Civil War Battles Quiz

The last battle where Lee and Grant met in VA. Small skirmishes led to peace talks in the McLean house, ending the war.

Mississippi-fortification on top of a bluff. Grant performed around-the-clock bombardment and a siege

Special Order 191 was discovered. McClellan doesn't act. High casualties & the title "Bloodiest Day" of the Civl War

After Grant couldn’t get past Lee’s seven-mile trench in Cold Harbor, he switched his focus on this Railroad hub in 1864

With Little & Big Round Top and Devil's Den, this battle resulted in Lee losing 1/3 of his army for the 2nd time.

1861-Considered the “first”battle of the Civil War in Virginia involving Gen. Irvin McDowell and P.G.T. Beauregard

Grant used gunboats to bombard the forts achieving the beginning objective of the Anaconda Plan

The first and only battle where General Hooker fights Lee & Stonewall Jackson in Virginia

Spectators were injured as a result of the retreating army and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson gets his nickname

The 54th Massachusetts, led by Col. Robert Gould Shaw, gave their lives on a sandy beach in South Carolina

Battles from the port of VA to Richmond in 1862. McClellan’s slow pace gave Lee time to plan a fake attack of D.C.

After the Seven Days Battles, McClellan retreats on his boats back to D.C. and is relieved of command for the first time

Battle btw Hooker & Lee in Virginia. Stonewall Jackson get hit with "friendly fire" and dies.

This battle happened almost exactly where the first battle of the Civil War occurred. Commanding Union officer:John Pope

The first battle where Lee entered the North in an attempt to get recognition from Europe and the rest of the world.

Gen. Burnside crosses the river with late arriving boats, only to meet Confeds. in the town with hand-to-hand combat

This was a three-day battle in Pennsylvania that occurred on July 1-4, 1863

Grant gained the nickname “Unconditional Surrender”for his use of gunboats and troops at the mouth of the Ohio & TN Rv.

Grant's fighting near this small church will gain the title of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War in 1862

Battle where brush was so dry that as the men were shooting at each other the surroundings caught on fire and killed