13. Document Project 13: Civil War Letters and Journals

Quiz for Document 13.6 John Hines, Letter to His Parents, April 22, 1862

Quiz for Document 13.6: John Hines, Letter to His Parents, April 22, 1862

Choose the best answer to each question.

1. According to John Hines’s letter to his parents, what made the battlefront such a horrific place?

The sight and sound of the dead and dying

The deprivations of war

The distance between the soldiers and their loved ones

The smell of death

2. What might Hines’s parents have been concerned about from reading his letter, other than the obvious dangers of war?

Sleeping outside

Lack of food

Low pay rate

Travel to Tennessee

3. What piece of information did Hines leave out of his letter regarding the Battle of Shiloh?

The involvement of artillery and infantry

The high number of casualties

The belief that the war would be long and hard

The fact that the Confederacy lost the battle

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