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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Grant (July 27, 1864) Lee (July 30, 1864) Grant (July 30, 1864): Chapters 28-30.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has an illness that takes him out of fighting on behalf of the Confederates, disappointing Lee?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Grant.
(c) Ewell.
(d) Stuart.

2. Who is the Major ordered to lead three brigades down the cut, placing Hancock's Federal soldiers into a deep V?
(a) Lee.
(b) Sherman.
(c) Longstreet.
(d) Sorrel.

3. When was the Gettsyburg conflict?
(a) 1867.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1863.

4. What was not thorough enough according to Hill that caused the failed attack at Bristol?
(a) Hard work.
(b) Planning.
(c) Reconnaissance.
(d) Fighting.

5. What is lacking in the military preparations for both the northern and southern troops in the Wilderness, making it difficult to find each other?
(a) Oversight.
(b) Strategic planning.
(c) Aerial observations.
(d) Ammunition.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Confederate cavalry commander that delivers messages to General Lee?

2. Who is nominated for a second term as President?

3. Who expresses his frustration with bad intelligence where nothing that had been thought true the day before proves to be so?

4. Who does Lincoln talk about about the necessity of war being won for the preservation of democracy?

5. Who brings his Federal soldiers against Hill on the Confederate left flank?

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