The American Civil War - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
U.S. President during most of the war (1861–1865) Abraham Lincoln
99%
Confederate general who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia Robert E. Lee
88%
Pennsylvania battle that was the bloodiest of the entire war Battle of {Gettysburg}
86%
Final commander of the Union Army Ulysses S. Grant
81%
Capital of the Confederacy (1861–1865) Richmond
76%
First state to secede from the union South Carolina
76%
Proclamation that freed the slaves in the rebelling states {Emancipation} Proclamation
74%
Location of the war's first battle Fort {Sumter}
67%
Nickname of Confederate general Thomas Jackson Stonewall
67%
President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis
64%
Name for the era after the war (1865-1877) Reconstruction
63%
Union general who "marched to the sea" William Tecumseh Sherman
59%
Village where the above commander surrendered {Appomattox} Court House
55%
Abolitionist who raided Harper's Ferry in 1859 John Brown
51%
First major land battle First Battle of {Bull} {Run}
50%
Dueling ironclad ships at the Battle of Hampton Roads Merrimack
48%
Bloodiest single day in American history, and the first battle on Union soil Battle of {Antietam}
42%
Foolhardy Confederate charge at that battle {Pickett}'s Charge
42%
Dueling ironclad ships at the Battle of Hampton Roads Monitor
32%
"Do-nothing" commander of the Union Army who ran for President in 1864 George B. McClellan
30%
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