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1. Jefferson Davis was buried in two places.
2. Which three men were originally buried in Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore, MD?
3. For all his flamboyant and widely publicized lifestyle, Union Major General Dan Sickles has the smallest tombstone imaginable, making it almost impossible to find. In which cemetery?
4. Which Union Brigadier General is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Trenton, New Jersey, about 100 feet from his son-in-law, also a Union Major General?
5. Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia, PA, contains the final bivouac of several general officers. Which of the following is buried there?
6. Metairie Cemetery in Metairie, LA, a suburb of New Orleans, the original burial location of CSA President Jefferson Davis, also hosts the remains of three other well known CSA generals. Who are they?
7. Which two one-armed Union Major Generals are buried in Lake View Cemetery in Burlington, VT?
8. Union MG E.R.S. Canby is buried in Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis, IN. What other well known Civil War figure is buried a short distance away?
9. Who's buried in Grant's Tomb in New York City?
10. What did these dead CSA general officers have in common (Ambrose Powell Hill, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Patrick Cleburne, States Rights Gist, and Thomas J. Jackson)?
11. Notable commander of the Irish Brigade, Thomas Francis Meagher, was taken back to Ireland to be buried after being killed at Chancellorsville.
12. A staunch Catholic, this general officer who made war with abandon is buried in Calvary Cemetery, a decidly Catholic burial ground in St,. Louis, MO. Who is this officer?
13. Which Union general officer who commanded Federal forces at one of the largest battles of the Civil War is buried at the San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio?
14. In Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, MA, an elegant carved granite sarcophagus monument is surrounded by a rose granite columned and porticoed 10'x10' temple. This monument to Col. Robert Gould Shaw of the 54th Massachusetts reads "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends". Who is buried in the tomb?
15. The only general officer on either side buried within the confines of a full-fledged church is who?
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