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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When discussing various war memoirs, McPherson mentions that Union artilleryman John Billings wrote which of the following?
(a) The Rebel Yell and the Yankee Hurrah.
(b) On the Altar of Freedom.
(c) Hard Tack and Coffee.
(d) Hard Marching Every Day.

2. When McPherson and his cousin visit the four Civil War battlefields near Fredericksburg, Virginia, he notes that it is the day after which of the following holidays?
(a) Labor Day.
(b) Easter.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Thanksgiving.

3. When discussing the movie "Gettysburg" and the novel "The Killer Angels," McPherson mentions which man who won the medal of honor for defending Little Big Top?
(a) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
(b) William E. Miller.
(c) Henry J. Minnigh.
(d) Charles Evans Roberts.

4. McPherson quotes a sergeant who had spent the first twenty months of service guarding railroad bridges, as being disgusted with the lack of action. Which state was he from?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Indiana.

5. When discussing soldiers not eager to fight, McPherson says derogatory comments about these men came from officers who had enlisted for all BUT WHICH of these reasons?
(a) Honor.
(b) Duty.
(c) Patriotism.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. An experience at Gaines Mill on June 27, 1862, where the Union line slowly began to leak stragglers, was described by a corporal from which state?

2. When a Quaker captain in the 5th New Jersey was threatened to be turned out of his faith if he did not resign, he found he could not leave and was later killed in which battle?

3. In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg?

4. After a soldier was killed at the battle of Dranesville in 1861, his younger brother wrote home to say that everyone's time must come; at what battle was the writer later killed?

5. A private in the 1st Virginia reported, after the battle of Sharpsburg, that a man in the 24th Virginia was whipped publicly for cowardice; how many lashes did the man receive?

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