Civil War Personalities

Question 1

Controversial general; Confederate; leader at Battle of Chickamauga

Accepted Answer

Braxton Bragg

Question 2

Lincoln wanted him to lead the Union army but he declined when Virginia seceded from the Union.

Accepted Answer

Lee

Question 3

He led the total war approach through the state of Georgia in his March to the Sea.

Accepted Answer

William T. Sherman

Question 4

Youngest soldier in the Union army, "Little Drummer Boy of Chickamauga"

Accepted Answer

Johnny Clem

Question 5

Confederate general who was shot by his own man after the Battle of Chancellorsville

Accepted Answer

Stonewall Jackson

Question 6

The war literally started in his back yard and ended in his front parlor.

Accepted Answer

Will McLean

Question 7

She dressed as a man and enlisted with the Union Army.

Accepted Answer

Sarah Emma Edmonds

Question 8

The only Confederate soldier tried, convicted, and executed for war crimes

Accepted Answer

Henry Wirz

Question 9

There is nothing left for me to do but go see General Grant; I would rather die a 1000 deaths.

Accepted Answer

Robert E Lee

Question 10

Union officer who surrendered the United States fort - Fort Sumter

Accepted Answer

Anderson

Question 11

Not Lincoln's 1st, 2nd, or 3rd choice to lead the Army of the Potomac

Accepted Answer

US Grant

Question 12

Assassin of Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 13

"I have never run my train off the track and never lost a passenger."

Accepted Answer

Harriet Tubman

Question 14

"Sic Semper Tyrannus!"

Accepted Answer

John Wilkes Booth

Question 15

Mr. President, I present to you the city of Savannah as a Christmas present."

Accepted Answer

William Sherman

Question 16

Confederate general who surrendered to US Grant at Appomattox Court House, VA

Accepted Answer

Lee

Question 17

President of the Confederacy

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 18

"I was just following orders."

Accepted Answer

Henry Wirz

Question 19

Union nurse and founder of the American Red Cross

Accepted Answer

Clara Barton

Questions 19