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MILITARY TRIVIA
THE CIVIL WAR
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1. Who was the other orator at
the Gettysburg Cemetery on the
day Lincoln delivered his
famous address?

2. Who was the famous "Unknown
father" who was killed at
Gettysburg and died while
staring at a photograph of his
three children?

3. Who were Moscow, Decatur
and Bayard?

4. He was relieved of command
after the deadly Crater
explosion at Petersburg.
After the war he served as
governor of Rhode Island from
1866-1869 and then U.S.
Senator from 1875-1881.
Who is he?

5. In what Civil War battle
did the first African American
win the Congressional Medal
of Honor?

6. What was the "Swamp Angel"
in the Civil War?

7. She served as a Union nurse
until she fell ill with
typhoid. In 1863, released
under her name a collection of
war time letters, published as
"Hospital Sketches".
Who is she?

8. What did Abraham Lincoln do
on the day of his intended
wedding - Jan. 1, 1841?

9. The first and second battle
of Manassas was also called?


10. What famous Confederate
general, trying to rally his
fleeing troops at Shiloh, had
some of his own men
shooting at him?

11. He was a hero at
Gettysburg. He received the
Congressional Medal of Honor.
He returned to Maine where he
served as Governor of the
state, and as president of
Bowdoin College. Who is he?


12. Baker's Creek was another
name for a battle.
What was it?

13. What was the first major
Confederate city to be
permanently occupied by Union
Troops?

14. What famous general once
had a newspaper man run out of
camp, sitting backwards on a
mule and wearing a sign?

15. What are "Rifle Pits"?


16. To realize what war is,
one should follow our tracks.
Who said that on what
occasion?

17. Frederick Douglass, aka
Frederick Bailey, an escaped
slave, has been said to be the
"Father of the Civil Rights
movement," who later held high
posts in the U.S. government,
had an oddity. What was it?


18. What basic right did
Abraham Lincoln suspend
without congressional
approval?

19. At what battle did the
Cadets of V.M.I. fight?

20. What famous general owned
a slave, and while needing
cash, chose not to sell him
but, gave the slave
his freedom?


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