The Boys' War Introduction

True or False: The Boys' War is about Union and Confederate boy soldiers.

• True

• False

The author of The Boys' War

• Mrs. Arledge

• Jim Murphy

• Dan Rodman

When did the Civil War begin?

• May 12, 2020

• April 12, 1925

• April 12, 1861

True or False: The Confederate soldiers fired the first shot that started the Civil War.

• True

• False

The place the Civil War began.

• Fort Walker

• Fort Smith

• Fort Sumter

Primary sources used in writing this book included

• diaries

• letters

• journals

• all of these

True or False: Anywhere from 250,000 to 420,000 boys may have fought in the Civil War.

• True

• False

True or False: No boys unders the age of 16 fought in the Civil War.

• True

• False

• I don't know

What famous song was played after the surrender of Fort Sumter?

• America the Beautiful

• Battle Hymn of the Republic

• Yankee Doodle

True or False: Some Union and Confederate soldiers were as young as 12 years old.

• True

• False