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1. It has been quoted in many ways and numerous contexts but one of the better known quotes from the time period is "War is Hell". Who said it?
2. Which battle ...?
After surviving multiple attacks in a famous site, units here started to retreat. To escape they had to pass through a gauntlet taking fire from both sides in an area now known as "Hell's Hollow". Where is it?
3. Prisoners of war fared poorly. They reportedly ate household pets and even rats to survive. But rats played a role in more than prison fare during the war- fetid, rat-infested no-man's land called "Rat Hell" eventually helped prisoners stage an epic prison break in 1864. The dungeon-like cellar was horrifying in its squalor and its constant onslaught of creatures. As the basement became more and more infested, it was avoided by guards, who closed it off rather than deal with the vermin. Prisoners used the basement to make their break at which of these prisons/camps?
4. "I am a damned sight smarter man than ________. I know more about military history, strategy, and grand tactics than he does. I know more about supply, administration, and everything else than he does. I'll tell you where he beats me though and where he beats the world. He doesn't give a damn about what the enemy does out of his sight, but it scares me like hell. .... He uses such information as he has according to his best judgment; he issues his orders and does his level best to carry them out without much reference to what is going on about him". Who said this of whom?
5. Assigned to Texas before and after the war, he was also known for brutal tactics and said "If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell". Who said this?
6. Which battle ...?
These hungry men had their breakfast ruined when forced to stem a charge near a cornfield prompting the quote:
"... Sgt if a Texan is merely a Mexican who couldn't make it further north... then by God give me ten thousand of those Mexicans and I'll whip the Yankees clean to hell".
7. Which battle ...?
Showing no shortage of spirit, especially considering the time of year, the quote:
"We'll fight them, sir, 'til hell freezes over, and then, sir, we will fight them on the ice" comes from which battle?
8. Which battle ...?
Four intensive attacks were made on the only unit not to retreat in this battle of many retreats, preventing a likely full-scale rout. The attackers aptly named this "Hell's Half-Acre" as many died, unable to take the position.
9. Where ...?
"It ain't so hard to get to that ridge--the hell of it is to stay there" was the statement of one attacker. Somewhat prophetically, a few attackers made it but could not endure this "hell". At which ridge was this?
10. The oldest intact, unmoved Civil War monument is located near:
11. Who are they talking about?
Using flanking moves to keep his railroad supplies available during his major campaign, it was said of this general-
"________ will never go to hell. He'll flank the devil and make heaven despite the guards."
12. Which charge?
The high ground always yielded greater defensive strength. Attacking uphill was difficult and in one attack the general was shocked when he saw troops continue climbing the ridge. Down the command chain he asked who had given the orders. Nobody claimed responsibility, but a general replied, "When those fellows get started all hell can't stop them."
13. Who said ...?
"God damn your god damned old hell fired god damned soul to hell god damn you and god damn your god damned family's god damned hell fired god damned soul to hell and god damnation god damn them and god damn your god damned friends to hell".
14. Who said ...?
"Good God, where does the South find such a class of corrupt liars to call leaders? Give Georgia men who were willing to give their all to the cause. I don't mean the shirkers, dodgers and outright cowards who now call themselves veterans of the War; I mean the MEN, who fought and were willing to die for their country. Those are the men I respect of the South. To hell with the rest."
15. Dealing with a different "civil" war, who said "Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory"?
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