HIUS 420 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Battle of Fort Pillow. Answer: Lionel Booth v. Nathan Forrest and James Chamers -
Confederate Victory - All of the African American troops were killed (but debatable whether or
not it was actually a massacre)
● Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. Answer: - US Grant and Meade v. Lee - Inconclusive
Victory - "Mule Shoe" and "Bloody Angle" - Grant not popular at this time because of
causalities
● Battle of Mobile Bay. Answer: David Farragut and Gordon Granger v. Franklin Buchanan -
Union victory - Last important port on the Gulf of Mexico in Confederate possession
● Cedar Creek. Answer: Philip Sheridan v. Jubal Early - Union victory - Last major battle
● Battle of Arkansas Post. Answer: - David Porter and John McClernad v. Thomas Churchill -
Union Victory - Part of the Vicksburg Campaign - Cost the South 1/4 of its deployed force in
that state
● Battle of Franklin. Answer: - John Schofield v. John B. Hood - Union victory - Frontal
assault - "Pickett's Charge of the West"
● Battle of the Crater. Answer: - Siege of Petersburg - Ambrose Burnside v. Robert Lee and
William Mahone - Confederate victory - Feds dug a long tunnel cave in a "T" shape and
loaded it with explosives
● Battle of Yellow Tavern. Answer: - Sheridan and Custer v. JEB Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee -
Union victory - Stuart died
● Battle of Brandy Station. Answer: Alfred Pleasanton v. REB Stuart - Inconclusive
● Gettysburg. Answer: Meade and Reynolds v. Lee - Union victory - Lee wants to try the
ridges but they are rugged. They fired on the center first, giving the feds warning.
● Battle of Chancellorsville. Answer: - Hooker v. Lee and Stonewall Jackson - Confederate
victory - Known as Lee's perfect battle - Lee splits his men up and Hooker thinks that Lee has
more men than he has - Lee never won a major victory after this
, ● Battle of Cold Harbor. Answer: - Grant and Meade v. Lee - Confederate victory - Grant's low
point Lee's last noteworthy victory
● Wilderness Campaign. Answer: - Grant and Meade v. Lee - Inconclusive (Tactical
Confederate victory and long term union strategic victory)
● Battle of Chattanooga. Answer: - Union Victory - Bragg screwed up - Bragg startes to
demote subordinates he didn't get along with
● Atlanta Campaign. Answer: - Sherman takes Atlanta in 1864 - Hood fights in this battle and
performs so poorly he will asked to be replaced
● Battle of Vicksburg. Answer: - Grant v. Pemberton - Union victory - possible turning point of
the war - ends on the 4th of July - Civilians had to resort to living in caves
● Seige of Petersburg. Answer: - Grant, Meade, and Bulter V. Lee - union victory - Trench
warfare - not a classic military siege
● Battle of Sailor's Creek. Answer: - Philip Sheridan v. Richard Ewell and Gordon - Union
victory - Resulted in the southern army surrendering at Appomattox court house - Nearly 1/4
of the retreating confederate army cut off by Sheridan's Calvary
● Battle of Stones River. Answer: - Rosecrans v. Bragg - Union Victory - Took place near
Nashville
● Battle of Bentonville. Answer: - Sherman v. J. Johnston - Union victory - Last battle
between Sherman and Johnston's main armies
● Grant (Post-war). Answer: - both the Republicans and Democrats will vie for him to become
a political figure. He will win, but will become a so-so president. He became a two termer. He
wasn't a good judge of character. He had one of the most corrupt administrations in American
history. - He dies penniless, but about to get the money back from his memoirs which will
provide for his family. He tries to be lenient on the south.
● Lee (Post-War). Answer: - lost his home. He goes back to his rented home in Richmond. -
He refuses to take money from different companies which offered him home. - He tries to
bring back together the North and South. He met with Grant. - Lee gets offered a job at
Washington College which was about to go under. He had been a professor and the head
master of Westpoint. He realized that education was key in mending fences. Lee sets up
reforms. By the time he passes away in 1870, he had set up the school. Now, it is an Ivy
League school.
ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Battle of Fort Pillow. Answer: Lionel Booth v. Nathan Forrest and James Chamers -
Confederate Victory - All of the African American troops were killed (but debatable whether or
not it was actually a massacre)
● Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. Answer: - US Grant and Meade v. Lee - Inconclusive
Victory - "Mule Shoe" and "Bloody Angle" - Grant not popular at this time because of
causalities
● Battle of Mobile Bay. Answer: David Farragut and Gordon Granger v. Franklin Buchanan -
Union victory - Last important port on the Gulf of Mexico in Confederate possession
● Cedar Creek. Answer: Philip Sheridan v. Jubal Early - Union victory - Last major battle
● Battle of Arkansas Post. Answer: - David Porter and John McClernad v. Thomas Churchill -
Union Victory - Part of the Vicksburg Campaign - Cost the South 1/4 of its deployed force in
that state
● Battle of Franklin. Answer: - John Schofield v. John B. Hood - Union victory - Frontal
assault - "Pickett's Charge of the West"
● Battle of the Crater. Answer: - Siege of Petersburg - Ambrose Burnside v. Robert Lee and
William Mahone - Confederate victory - Feds dug a long tunnel cave in a "T" shape and
loaded it with explosives
● Battle of Yellow Tavern. Answer: - Sheridan and Custer v. JEB Stuart and Fitzhugh Lee -
Union victory - Stuart died
● Battle of Brandy Station. Answer: Alfred Pleasanton v. REB Stuart - Inconclusive
● Gettysburg. Answer: Meade and Reynolds v. Lee - Union victory - Lee wants to try the
ridges but they are rugged. They fired on the center first, giving the feds warning.
● Battle of Chancellorsville. Answer: - Hooker v. Lee and Stonewall Jackson - Confederate
victory - Known as Lee's perfect battle - Lee splits his men up and Hooker thinks that Lee has
more men than he has - Lee never won a major victory after this
, ● Battle of Cold Harbor. Answer: - Grant and Meade v. Lee - Confederate victory - Grant's low
point Lee's last noteworthy victory
● Wilderness Campaign. Answer: - Grant and Meade v. Lee - Inconclusive (Tactical
Confederate victory and long term union strategic victory)
● Battle of Chattanooga. Answer: - Union Victory - Bragg screwed up - Bragg startes to
demote subordinates he didn't get along with
● Atlanta Campaign. Answer: - Sherman takes Atlanta in 1864 - Hood fights in this battle and
performs so poorly he will asked to be replaced
● Battle of Vicksburg. Answer: - Grant v. Pemberton - Union victory - possible turning point of
the war - ends on the 4th of July - Civilians had to resort to living in caves
● Seige of Petersburg. Answer: - Grant, Meade, and Bulter V. Lee - union victory - Trench
warfare - not a classic military siege
● Battle of Sailor's Creek. Answer: - Philip Sheridan v. Richard Ewell and Gordon - Union
victory - Resulted in the southern army surrendering at Appomattox court house - Nearly 1/4
of the retreating confederate army cut off by Sheridan's Calvary
● Battle of Stones River. Answer: - Rosecrans v. Bragg - Union Victory - Took place near
Nashville
● Battle of Bentonville. Answer: - Sherman v. J. Johnston - Union victory - Last battle
between Sherman and Johnston's main armies
● Grant (Post-war). Answer: - both the Republicans and Democrats will vie for him to become
a political figure. He will win, but will become a so-so president. He became a two termer. He
wasn't a good judge of character. He had one of the most corrupt administrations in American
history. - He dies penniless, but about to get the money back from his memoirs which will
provide for his family. He tries to be lenient on the south.
● Lee (Post-War). Answer: - lost his home. He goes back to his rented home in Richmond. -
He refuses to take money from different companies which offered him home. - He tries to
bring back together the North and South. He met with Grant. - Lee gets offered a job at
Washington College which was about to go under. He had been a professor and the head
master of Westpoint. He realized that education was key in mending fences. Lee sets up
reforms. By the time he passes away in 1870, he had set up the school. Now, it is an Ivy
League school.
