| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. President during most of the war (1861–1865) | Abraham Lincoln | 99%
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| Confederate general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia | Robert E. Lee | 88%
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| Pennsylvania battle that was the bloodiest of the entire war | Battle of {Gettysburg} | 85%
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| Final commander of the Union Army | Ulysses S. Grant | 81%
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| Capital of the Confederacy (1861–1865) | Richmond | 76%
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| First state to secede from the union | South Carolina | 76%
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| Proclamation that freed the slaves in the rebelling states | {Emancipation} Proclamation | 74%
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| Location of the war's first battle | Fort {Sumter} | 67%
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| Nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jackson | Stonewall | 66%
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| President of the Confederacy | Jefferson Davis | 64%
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| Name for the era after the war (1865-1877) | Reconstruction | 63%
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| Union general who "marched to the sea" | William Tecumseh Sherman | 58%
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| Village where the above commander surrendered | {Appomattox} Court House | 55%
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| Abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry in 1859 | John Brown | 51%
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| First major land battle | First Battle of {Bull} {Run} | 50%
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| Dueling ironclad ships at the Battle of Hampton Roads | Merrimack | 47%
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| Bloodiest single day in American history, and the first battle on Union soil | Battle of {Antietam} | 42%
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| Foolhardy Confederate charge at that battle | {Pickett}'s Charge | 42%
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| Dueling ironclad ships at the Battle of Hampton Roads | Monitor | 32%
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| "Do-nothing" commander of the Union Army who ran for President in 1864 | George B. McClellan | 30%
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