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Battles of the Civil War - Statistics
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- This quiz has been taken 1,547 times
- The average score is 11 of 30
Answer Stats
| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| The first shot of the Civil War was fired here | Fort Sumter | 85%
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| Turning point of the Civil War | Gettysburg | 85%
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| The bloodiest single day of the Civil War | Antietam | 77%
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| Cuts the Confederacy in half; gives the Union control of the Mississippi River | Vicksburg | 73%
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| Sherman defeats Hood at this city during his march to the sea | Atlanta | 65%
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| At the time, was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War | Shiloh | 57%
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| Grant meets Lee in battle for the first time | Wilderness | 45%
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| Major frontal assaults were ordered by Burnside with massive loss of life | Fredericksburg | 43%
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| Hooker vs. Lee; Confederate victory, but Jackson dies | Chancellorsville | 42%
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| Lee stops Grant from entering Richmond's "back door" | Petersburg | 40%
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| Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the Civil War | Appomattox Court House | 39%
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| First major land battle in Virginia | First Bull Run | 39%
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| "For Christmas, Mr. President, I present to you the city of _______" | Savannah | 38%
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| Braxton Bragg defeated by Grant and Thomas | Chattanooga | 34%
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| Major defeat of the Army of the Potomoc here for the second time | Second Bull Run | 34%
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| George Thomas attacks and destroys Hood's Army of Tennessee | Nashville | 33%
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| Lee's last victory in the war; "This is not war, this is murder" | Cold Harbor | 32%
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| The first battle between ironclad ships was fought here | Hampton Roads | 27%
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| A week-long battle between McClellan and Lee; costly Union defeat | Seven Days | 26%
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| Burnside detonates a mine under Lee's lines, but gets his men slaughtered - again | Crater | 22%
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| Grant vs. Lee, Round Two | Spotsylvania | 22%
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| "Damn the torpedos, full speed ahead!" | Mobile Bay | 20%
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| Two forts captured by Grant in quick succession; earns the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" | Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | 19%
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| Ensured Union control over Missouri | Pea Ridge | 14%
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| Bragg vs. Rosecrans; ended Southern hopes of controlling Central Tennessee | Stones River | 14%
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| The biggest battle in Missouri, and first major battle west of the Mississippi | Wilson's Creek | 12%
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| The end of Rosecrans' military career; George Thomas anointed "The Rock of ____" | Chickamagua | 10%
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| The "Gettysburg of the West" | Glorieta Pass | 5%
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| Four battles fought over the course of two weeks took the pressure off the west flank of Richmond | Shenendoah Valley | 5%
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| Opened up the Mississippi River south of Illinois | Island Number Ten | 4%
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