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On what date was Abraham Lincoln elected president thus leading to the outbreak of the Civil War?
November 7th, 1861
Nov. 6th, 1860
November 4th, 1859
November 3rd, 1862
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On February 4th, 1861, the Confederacy was officially founded in Montgomery, Alabama. What man did the Confederates choose to be their president?
David Purcell
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Andrew Johnson
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On April 12th, 1861, the Confederacy officially began the Civil War by attacking what fort?
Fort Sumter
Fort Bluecross
Fort McHenry
Fort St. Helens
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On July 4th, 1863, Confederate forces surrendered Vicksburg. This victory gave the Union control of what major river?
The Colorado River
The Missouri River
The Ohio River
The Mississippi River
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On what date was the infamous Battle of the Crater where Union forces were massacred by being marched into a pit?
April 11th, 1861
December 22nd, 1862
August 1st, 1865
July 30th, 1864
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July 21st, 1861, saw the advent of what early Civil War battle that is also known as the First Battle of Manassas?
The First Battle of Shipshewana
The First Battle of Red Cliffs
The First Battle of Bull Run
The First Battle of Shiloh
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May 6th, 1863, saw the end of what Civil War conflict known as "Lee's Perfect Battle"?
The Battle of Chancellorsville
The Battle of Vicksburg
The Battle of New Orleans
The Battle of Leyte Gulf
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On what date did the 54th Massachusetts Regiment fight bravely but unsuccessfully to capture Fort Wagner?
February 3rd, 1864
November 22nd, 1865
March 14th, 1860
July 18th, 1863
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On May 1st, 1862, the Union massively crippled the Confederacy's naval power by capturing what city at the Mississippi River's mouth?
New Orleans
Mobile
Tallahassee
Jackson
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On May 12th, 1864, what flamboyant Confederate cavalry leader was shot and killed?
Robert E. Lee
Jubal Early
J.E.B. Stuart
James Longstreet
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On what date did the Confederate Army surrender Petersburg following a nine-month siege?
November 27th, 1862
June 18th, 1863
March 25th, 1865
December, 1st, 1865
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On November 25th, 1863, Ulysses S. Grant won the Chatanooga Campaign. This effectively kicked the Confederacy out of what American state?
Virginia
Tennessee
Massachusetts
Florida
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On the subject of Ulysses S. Grant, he won the Battle of Shiloh on what date thus granting the Union one of its biggest early victories?
August 25, 1864
October 3rd, 1863
May 12, 1861
April 7, 1862
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Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on what date?
February 2nd, 1861
January 1st, 1863
May 3rd, 1865
July 4th, 1865
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Lincoln made his Gettysburg Address on November 9th of what year? (Hint: his speech came only a few months after the Battle of Gettysburg)
1861
1862
1865
1863
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From Dec. 11th-15th, what Commander of the Army of the Potomac bungled the Battle of Fredericksburg costing the Union what should have been an easy but impactful victory?
Ambrose Burnside
William McKinley
Morris Haverly
Joshua Chamberlain
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On Sept. 2nd, 1864, what Union commander famously took the city of Atlanta following a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia?
William Scott Hancock
William T. Sherman
Albert Longden
John Buford
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On what date did William T. Sherman finish his "March to the Sea" after leaving Atlanta?
June 5th, 1863
Dec. 21st, 1864
April 9th, 1865
May 13th, 1865
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What battle that occurred on September 17th, 1862, was the bloodiest single day of the entire Civil War?
The Battle of Chippewa
The Battle of Damascus
The Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Gettysburg
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On what date did the Battle of Gettysburg begin?
August 20th, 1864
November 17th, 1862
February 28th, 1861
July 1st, 1863
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On July 2nd, 1863, Joshua Chamberlain helped save the Union Army by holding what geographic feature against an overwhelming Confederate onslaught?
The Oakmont Ridge
Little Bighorn
The Rainbow Bend
Little Round Top
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On July 3rd, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg concluded with what infamous suicide charge by Confederate forces into an entrenched Union position?
Pickett's Charge
Custer's Last Stand
The Wounded Knee Massacre
Lee's Rodeo
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On March 9th, 1864, what man was made Commanding General of the U.S. Army?
George McClellan
John Buford
Winfield Scott
Ulysses S. Grant
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On March 9th, 1862, what two ironclad battleships met and stalemated one another at the Battle of Hampton Roads?
The Irona Beagle and the Vulture's Landing
The Pattycake and the Icefloe
The Merrimack and the Monitor
The Richmond and the Philadelphia
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On November 8th, 1864, Abraham Lincoln earned the right to continue fighting the Civil War by defeating what Democratic nominee for the presidency?
George McClellan
Arthur Connaghey
Pete Madder
Thomas De Linne
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On what date did the Confederate general "Stonewall" Jackson die?
May 1st, 1861
January 3rd, 1862
May 10th, 1863
August 31st, 1865
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On June 28th, 1863, what man was placed in charge of the Army of the Potomac just in time to fight the Battle of Gettysburg?
George McClellan
Joseph Hooker
George Meade
Ambrose Burnside
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On what date was the Battle of Five Forks, a.k.a. "The Waterloo of the Confederacy"?
November 28th, 1864
January 18th, 1864
April 1st, 1865
July 13th, 1865
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On April 8th, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered at what location?
Bloomberg's Hideaway
Masters College
Appomattox Courthouse
The Constitution Hall
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The Civil War was tragically capped off by Abraham Lincoln being shot on what date?
April 14th, 1865
May 10th, 1865
July 3rd, 1865
August 24th, 1865
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