SOLARTOYS MILITARY TRIVIA THE CIVIL WAR PAGE 14 |
Index at bottom of the page. 1. What order did Union Maj. Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock give at Fredericksburg which was believed to save many lives? 2. What is "green-apple quickstep"? 3. What Confederate general, believed by many to be the greatest strategist in the Confederacy, died as a result of pneumonia after standing bareheaded in the rain for the funeral procession of Gen. Wm. T. Sherman, whom he had fiercely opposed in bloody battles? 4. How did most youths slip into the military service on both sides by being so young? 5. What was Cavalry General Ben Grierson's profession? 6. I was naturalized in the U.S. and adopted Arkansas as my home state. Being from Ireland, I was proud my father was a physician and I wanted to be like him but I failed the exams. I did study law in the U.S. and became partners in a drug store. When the war started, I enlisted and eventually went all the way to brigadier general but I was killed in battle at Franklin, Tennessee. Some called me the "Stonewall of the West." Who am I? 7. What was so unique about the 39th New York Garibaldi Guard? 8. What general captured three different armies? 9. I was a famous Episcopal Bishop but traded my robes in for the war. I attended Theological Seminary, West Point, was a friend of Jeff Davis and laid the cornerstone for the famous college in the South - Sewanee. My life was cut short while inspecting troops atop Pine Mountain when an artillery shell struck our position. Sherman regretted it. Who am I? 10. During the Siege of Vicksburg, there were 39 regiments from Missouri. How many were Union and how many were Confederate? 11. Who was the press official referring to when he told a general he was "In very great danger of being President of the United States? 12. What Union General was nicknamed "Curly", "Fanny" and "Autie"? 13. Who was troubled with the governments harsh treatment of Indians before and after the American Civil War? 14. Who was the last C.S.A. general to die? 15. How did CSA lieutenant general Richard Taylor manage to sleep while traveling cross country? 16. Who was the C.S.A. highest ranking general? 17. Who fired the shot which mortally wounded CS Gen JEB Stuart? 18. Of the nations of the world, who shunned the Confederacy more due to their freedom loving and wanted no part of slavery? 19. What distinction did the 69th North Carolina (C.S.A.) have? 20. What was a "Jonah"? |