Civil War: War in the West

The Confederate strategy in the West focused on controlling the Mississippi River.

• True

• False

Ulysses S. Grant was the most important figure in the western theater of war.

• True

• False

The Union captured Nashville and had control of Kentucky and much of Tennessee.

• True

• False

Although the Battle of Shiloh initially caught General Grant by surprise, Union reinforcement forced the Confederates to retreat.

• True

• False

David Farragut easily destroyed the two forts guarding the approach to New Orleans.

• True

• False

Following the Union capture of New Orleans, Commodore Farragut sailed farther up the Mississippi River, taking Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Natchez, Mississippi.

• True

• False

The Confederate defenders of Vicksburg easily defeated the Union forces.

• True

• False

The capture of Vicksburg soon gave the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.

• True

• False

Union forced defeated pro-Confederate Missourians in the Battle of Pea Ridge.

• True

• False

In the Battle of Pea Ridge, Union forces were helped by a group of American Indians.

• True

• False