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Quiz about Dying Words of Union Soldiers

Dying Words of Union Soldiers Trivia Quiz

I provide the dying words and you provide the man who said them.

A multiple-choice quiz by supermanbhc. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
supermanbhc

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
327,001

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
198

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Union colonel just moments before being killed in a lopsided battle, said, "One blast upon your bugle horn is worth a thousand men.?" Hint

Charles Stone

Joshua Chamberlin

Robert Shaw

Edward Baker

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Question 2 of 10

2. What Union general's last words were, "The Rebel bullet that can kill me has not yet been molded.?" Hint

Henry Bohlen

Philip Kearny

John Reynolds

James McPherson

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Union corps commander's last words were, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance?" Hint

Daniel Sickles

John Sedgwick

Winfield Hancock

Winfield Scott

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Question 4 of 10

4. A mortally wounded Union general said, "I am dying, but I die for my country." What was his name? Hint

Lewis Benedict

Pleasant Hackleman

James Rice

James McPherson

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Union general's last words were, "Highlanders, my Highlanders, follow your general!?" Hint

Philip Kearny

Isaac Stevens

John Reynolds

James Wadsworth

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Union general's last words were, "I would rather die here than that the Rebels should gain an inch of this ground.?" Hint

Patrick O'Rorke

Stephen Weed

Joshua Chamberlin

Charles Hazlett

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which Union General's dying words were, "Turn me over that I may die with my face to the enemy.?" Hint

Alexander Hays

James Wadsworth

Frank Peck

James Rice

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Question 8 of 10

8. What Union general's last words were an order to his men, "Cease firing, fix bayonets and charge again.?" Hint

John McConihe

George Cobham

Augustus Van Horne Ellis

Edward Baker

9. This Federal artillery commander was mortally wounded in the leg at Chancellorsville. When his men attempted to carry him from the field, he shouted, "No! Take off that gun (cannon) first." Who was he? Hint

William Edmund Jones

James McPherson

Edmund Kirby

Kirby Smith

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Union general died leading a charge at Baton Rouge, shouted to his regiment, "Boys, your field officers are all gone; I will lead you!?" Hint

Charles Harker

Thomas Smythe

Thomas Williams

Hiram Burnham

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Union colonel just moments before being killed in a lopsided battle, said, "One blast upon your bugle horn is worth a thousand men.?"

Answer: Edward Baker

Edward Baker was a close friend of Abraham Lincoln. He loved to quote poetry to his men. He said this moments before being shot which meant he missed out on the disaster that befell his command. Lincoln's second son was named for him.

2. What Union general's last words were, "The Rebel bullet that can kill me has not yet been molded.?"

Answer: Philip Kearny

Philip Kearny made this remark to his staff as he rode toward the Confederate lines at Chantilly. He was shot, his body falling into the mud. General Robert E. Lee had his body sent back through the lines for burial.

3. Which Union corps commander's last words were, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance?"

Answer: John Sedgwick

John Sedgwick uttered these words because his men were ducking from sharpshooter fire almost a thousand yards away. The next shot hit him in the cheek, killing him instantly.

4. A mortally wounded Union general said, "I am dying, but I die for my country." What was his name?

Answer: Pleasant Hackleman

Hackleman was shot through the neck at the Battle of Corinth attempting to rally his retreating men. He died in the Tishomingo Hotel in Corinth, Mississippi after uttering these words.

5. Which Union general's last words were, "Highlanders, my Highlanders, follow your general!?"

Answer: Isaac Stevens

Isaac Stevens shouted these words as he carried the flag of the 79th New York Volunteers, his old regiment. They were known as the "Cameron Highlanders". He was shot through the head, dying instantly at the Battle of Chantilly.

6. What Union general's last words were, "I would rather die here than that the Rebels should gain an inch of this ground.?"

Answer: Stephen Weed

Stephen Weed said this on Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was then hit in the chest by a sharpshooter posted in Devil's Den. Lieutenant Hazlett was then killed listening to what Weed was saying. Weed died in the Weikert basement as he asked a young local girl Tillie Pierce to come see him that night.

7. Which Union General's dying words were, "Turn me over that I may die with my face to the enemy.?"

Answer: James Rice

James Rice was lying on the battlefield of Spotsylvania dying when he uttered these final words. He'd been a teacher before the war and later became a self educated attorney.

8. What Union general's last words were an order to his men, "Cease firing, fix bayonets and charge again.?"

Answer: John McConihe

This order was given as McConihe moved out with his men at Cold Harbor and was killed. Because of his actions, he was made a brigadier general with effect from the date of his death.

Answer: Edmund Kirby

Edmund Kirby was promoted to brigadier general by Abraham Lincoln the same day that he died. He had suffered from a severe thigh wound, but insisted that his cannon be removed before himself. Lincoln's gesture of making him a general ensured his family would receive a better pension.

10. Which Union general died leading a charge at Baton Rouge, shouted to his regiment, "Boys, your field officers are all gone; I will lead you!?"

Answer: Thomas Williams

Thomas Williams rallied the 21st Indiana with those final words. The sound of the cheers had just died down when he was killed. Williams was a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Source: Author supermanbhc

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