Civil War Trivia

The main source of income for our governmenttoday started during the Civil War.  Whatis it?

What Northern state first called for the enlistment of Black troops inthe Civil War?

What was the first nation to abolish the slave trade?

How many men died as a result of the Civil War?

In the election of 1860, what percentage of the voters backed AbrahamLincoln?

There are many antebellum homes in the South. What does this word literally mean in Latin?

How many men were in a Company? 

How many Companies in a Regiment?

What was the single bloodiest DAYof the Civil War?

Where did the South sign their surrender?

What was the first state to secede from the Union?

Which Amendment to the Constitution provided for the abolition ofslavery?

The Civil War lasted how many years?

More men died from ___________________ than from the battles.

Name the last state to fly the Confederate Flag. 

Most estimates show that about how many women served in battle in theCivil War?

The chance of surviving a wound in Civil War days was ___ to 1; (in theKorean War, 50 to 1.)

Who was the president of the Confederacy?

  Hard “crackers”made with flour, salt,and water (a staple of a union soldiers) was called?

How many slave states did not secede?

How many Native-Americans fought for the Union?

What was the bloodiest battle?

What are the first six words of the Gettysburg address?