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1. After a famous ride from this town on it by Phil Sheridan during the battle of Cedar Creek, Rienzis' name was switched to this?
2. What was the name of the mare, given to Marse Robert by J.E.B. Stuart, and that was second only to Traveller in his affection that was lost in the confusion in the evacuation of Richmond?
3. The Wizard of the Saddle, who had 28 horses shot from under him and killed 29 men in combat, said "I was a horse ahead at the end of the war." Who was it?
4. This man was in charge of Jackson's cavalry during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign?
5. Who was the Union cavalry commander that tried in vain to chase down his son-in-law J.E.B. Stuart as the Rebels rode all the way around McClellans' Army?
6. Judson "Kill-Cavalry" Kilpatrick, lived up to his nick-name at Gettysburg, by goading this young officer into an unadvised cavalry charge that cost him his life?
7. What was the official name for Rush's Lancers, who went into battle at the begining of the war armed with Lances?
8. The nickname, "Saviour of the Valley" was given to this hard-hitting General?
9. "I did not come here with the intent to surrender my command!" With these words what cavalry leader led his troops out of Fort Donelson, instead of surrendering them to Grant?
10. When Union General George Stoneman raided Macon, Georgia with the intention of setting the prisoners at Andersonville free, who stopped him and captured him at Sunshine Church?
11. This young leader, "looked like a circus rider gone mad, he wore a huzzar jacket and black velvet trousers trimmed in gold, with long yellow curls flowing from under a broad brimmed hat."?
12. This young cavalryman won the Medal of Honor twice during the Civil war, the first person ever to win two, for action at Namozine Church and at Sayler's Creek. He was the younger brother of "Autie."
13. What Union cavalry leader was stopped by Nathan Bedford Forrest and could not help Sherman on his Meridian Campaign?
14. This young cavalier thirsted to avenge the death of his brother Dick, a cavalry captain who in an early skirmish had been riddled with bullets and then bayoneted. Ever after he would "quit a meal to get a chance at a Yankee."?
15. This general patched together a defense against John Buford and Judson Kilpatrick during a rearguard action during the retreat of the Confederate Army after Gettysburg?
16. Who took over the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia when Stuart was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern?
17. "Sam" was the mount of "Uncle Billy" a firey redheaded general who didn't like to wear boots because they hurt his feet. Who was "Uncle Billy"?
18. Who was the young cavalry man in Washington to patent a device to hold a sword to a belt that helped to capture John Brown?
19. What former Missouri Governor led a raid on Missouri in 1864?
20. This Confederate "bushwacker" led 450 men into the free-soil bastion of Lawrence, Kansas and murdered more than 180 men and burned 185 buildings before moving back into Missouri?
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