SOLARTOYS MILITARY TRIVIA THE CIVIL WAR PAGE 7 |
Index at bottom of the page. 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? |