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Quiz about Civil War Mixture
Quiz about Civil War Mixture

Civil War Mixture Trivia Quiz


A Civil War who, what, and when?

A multiple-choice quiz by ricbatcheller. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
299,854
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
6 / 15
Plays
4028
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Makadew (11/15), Guest 71 (1/15), Guest 63 (8/15).
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Question 1 of 15
1. Grant said of this state after many of its soldiers formed a line of resistance at Shiloh, called the Hornet's Nest: "It is a young state but it is a home of heros. Those boys saved my Army." Which state was Grant speaking of? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. What Union General officer didn't wear boots because they hurt his feet, so he wore shoes instead? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. What is the name of the cartographer who found the road that Stonewall Jackson used to flank Hooker's Union Army at Chancellorsville? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. What was the first state capital to be lost to the Union by the Confederacy? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. On which battlefield would you find "Hell's Half-Acre?" Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. During the Civil War how many casualties were a result of the fire from Quaker Guns? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. The Confederates under Ruggles massed sixty-two cannons and fired into a Union stronghold during this battle in 1862. Which battle was it? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Who was P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Where was the last stop for the ill-fated steamboat Sultana before it exploded? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Where was the largest massed charge of the Civil War? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Who was the author of 'Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics', used by both sides in the Civil War. Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. At the time that the CSS Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and then sank itself who was the commander? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. What was the name of the Seneca Indian that was at Appomattox and recorded the terms of surrender for Grant? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. "General Hood, I will take the works or fall in the attempt". Which general uttered these words before the charge at Franklin took his life? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Which general turned Arlington House, which had been Lee's home before the war, into a cemetery? Hint



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1. Grant said of this state after many of its soldiers formed a line of resistance at Shiloh, called the Hornet's Nest: "It is a young state but it is a home of heros. Those boys saved my Army." Which state was Grant speaking of?

Answer: Iowa

The 14th Iowa was the first to take up the position and the 12th Iowa was the last to leave it. Grant said, "Iowa is a young state, but it is a state of heros; those Iowa boys saved my Army."
2. What Union General officer didn't wear boots because they hurt his feet, so he wore shoes instead?

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman

Uncle Billy, as the men called him, didn't like the feel of boots when he was riding his horse Sam, named after Grant. He said it was to hard to think with boots on.
3. What is the name of the cartographer who found the road that Stonewall Jackson used to flank Hooker's Union Army at Chancellorsville?

Answer: Jedediah Hotchkiss

Hotchkiss was the man who made Jackson's maps for the Valley Campaign as well.
4. What was the first state capital to be lost to the Union by the Confederacy?

Answer: Nashville, Tennessee

After the fall of Fort Donelson, Albert S. Johnston told Governor Harris to get the state records out of Nashville. Don Carlos Buell was the General in charge of the Union forces that captured Nashville, with very little opposition. Both Lincoln and Halleck had been against the move on Nashville. Febuary 24, 1862 was the day that Nashville was captured.
5. On which battlefield would you find "Hell's Half-Acre?"

Answer: Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro or Stones River a part of the battlefield was called The Round Forest. It earned the name "Hell's Half-Acre for the hard fighting that happened there. After the first day Bragg telegraphed Davis to say he had won a great victory. The next day Breckenridge's men, as they advanced, were cut down by cannon located on a nearby hillside, as Breckenridge had predicted.

But Bragg still ordered the charge. It did little but add to the Confederate casualties.
6. During the Civil War how many casualties were a result of the fire from Quaker Guns?

Answer: 0

Quaker Guns were fake, they were often logs cut to the shape of cannons and displayed as if they were real guns. Prince John Magruder used them at Yorktown to fool McClellan.
7. The Confederates under Ruggles massed sixty-two cannons and fired into a Union stronghold during this battle in 1862. Which battle was it?

Answer: Shiloh

The Union stronghold known as the Hornet's Nest stalled the Rebel attack long enough for Grant to take up a position closer to Pittsburgh Landing that Grant said saved his Army.
8. Who was P.G.T. Beauregard's artillery instructor at West Point?

Answer: Robert Anderson

The same Robert Anderson that was in charge at Ft. Sumter, that Beauregard fired upon to start the war. Beauregard had been one of his best students. The Civil War started at 4:30 a.m. April 12, 1861 with a shot fired by Edmund Ruffin.
9. Where was the last stop for the ill-fated steamboat Sultana before it exploded?

Answer: Memphis, Tennessee

After stopping in Memphis, Tennessee the Sultana crossed the river to take on coal. Some speculate that a bomb, made to look like a chunk of coal, was placed on board. The loss of life was the greatest maritime disaster in U.S. history, with a death toll of around 1,700.
10. Where was the largest massed charge of the Civil War?

Answer: Second Bull Run

In the last week of August 1862, Longstreet sent 28,000 men to attack Pope's command, that Pope had no idea were even there. Pope had convinced himself that the Confederates under Jackson were retreating. A Union stand at Henry House Hill avoided the kind of rout that happened at the First Bull Run.
11. Who was the author of 'Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics', used by both sides in the Civil War.

Answer: William Hardee

Hardee's 'Tactics', as it was often called, was the standard textbook used by both sides. He wrote it while teaching tactics at West Point.
12. At the time that the CSS Hunley sank the USS Housatonic and then sank itself who was the commander?

Answer: George Dixon

The first semi-submersible, the Hunley, killed 42 men including its inventor during the test-runs and after the sinking of the Housatonic,went to the bottom herself.
13. What was the name of the Seneca Indian that was at Appomattox and recorded the terms of surrender for Grant?

Answer: Ely Parker

When Lee saw Parker he said, "At least there is one real American here." To which Grant replied, "Now we are all Americans again."
14. "General Hood, I will take the works or fall in the attempt". Which general uttered these words before the charge at Franklin took his life?

Answer: Patrick Cleburne

The "Stonewall of the West" as Cleburne was known, saw that the charge had to be made over almost two miles of open field with no artillery support - and into a fortified position, without all the troops up yet.
15. Which general turned Arlington House, which had been Lee's home before the war, into a cemetery?

Answer: Montgomery Meigs

After replacing Joseph E. Johnston as Quartermaster General when Johnston resigned, the first place Meigs thought of was Arlington House when Lincoln ask him to find a site for a new cemetery. Meigs was a southerner that had stayed loyal, who hated the men who did not stay loyal. So it was an easy choice to take Lee's home. Meig's son John, would soon be buried there.

The quote goes, "They had made a cemetery out of his home, so General Lee filled it up with their soldiers."
Source: Author ricbatcheller

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