Test your knowledge and discover astonishing and lesser-known facts about the American Civil War.
1. Which bioluminescent bacterium was responsible for the 'glowing wounds' phenomenon after the Battle of Shiloh?
Streptococcus pyogenes
Bacillus anthracis
Escherichia coli
Photorhabdus luminescens
2. Which Civil War general was reputed for his exceptional horsemanship, riding without reins and reportedly rode his horse into the governor’s office?
General Robert E. Lee
General Stonewall Jackson
General Ulysses S. Grant
General J.E.B. Stuart
3. Where did Wilmer McLean move his family to avoid the Civil War, only to have his house used during the surrender?
Petersburg
Manassas
Fredericksburg
Appomattox Court House
4. Who became the President of the Confederate States despite being born in a Union state (Kentucky)?
Robert Toombs
Jefferson Davis
Judah P. Benjamin
Alexander H. Stephens
5. Which tactic did 'Lady Spies' use specifically during the Battle of Gettysburg to gather intelligence for the Union?
Posed as Confederate sympathizers
Intercepted letters
Stole battle plans
Used homing pigeons
6. What did the Confederacy nearly gain right before the Battle of Antietam?
Naval support
Diplomatic recognition
Financial aid
Military alliance
7. Which amendment proposed during the Civil War aimed to address the legality of secession?
Fourteenth Amendment
Fifteenth Amendment
Corwin Amendment
Thirteenth Amendment
8. Which Union general was responsible for the controversial 'Overland Campaign' during 1864?
General William T. Sherman
General Robert E. Lee
General George Meade
General Ulysses S. Grant
9. What did many Union soldiers collect from Wilmer McLean's house after Lee's surrender?
Weapons
Uniforms
Furniture
Documents
10. Which well-known abolitionist and former slave famously served as a Union spy during the Civil War?
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
11. Which foreign country built powerful ironclad warships for the Confederacy during the Civil War, creating diplomatic tension with the Union?
Germany
Great Britain
France
Spain
12. Which Confederate secret service plot involved attempts to burn down major cities in the North?
