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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When a sergeant in the 8th Georgia wrote to his family in 1863 that he would willingly sacrifice his life upon the altar of his country, readers learn that he did so in which battle?
(a) Bull Run.
(b) Shiloh.
(c) Gettysburg.
(d) Second Manassas.

2. In the spring of 1862, soldiers from which state felt a redoubled commitment to the war effort when large portions of their home state fell to the "insolent invader"?
(a) Tennessee.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Maryland.
(d) Georgia.

3. As "Chapter 12: The Same Holy Cause" opens, McPherson says that Civil War soldiers never heard of all BUT WHICH of the following terms?
(a) Battle fatigue.
(b) Shell shock.
(c) Courage.
(d) Psychiatric casualties.

4. During the discussion of the desire to punish treason and "clean out" the rebels, a soldier from which state wrote his sister "I want to fight the rest of my life if necessary"?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Texas.
(d) Illinois.

5. Which most notorious massacre of black prisoners happened on April 12, 1864?
(a) Poison Springs.
(b) Fort Pillow.
(c) Plymouth.
(d) Port Royal.

6. After the burning at Chambersburg, what disease broke out in the prison camp at Charleston?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Typhoid.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Cholera.

7. In "Chapter 7: On the Altar of my Country," how did soldiers frequently misspell the word "altar"?
(a) Alttar.
(b) Alterr.
(c) Alter.
(d) Atlar.

8. In the discussion of a Louisiana cavalry sergeant who'd been the headmaster of a boys' school prior to enlisting, by what battle does the soldier cite Yankee hatred as his reason to fight?
(a) Pleasant Hill.
(b) Belmont.
(c) Vicksburg.
(d) Mesilla.

9. From which state was the lieutenant who wrote in March 1862 that he would never "be instrumental in returning a slave to his master in any way shape or manner, I'll die first"?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Tennessee.

10. In the discussion of Lincoln's idea that the United States represented the last best hope for the survival of republican government, the world is bestrode by all BUT WHICH of these?
(a) Despots.
(b) Emperors.
(c) Tyrants.
(d) Kings.

11. After the battle of Antietam, the colonel of the 20th Massachusetts disappeared and was later found wandering without food or water and without having changed clothes for how long?
(a) 4 weeks.
(b) 6 days.
(c) 48 hours.
(d) 3 months.

12. During Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign in 1862, some of his men fought five battles in addition to marching how many miles in a single month?
(a) 350.
(b) 140.
(c) 85.
(d) 260.

13. In the discussion of the Confederate ideal of white supremacy and the right to slavery, from which state was the soldier who wrote he was "fighting for our liberty against tyrants of the North...who are determined to destroy slavery"?
(a) Virginia.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Georgia.

14. Which soldier in the 103rd Ohio denounced the Emancipation Proclamation in letters to family from January to March of 1863?
(a) Colonel Marcus Speigel.
(b) Private Chauncey Welton.
(c) Captain Clement L. Vallandigham.
(d) General James Vernon.

15. While talking about the difficulties wives left behind faced, McPherson mentions a sergeant in the 21st Ohio whose wife had written that "your country's cause is my cause." What was her name?
(a) Minie.
(b) MaryAnn.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Jenny.

Short Answer Questions

1. As McPherson explains Southern bitterness toward the North, from which state was the soldier who wrote in June 1863 that he felt his regiment should take horses, burn houses, and cause chaos?

2. An Illinois cavalryman, who wrote a letter home on January 12, 1865, used the word "duty" how many times in a single sentence?

3. After the battle of Antietam a soldier in the 21st Mississippi wrote his parents that he wanted to collect what Yankee body part for his sister, Anna?

4. From which state was the major whose letter home during the summer of 1862 contained the line "slavery must be cleaned out," from which the title of the chapter was inspired?

5. As "Chapter 9: Slavery Must be Cleaned Out" opens, McPherson says a Texas private predicted Confederate victory how long before General Lee surrendered at Appomattox?

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