SOLARTOYS MILITARY TRIVIA THE CIVIL WAR PAGE 2 |
Index at bottom of the page. 1. The melody of the popular Civil War ballad "Aura Lee" by George R. Poulton and W.W. Fosdick was later used for what twentieth century hit song? 2. What Southern General was mortally wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia? 3. Who took over "Stonewall" Jackson's division after Jackson's death at Chancellorsville? 4. Which Union Infantry Regiment had the most Battle Deaths? 5. What physician-inventor devised a weapon for the Union army, which used only twelve of them, that was the prototype of the machine gun? 6. What two Federal generals were in command of troops at the battle of Iuka, Mississippi? 7. What South Carolina aristocrat kept a journal that was later published as "A Diary from Dixie"? 8. Who was the only Jewish member of the group that functioned as a cabinet for Confederate president Jefferson Davis? 9. Who was the only civilian killed at Gettysburg? 10. What raiders, captured by Confederates, were treated as civilian spies because they were out of uniform? 11. Where did T. J. Stonewall Jackson die? 12. How many men were in a Company and how many Companies in a Regiment? 13. Who were the two commanding generals at the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi? 14. Who were the two commanding officers at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania? 15. He was a teacher at VMI before the war..name him 16. There was a battle on the 30th of Jun 1862 in VA with seven names, what was it? 17. What general frequently strolled about camp handing out Sunday school leaflets? 18. Who spent his first 13 months in Confederate uniform without coming under fire or taking part in a general engagement? 19. What was the name of the play President Lincoln attended at Ford's Theater on April 14, 1865? 20. What young South Carolina sergeant took water to wounded enemies and became known as the "Angel of Maryes Heights"? |