Statistics for Civil War Generals

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  • The average score is 11 of 20

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HintAnswer% Correct
Commanded the Army of Northern VirginiaRobert E Lee
89%
Led the "March to the Sea"William T. Sherman
85%
The "right hand" of the above general; led the Shenendoah Valley campaignThomas Jackson
79%
Led the Union to victory at GettysburgGeorge Meade
71%
Namesake of the famous charge at GettysburgGeorge Pickett
70%
The leading general of the Northern ArmiesUlysses Grant
69%
Led his troops to slaughter at Antietam, Fredericksburg, and the CraterAmbrose Burnside
62%
Lee's "Eyes and Ears"Jeb Stuart
57%
The "Rock of Chickamagua"; smashed Hood's army at NashvilleGeorge Thomas
56%
"My Old Warhorse"; foresaw the rise of trench warfareJames Longstreet
56%
"The Little Corporal"; planned the Peninsular CampaignGeorge McClellan
53%
"Fightin' Joe"; Led the Army of the Potomac at ChancellorsvilleJoseph Hooker
47%
Commanded the defense of AtlantaJohn Bell Hood
44%
Commanded the Army of Tennessee, and was defeated at ChattanoogaBraxton Bragg
42%
The last Southern general to surrender in the Civil WarJoseph Johnston
36%
First supreme commander of the Northern ArmiesWinfield Scott
35%
Commanded - and died - at the Battle of ShilohAlbert Johnston
30%
A good general, but was decisively defeated at ChickamaguaWilliam Rosecrans
26%
Was badly defeated at Second ManassasJohn Pope
25%
The second supreme commander of the Northern ArmiesHenry Halleck
22%

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