Jeopardy THE CIVIL WAR Questions
Collection of crowd sourced questions and answers for the Jeopardy game.
In August 1862 the Yanks got beaten near this Virginia creek for the second time in a little over a year
View AnswerThe Union won at Gettysburg on July 3 1863 & this other vital burg July 4 & the Confederacy was on the ropes
View AnswerA critical 1864 fight was known as the Battle of this for the Virginia region of dense thickets where it was fought
View AnswerMore famous for a Montana battle he & his men kept Jeb Stuart from attacking the Union rear at Gettysburg
View AnswerA devil fish was one of these weapons used by the Confederate navy
View AnswerOn Nov. 1 1861 this hero of the Mexican War resigned as general-in-chief of the Union armies
View AnswerHis son Custis served as an aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis during the war
View AnswerBoth neighbors of Illinois these 2 border states did not secede but groups there sent delegates to the CSA Congress
View AnswerLincoln made George Meade the leader of the Army of this river in 1863
View AnswerGoober grabbers were Civil War soldiers who hailed from this state
View Answer(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) General Winfield Scott wanted to blockade the South in a siege-like fashion control the Mississippi River & strangle the Rebels in his plan named for this South American serpent
View AnswerLincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation 5 days after this 1862 Union victory in Maryland
View AnswerU.S. Grant's initials came to stand for this after giving extremely limited capitulation terms to Gen. Buckner
View AnswerThe 9 1/2-month siege of Petersburg resulted in the fall of Richmond & this Virginian's surrender
View AnswerIn 1863 he published the article Men of Color to Arms! urging black enlistment in the army
View AnswerThese mountains divided the war into 2 main theaters: east to the Atlantic & west to the Mississippi River
View AnswerThe 1862 Battle of Sharpsburg was fought over a Maryland creek that gave the fight this other name
View AnswerIn December 1864 William T. Sherman wired Lincoln that he was presenting a Christmas gift of this port city
View AnswerNot a single person was killed in the April 1861 battle over this fort but it did launch the Civil War
View Answer2 half brothers of this First Lady died fighting for the Confederacy
View AnswerIn mid-1861 Montgomery Alabama was out & this city was in as capital of the Confederacy
View AnswerA favorite of Lee this general actually favored preservation of the Union but went with Virginia after secession
View AnswerIn November 1861 this Union man became general in chief of all armies; by March 1862 he lost the gig
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