Statistics for Battles in the U.S. Civil War

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HintAnswer% Correct
July 1-3, 1863: Lee gambles and loses in the turning point of the warBattle of Gettysburg
95%
July 21, 1861: Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson acquires his nicknameFirst Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)
89%
April 2, 1861: the opening shots of the warAttack on Fort Sumter
88%
September 17, 1862: George McClellan defeats Robert E. Lee in the bloodiest single day of the war, giving Lincoln the opportunity to announce the Emancipation ProclamationBattle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
83%
July 4, 1863: Grant takes the last major Confederate fort on the Mississippi, which Lincoln celebrated by announcing that "The Father of Waters again goes unvexed to the sea."Siege of Vicksburg
77%
April 6-7, 1862: when the press blamed Grant for the Union victory, Abraham Lincoln said "I can't spare this man; he fights."Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)
61%
April 9, 1865: Grant defeats Lee, who surrendersBattle of Appomattox Court House
57%
April 30 – May 6, 1863: the Confederates win the battle but lose Stonewall JacksonBattle of Chancellorsville
50%
December 13, 1862: Lee routs Ambrose Burnside, inflicting twice as many casualties on the Union forces as his troops suffered, leading Lincoln to say "If there is a worse place than hell, I am in it."Battle of Fredericksburg
50%
March 9, 1862: the Monitor and the Merrimack do battleBattle of Hampton Roads
42%
April 2, 1865: Grant finally prevails over Lee in his siege of RichmondThird Battle of Petersburg
42%
September 19, 1863: Confederate troops defeat Gen. William Rosecrans in the second-bloodiest battle of the warBattle of Chickamauga
35%
May 31 - June 12, 1864: Lee's final victory over Grant in direct combatBattle of Cold Harbor
35%
February 11-16, 1862: Ulysses Grant captures a second Confederate fort overlooking the Tennessee River and acquires the nickname "Unconditional Surrender"Capture of Fort Donelson
34%
August 2–23, 1864: "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead."Battle of Mobile Bay
27%
July 18, 1863: not the first battle in which African-American Union soldiers played a major role, but the most famous oneAttack on Fort Wagner
25%
November 25, 1863: in an attack made by mistake, Union troops under Gen. George Thomas succeed in driving Gen. Braxton Bragg's Confederate armies out of TennesseeAssault on Missionary Ridge
12%

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