WorksheetsCivil War Battles
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 6hrs 15mins
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
McClellan
Jefferson Davis
Who was the president of the Union?
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A Douglass
Where was the Battle of Shiloh fought?
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi
Virginia
Which battle was an attempt for the Union to capture the Confederate capital?
Shiloh
Antietam
First Bull Run/Manassas
Gettysburg
Which battle lasted 48 days?
Vicksburg
Shiloh
Gettysburg
Atlanta Campaign
Which battle proved Robert E. Lee could be defeated?
Vicksburg
First Bull Run/Manassas
Antietam
Gettysburg
Which battle was fought on Union soil?
Vicksburg
Gettysburg
Shiloh
Which general led a march through Georgia burning each city he came across?
McClellan
Beauregard
Sherman
Grant
Where did Robert E. Lee surrender?
Appomattox
Atlanta
Richmond
Antietam
What was the start date of the war?
November 17, 1863
April 12, 1861
April 9, 1865
June 7, 1860
What started the war?
Fort Sumter
Abraham Lincoln being elected president
Fugitive Slave Act
South seceding
Give the correct order of these battles:
Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, First Bull Run
First Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg
Antietam, Shiloh, First Bull Run, Gettysburg, Vicksburg
The battle of Shiloh was fought to gain control of...
The Mississippi River
a courthouse
Corinth
Robert E Lee's hometown
Which battle was the bloodiest one-day battle of the war?
Antietam
First Bull Run/Manassas
Shiloh
Gettysburg
What marked the end of the war?
Union winning Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee surrendering
Lincoln being re-elected
How many casualties were there at Ft. Sumter?
4,856
51,000
none
23,435
Why did Lincoln relieve McClellan of his duties as general?
he lost the battle of Antietam to him
he ran against him for president
he failed to aggressively pursue Robert E. Lee
Which two battles overlapped and were both huge Union victories?
Vicksburg & Gettysburg
Antietam & First Bull Run/Manassas
Shiloh & Vicksburg
Ft. Sumter & Atlanta Campaign
How long was the battle of Gettysburg?
48 days
3 days
1 day
14 days
What year was Lincoln elected president?
1860
1862
1858
1864
What did Sherman give to Lincoln as a Christmas gift?
his sword
a Union victory
the city of Savannah
Robert E. Lee
Why was capturing Atlanta so important?
because it was the 2nd largest city of the Confederacy
because it was a huge railroad hub
because it supplied weapons to some of the military
all of the above
Which of the following was not a general in the Civil War
Pickett
Coolidge
McClellan
Stonewall Jackson
What date did Lincoln give his famed "Gettysburg Address"
November 19, 1863
April 12, 1861
April 9, 1865
July 1, 1863
How long was the Civil War?
48 days
almost 3 years
almost 4 years
10 years
