SOLARTOYS MILITARY TRIVIA THE CIVIL WAR PAGE 15 |
Index at bottom of the page. 1. What device used in the Civil War destroyed the Pony Express? 2. What were President Lincoln's family ties to the fighting forces of the Confederacy? 3. Besides being one of the South's best Civil War fighters, Nathan Bedford Forrest had another unusual oddity about him. What was it? 4. What was a "beat"? 5. Why was C.S.A. officer Champ Furgeson hanged by Federal authority? 6. Union capture of what city is credited with making the greatest contribution to Abraham Lincoln's reelection in 1864? 7. What is the only spot in the nation where both blue and gray soldiers are buried in a mass grave? 8. What general was first in charge of Andersonville Prison? 9. What was a "housewife"? 10. Who was the last Confederate soldier to be executed bye the Union? 11. Southern slain young Confederate men were most always found white-faced and lean on the battlefield. Northern slain young Federals were most often found black and bloated. What caused this? 12. Who was Lieutenant Harry Buford C.S.A.? 13. How much "bounty" was paid during the Civil War for deserters? 14. What was the "black list" and what was it used for? 15. What was established by the Federal Government 8/02/1861? 16. What was a "barrel shirt"? 17. When did the last men who fought in the Civil War die? 18. What was the signal, transmitted by drum or bugle, by which a commander ordered scattered froces to regroup? 19. Who dubbed the title, "War Between the States?" 20. What was the shortest time required for a letter from San Antonio, Texas to reach Washington? |