QUESTIONS.
1. In what condition was the South in 1863?
2. How was the port of Wilmington specially important to the Confederacy? Who was in command at this place?
3. What North Carolinians are mentioned as having risen to prominence?
4. How many regiments had the State furnished up to this time? Who succeeded Dr. Charles E. Johnson as Surgeon General of the State? What doctors had charge of the hospitals? What noble woman is mentioned, and what is said of her?
5. What fierce battle was fought on May 2d and 3d? What did Governor Graham say of the North Carolina troops at Chancellorsville?
6. Upon what did General Lee resolve after the victory? What was the result of the invasion?
7. How many Southern soldiers were lost on this occasion? What North Carolinians are named among the slain?
8. What other great disaster happened at this time? How did it affect the Southern cause?
9. What is said of Lee's army?
10. What raid was driven back by General Ransom?