Question

General War Order No. 1 was an order for Union forces to move against the South on: February 12 April 16 February 22 April 10

Answer 1

The correct answer is C) February 22.

General War Order No. 1 was an order for Union forces to move against the South on February 22.

On February 22, 1862, under the order of President Abraham Lincoln, the Union troops to move against the South. The President was desperate that the Union forces were slow to attack the Confederate army. General Edwin Stanton had replaced Simon Cameron as the Secretary of War and this allow Lincoln to order a better and faster attack of the Southern army.