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1. Col. Strong Vincent commanded the brigade to the far left of the Union line on the second day at Gettysburg. He was a graduate of Harvard. From what college did the regimental commander who had the brigade's far left position graduate?
2. Future Union General Dan Sickles shot Francis Scott Key's son in a marital dispute. He was acquitted thanks to a defense of temporary insanity, the first time it was ever offered as a defense in a court of law. Who was his attorney?
3. Following the Civil War, the phrase "red tape" became widely used in the vernacular. Where did it come from?
4. The only non-graduate of the United State Military Academy at West Point buried in their campus cemetery is this Union officer.
5. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John were the names of what Confederate entities?
6. Several men entered the civil war with no military experience. Which man entered at the lowest rank and ended at the highest?
7. Which three men's destinies came together at Pine Mountain, Georgia, on June 14, 1864?
8. At a pivotal time in the second day at Gettysburg, MG Gouvener Kemble Warren, who had been sent to scout out Confederate positions, sent a young officer down off Little Round Top to tell the Commander of the 5th Corps to get a unit up on the hill without any delay. The young man who ran off Little Round top was who, and who did he find to relay the order to?
9. Jefferson Davis was buried in two places. Where?
10. Who is the highest ranking Confederate General buried in a full-fledged church?
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