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Gettysburg continues! Trivia Quiz

Welcome to another one of my Gettysburg quizes! Some questions are tough, some easy! Try it out and have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by tnewman1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
tnewman1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
86,330

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
2663

Last 3 plays: Guest 174 (8/10), Guest 174 (9/10), Guest 174 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Iverson's Pits is named after ...? Hint

Railroad Cut burial site for 6th Wisconsin soldiers

General Iverson needed to make a pit stop on lap 55.

15th Alabama retreat area from Little Round Top

Burial site of North Carolina Soldiers

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Question 2 of 10

2. Confederate Cavalry General JEB Stuart returned to Gettysburg on the 2nd of July to find Lee upset with his disappearance. What items of value did JEB Stuart think Lee could use upon his return? Hint

Wagons, ambulances, etc.

Horses

Food

Guns

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Question 3 of 10

3. Confederate General Richard Ewell didn't feel himself get shot. Why? Hint

He was already dead

Too drunk

Artificial Leg

Was asleep in the saddle

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Question 4 of 10

4. This famous civilian volunteered for duty on the 1st day to fight off the Confederates. Who was he? Hint

John Burns

Arthur Fremantle

George Burns

Martin Sheen

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Question 5 of 10

5. Tillie Pierce was shot while baking bread in her sister's house on Baltimore Street.

True

False

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Question 6 of 10

6. This Union General told his men, "One spot is as safe as the next ..." Hint

General Cushing

General Meade

General Gibbon

General Doubleday

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Question 7 of 10

7. Laws and Mclaws were generals on which side? Hint

Union

Confederate

Federal

Copperheads

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Question 8 of 10

8. This General rode into battle on the third day never to return or be found. Who was he? Hint

General Longstreet

General Garnett

General Pettigrew

General Trimble

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Question 9 of 10

9. Besides the wounded, dead and captured, what other category of casualty of the battle of Gettysburg was high? Hint

The traitors

The journalist

The civilians

The missing

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Question 10 of 10

10. The battlefield of Gettysburg is composed of roughly how many square miles? Hint

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Iverson's Pits is named after ...?

Answer: Burial site of North Carolina Soldiers

Nearly 500 of General Iverson's North Carolinian soldiers were decimated by a Union volley on Oak Ridge July 1st, 1863. Most of the fallen soldiers were shot and left lying in the line they were marching in, and were buried in a long trench called "Iverson's Pits".

Answer: Wagons, ambulances, etc.

Through his raids in the north, JEB Stuart and his cavalry were able to obtain many supplies. Nearly 100 wagons were brought to Gettysburg by his actions. Lee was quoted as saying to Stuart, "Wagons are of little use to me...".

Lee did end up using these as they were helpful in hauling the wounded back to Virginia after the battle.

3. Confederate General Richard Ewell didn't feel himself get shot. Why?

Answer: Artificial Leg

Ewell had lost a leg earlier in the war, so when a bullet struck his artificial leg, he felt nothing.

4. This famous civilian volunteered for duty on the 1st day to fight off the Confederates. Who was he?

Answer: John Burns

John Burns volunteered to fight the advancing Confederates on the morning of July 1st, 1863.

5. Tillie Pierce was shot while baking bread in her sister's house on Baltimore Street.

Answer: False

Mary Virginia Wade, more commonly known as Jenny/Ginny Wade, was shot by a stray bullet while baking bread for soldiers on July 2nd, 1863.

6. This Union General told his men, "One spot is as safe as the next ..."

Answer: General Meade

While walking near his headquarters during the cannonade before Pickett's/Pettigrew's charge, Meade noticed officers hiding behind trees and his headquarters trying to dodge the cannon fire.

7. Laws and Mclaws were generals on which side?

Answer: Confederate

Both Generals were from the Confederacy.

8. This General rode into battle on the third day never to return or be found. Who was he?

Answer: General Garnett

Richard Garnett rode into the crushing Union repulse and was never found or discovered, though his sword was discovered in a pawn shop in Baltimore years after the battle. That sword is now in the museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia.

9. Besides the wounded, dead and captured, what other category of casualty of the battle of Gettysburg was high?

Answer: The missing

Casualties were high in the battle, though many were recorded as missing.

10. The battlefield of Gettysburg is composed of roughly how many square miles?

Answer: 25

25 square miles, roughly speaking, make up the Gettysburg National Military Park.

Source: Author tnewman1

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