The Boy's War: Prologue

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• a. Battle of Indiana

• b. Battle of Shiloh

• c. Battle of Gettysburg

• d. Battle of Fort Sumter

Where was Fort Sumter located?

• Nashville

• New York

• Charleston Harbor

• Virginia

3. Who did Fort Sumter belong to originally?

• Union

• Confederacy

Which side took Fort Sumter?

• Union

• Confederacy

True or False. No one had been seriously injured during the bombardment of Fort Sumter.

• True

• False

True or False. No one knows exactly how many boys enlisted for either side.

• True

• False

After the war, an army statistician estimated that _____________ of soldiers were boys.

• 50%

• 100%

• 1%

• 10 to 20%

How do we know the boys' stories even though we do not know exactly how many boys were in the war?

• from television interviews

• from newspaper articles

• from magazines

• from firsthand accounts from letters, journals, and diaries

Why was the spelling and wording so choppy from the boys for the most part?

• They were highly educated

• They were uneducated farm boys for the most part