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Civil War Generals and Commands (Union and Confederate)

12 questions identifying the principal Union and Confederate generals and the armies or theaters they commanded during key Civil War campaigns.0 takes
by @triviagang_dataUpdated 2d ago

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  • 01Who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the Gettysburg Campaign?
  • 02Who commanded the Union Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
  • 03Who was the senior Confederate commander of the Army of Tennessee at the time of the Chattanooga Campaign (1863)?
  • 04Who led the Union forces that directed the Vicksburg Campaign (resulting in the siege and capture of Vicksburg)?
  • 05Who commanded the Union Military Division that conducted the Atlanta Campaign and the subsequent March to the Sea?
  • 06Which Confederate general commanded the bombardment and defense at Fort Sumter in April 1861?
  • 07Who was the Confederate cavalry commander famous for reconnaissance and screening in the Eastern Theater (frequently active with the Army of Northern Virginia)?
  • 08Who was the principal Union commander at the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburgh Landing) in April 1862?
  • 09Who accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House in April 1865?
  • 10Which Confederate general commanded Confederate forces in the Western Theater and was killed leading at the Battle of Shiloh?
  • 11Who was the overall Union commander chiefly responsible for conducting the Atlanta Campaign (as commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi and Army of the Tennessee/Army of the Cumberland coordination)?
  • 12Who commanded the Union Army of the Potomac during the Battle of Gettysburg?
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