SOLARTOYS MILITARY TRIVIA THE CIVIL WAR PAGE 8 |
Index at bottom of the page. 1. Who killed General "Bull" Nelson USA? 2. What was President Lincoln's Christmas Gift from the field in 1864? 3. The South had many disadvantages in its fight with the North. What was the one distinct advantage it did have? 4. What was another name for Drewry's Bluff near Richmond, Virginia? 5. What role did past President John Quincy Adams play in the American Civil War? 6. What burned on 2/17/1865? 7. Who was the first general to be killed in the war? 8. Name Capt. Farragut's Flagship in battle of New Orleans? 9. After the war, Confederate General Forrest faced treason charges for the massacre of blacks troops at Fort Pillow. What was the outcome of the trial? 10. Who or what was THE CHILD OF THE STORM? 11. What role did Revolutionary War hero Paul Revere have in the Civil War? 12. Where was the last land battle of the war? 13. What was the most unpopular duty in the Civil War? 14. Who cried those famous words: "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" At what famous naval battle? 15. The war saw the replacement of the paper cartridge with a new metallic cartridge used in repeating rifles. Besides rapid fire, what other advantage did this give the North? 16. What happened 5/26/1863 that aided the Federal government's finances? 17. 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?" 18. What happened 04 May 1865? 19. What was the ninth article of war in the Civil War? 20. Who were Virginia and Highfly? |