overcome?
Q#4 – In 1933, who was the last Civil War general to die?
Q#5 – What was the 20th Maine's role at the Battle of Antietam?
Q#6 – Why was the 20th Maine held out of action at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
Q#7 – Two part question: 1-How many soldiers made up the 20th Maine when the regiment was first formed? 2-how many soldiers made up the 20th Maine at the Battle of Gettysburg?
Q#8 – Who gave the order for the 20th Maine to take up a position on the far left flank of the Union line?
Q#9 – How many charges did The Confederate unit under William Oates make against the 20th Maine's line on Little Round Top?
Q#10 – What year did Chamberlain receive his Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg??
Q#11 – What is the name of the town in Maine where Chamberlain grew up?
Q#12 – What present did Chamberlain give his wife for their 10th wedding anniversary?
Q#13 – In the Siege of Petersburg, where on his body did Chamberlain receive his near fatal wound?
Q#14 – How many consecutive 1-year terms was Chamberlain serve as the Governor of Maine?
Q#15 – How did Chamberlain receive his Medal of Honor that was awarded to him for his action at the Battle of Gettysburg?
November 29, 2011
Based on "Holly Springs—Grant's Worst Nightmare?" by Bob Hubbs (September 27)
Q#1 – What is the only recorded apology President Lincoln ever made to one of his generals?
Q#2 – What is the definition of a nightmare?
Q#3 – Who wrote most of Grant's memoirs?
Q#4 – For what two things was Grant known at West Point?
Q#5 – Why did Grant decide to write his memoirs?
Q#6 – Who placed Grant as 2nd in command in the Western Theater in 1862?
Q#7 – From a military career perspective, what event in July 1862 was the turning point for Grant?
Q#8 – What was Grant's first battle plan as Western theater Commander?
Q#9 – What battle approach did Grant want to use to capture Vicksburg?
Q#10 – What did Grant set up at Holly Springs?
Q#11 – Who did Grant put in charge at Holly Springs?
Q#12 – What was the name of the battle plan used by General Sherman in his attack on Vicksburg?
Q#13 – When Grant issued his General Order #1, what name did most people give it?
Q#14 – What did Robert C. Murphy do when ordered by Grant to be ready for a Confederate attack on Holly Springs?
Q#15 – Why is Holly Springs Grant's Nightmare?
September 27, 2011
Based on "Civil War Prisons – Interesting Prison Escapes" by Gary Yee (August 14)
Q#1 – What was a critical policy regarding managing Civil War era prisons that still applies today?
Q#2 – What was a very important requirement for running and maintaining Civil War prisons?
Q#3 – What was the most common method used by prisoners to escape from a prison during the Civil War?
Q#4 – What was the Dead Line?
Q#5 – The most famous escape of Confederate prisoners occurred at what Union prison?
Q#6 – What famous Confederate general escaped from the Ohio State Penitentiary?
Q#7 – How high was the exterior wall at the Ohio State Penitentiary?
Q#8 – What mistake by Union prison management led to most prison breaks?
Q#9 – What mode of transportation did John Hunt Morgan use after escaping from prison?
Q#10 – Where was the Old Capital Union Prison located?
Q#11 – Why were the Confederates more effective at capturing escaped Union POWs?
Q#12 – In the largest single breakout at Andersonville prison, how many Union soldiers escaped?
Q#13 – What type of buildings made up the Confederate prison at Danville, VA?
Q#14 – Where was Libby Prison located?
Q#15 – In the largest single breakout at Libby prison, how many Union soldiers escaped?
August 14, 2011
Based on "The Wheel Becomes a Weapon of War, From Iron Age Cart to Iron Horse" by Tom McMahon (July 26)
Q#1 – What major shortcoming regarding railroads did the Confederacy have?
Q#2 – In what year did construction begin on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad?
Q#3 – In 1803 what was the name of one of the first locomotives?
Q#4 – How many different gauges of railroads existed in the South at the start of the Civil War?
Q#5 – In what part of the world was evidence found of the first use of the wheel?
Q#6 – How many Confederate soldiers under General Braxton Bragg travelled by train from Tupelo, MS to Chattanooga, TN?
Q#7 – At the start of the Civil War, what critically important act did President Lincoln perform regarding the railroads?
Q#8 – Who made up the majority of workers laying railroad track for the Northern forces?
Q#9 – How many railroads terminated in Richmond at the start of the Civil War?
Q#10 – How many of the railroads that terminated in Richmond at the start of the Civil war intersected with each other?
Q#11 – How did the North view the use of railroads?
Q#12 – What was the name of the rail-mounted mortar used by the North to bombard Confederate lines at Petersburg?
Q#13 – Two-part question: At the start of the Civil War, how many miles of railroads did each side have?
Q#14 – How many locomotives did the South construct during the Civil War?
Q#15 – For what railroad did presenter Tom McMahon's father work?
July 26, 2011
Based on "Female Nursing in the Civil War South" by Dr. Libra Hilde (June 28)
Q#1 – Female nurses from North and South directed their experiences in much different ways after the War. How did Northern nurses direct their experience? How did Southern nurses direct their experience?
Q#2 – As the Civil War began, how did most people view nursing?
Q#3 – What were the 3 main reasons soldiers preferred to have women in the hospitals?
Q#4 – To what jobs were most black nurses relegated?
