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BEGINNERS - QUIZ #1
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    The questions on this quiz reflect basic Civil War facts.

    1) What Civil War battle is called "the high water mark of the Confederacy"?
    Gettysburg
    Manassas 1
    Fredericksburg
    Cold Harbor
    Cedar Mountain

    2) General T. J. Jackson of the Confederate army was known by what nickname?
    Ironside
    Fighting Joe
    Stonewall

    3) Why did Civil War armies travel so slow?

    4) J.E.B. Stuart was a general of?
    Infantry
    Navy
    Cavalry

    5) Who was the President of the United States of America during the Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
    Jefferson Davis

    6) Which officer was higher in the Army?
    Brigadier General
    Major General

    7) In what year did the battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam Creek) occur?
    1861
    1862
    1863
    1864
    1865

    8) Who was the President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War?
    Abraham Lincoln
    Jefferson Davis

    9) The colors assigned by history to the two armies in the Civil War are blue and gray. Which side wore gray? (Enter "Union" or "Confederate")

    10) General Robert E. Lee had a pet, for a while during the war, that slept under his bunk. What was it?
    a dog
    a cat
    a squirrel
    a chipmunk
    a chicken



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