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1 Which of the following battles did NOTt take place in Virginia?
Spotsylvania
Chancellorsville
First Bull Run
Vicksburg
Fredericksburg

2 Which battle marks the farthest north that the Confederate army got and so is called "the high water mark of the Confederacy?"
Antietam
First Bull Runn
Perryville
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg

3 After which Union 'victory' did Lincoln decide that he could issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
Chattanooga
Antietam
Atlanta
Vicksburg
Gettysburg

4 Which Confederate victory turned sour when General Stonewall Jackson was shot by his own men after the battle?
First Bull Run
Seven Days' Battle
Second Bull Run
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville

5 Which of the following battles did NOT take place in the western campaign?
Fort Donelson
Wilderness
Perryville
Shiloh
Vicksburg

6 Which Union victory helped turn the tide so that Lincoln was able to win a second term in the presidency in 1864?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Petersburg

7 Which of the following was NOT a victory for General Grant?
Shiloh
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Fort Donelson

8 Which battle followed Second Bull Run?
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness

9 The Union army was able to end the siege and capture which southern city the day after Gettysburg?
Atlanta
Nashville
Vicksburg
Petersburg
Shiloh

10 Which of the following battles did NOT take place in 1862?
First Bull Run
Hampton Roads
Shiloh
Second Bull Run
Antietam

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