Q#5 – What were the 3 main reasons women got into nursing?
Q#6 – At the start of the Civil War, how did most male surgeons view female nurses?
Q#7 – Over time, there was another reason female nurses were wanted in hospitals. What was that reason?
Q#8 – During what period of time did the Confederacy formally organize a medical care system?
Q#9 – Two-part question: What was the average mortality rate at hospitals run by men? What was the average mortality rate at hospitals run by women?
Q#10 – In the South, what were many of the small local hospitals run by women called?
Q#11 – What was a significant benefit most women realized from their involvement in medical care?
Q#12 – What was one of the unpleasant tasks that male surgeons delegated to women?
Q#13 – What title did many soldiers give to their female nurses?
Q#14 – From a psychological perspective, how did female nurses view their patients?
Q#15 – During the post Civil War Reconstruction period, what role did many Southern women take on?
June 28, 2011
Based on Adam Arenson's "The Great Heart of the Republic: St. Louis and Cultural Civil War" (May 31)
Q#1 – What are the 3 regions of the country that come together at St Louis?
Q#2 – What was the final battle of the Civil War?
Q#3 – On what date and at what location did the Missouri State Militia first gather together as a unit?
Q#4 – What was the name of the general commanding Union forces in St Louis in 1861?
Q#5 – Approximately how many people were killed after the surrender by the Missouri State Militia at Camp Jackson?
Q#6 – What was the name of the third political party on the 1860 Presidential ballot??
Q#7 – What development project did people in the West most want to happen?
Q#8 – Which state that took a vote on secession was the first to vote NOT to secede?
Q#9 – What were free Negroes required to have in order to maintain their freedom?
Q#10 – What were the facilities called where Union commanders attempted to quarantine people who sympathized with the Confederacy??
Q#11 – Into which state did Dred Scott's owner take him that served as the basis for Scott claiming he was a free man?
Q#12 – What is the name of the person who setup the Western Sanitary Commission in St Louis?
Q#13 – What government organization in St Louis was given the responsibility with assessing people's loyalty in St Louis?
Q#14 – Outside of St Louis and throughout the State of Missouri, the majority of the citizens were sympathetic to which side in the Civil War?
Q#15 – At what university does Dr Adam Arenson teach?
May 31, 2011
Based on Donald Stoker's "A Landmark Account of How Strategy Determined the Civil War" (April 26)
Q#1 – What is the primary teaching objective of the War College where Donald Stoker is a professor?
Q#2 – What did President Lincoln initially want to accomplish with the Civil War?
Q#3 – What did Confederate Secretary of State Robert Toombs recommend regarding the bombardment of Fort Sumter?
Q#4 – What was the Confederate States' main strategic dilemma at the start of the war?
Q#5 – What was the Confederacy's critical strategic mistake regarding the State of Kentucky?
Q#6 – What was McClellan's Grand Plan that he presented to Lincoln in 1861?
Q#7 – How many troops did McClellan's Grand Plan require for invading and taking Virginia?
Q#8 – What was McClellan's greatest fault?
Q#9 – How many times did Grant ask General Halleck for permission to attack Forts Henry & Donelson?
Q#10 – After the Union invasion of Tennessee, what city did McClellan want captured immediately?
Q#11 – Prior to his death, what did Philip Kearny recommend should be done with McClellan?
Q#12 – What was the Confederacy's "Center of Gravity"?
Q#13 – What was the Confederate response in 1862 to Union military gains in Tennessee?
Q#14 – What were Lee's 3 strategic objectives for his invasion of the North in 1863?
Q#15 – What were the reasons that Lee's 1863 invasion of the North was a strategic mistake?
Q#16 – What is the critical element to a successful execution of a strategic plan?
April 26, 2011
Based on Larry Comstock's "The Union is Saved! The Atlanta Campaign of 1864"
Q#1 – Who was in command of the Union Western armies in April, 1864?
Q#2 – How many military campaigns did General Grant have planned to go into operation in 1864 when he took overall command of the Union Armies?
Q#3 – Name the two strategic objectives General Sherman established for the Atlanta campaign.
Q#4 – How many major railroads intersected in Atlanta?
Q#5 – What was General Sherman's basic battle strategy that he employed in the Atlanta Campaign?
Q#6 – What was the size of General Sherman's army at the start of the Atlanta Campaign?
Q#7 – Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston replaced Braxton Bragg. Which General then replaced Joseph E. Johnston to lead the Southern forces?
Q#8 – In what city did General Sherman stockpile his supplies for the Atlanta Campaign?
Q#9 – What was the name of the railroad that General Sherman planned to destroy near the town of Resaca, Georgia?
Q#10 – What is the name of the ridge that was the focus of the Battle of Resaca?
Q#11 – At the beginning of the Battle of Resaca, which Union flank was attacked by Confederate General Hood?
Q#12 – What title did a Confederate general give to the series of battles, maneuvers, and withdrawals that made up the Atlanta Campaign?
Q#13 – In what city did the Republican Party hold their 1864 presidential nominating convention?
Q#14 – What is the name of the hill outside of Atlanta that was critical to the defense of the Union lines against Confederate assaults?
Q#15 – During the Atlanta Campaign, Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker resigned as commander of the XX Corps because he was not given command of the Army of the Tennessee. What Union general was given that command?