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Civil War - Part Deux Trivia Quiz

This is a little easier than the last one!

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

Author
Fian

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
8,755

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
5272

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (14/15), Guest 172 (12/15), Guest 104 (12/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. How was Confederate General Earl Van Dorn killed? Hint

Shot by a jealous doctor

Fell off a horse

Shot by a Gatling gun

In a cattle stampede

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Question 2 of 15

2. The Battle of Pittsburgh Landing is also known by what name? Hint

Manassas

Shiloh

Gettysburg

Wilderness

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Question 3 of 15

3. According to many Historians, which battle was decided by 'three cigars'? Hint

Gettysburg

Vicksburgh

Chatanooga

Antietam

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Question 4 of 15

4. Which State does not have a star in the Stars and Bars? Hint

Florida

Texas

Kentucky

Mississippi

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Question 5 of 15

5. Which of the following was not among the first seven states to secede from the Union? Hint

North Carolina

South Carolina

Texas

Georgia

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Question 6 of 15

6. What hapless Union General was given the moniker 'Commissary'? Hint

Hooker

McClellan

Burnside

Banks

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was General Grant's original middle name? Hint

Samuel

Hiram

Steven

Ulysses

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Question 8 of 15

8. What Confederate General was known by the nickname 'Old Pete'? Hint

James Longstreet

Sidney Johnston

Jubal Early

Robert E. Lee

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Question 9 of 15

9. Who never commanded the Army of the Potomac? Hint

McClellan

Meade

Hooker

Sherman

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Question 10 of 15

10. Which Union General's famous last words were 'They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance'? Hint

John Reynolds

Pope

Hancock

John Sedgwick

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Question 11 of 15

11. What was the name of the ill-fated Confederate submarine? Hint

Virginia

Pug

Poseidon

Hunley

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Question 12 of 15

12. Who is often credited with sighting the first Union gun fired in defense of Ft. Sumter? Hint

Winfield Scott

Gen William Anderson

Abner Doubleday

Private Paul Chamberlain

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Question 13 of 15

13. What was Jefferson Davis wearing when he was captured? Hint

a Union uniform

His wife's coat

nothing (he was naked)

a tuxedo

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Question 14 of 15

14. What happened to Jefferson Davis after he was captured? Hint

He was imprisoned

He was exiled

He was hanged

He was pardoned by Abraham Lincoln

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Question 15 of 15

15. What did John Wilkes Booth reportedly say after he shot Lincoln? Hint

Sic semper tyrannis

For my brother

For the Glory of the South

Long live Virginia

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How was Confederate General Earl Van Dorn killed?

Answer: Shot by a jealous doctor

Earl Van Dorn, one of the Confederacy's brightest stars, was shot and killed in his tent by Dr. George Peters - it seems the good doctor did not appreciate the attention General Van Dorn had paid to Mrs. Peters!

2. The Battle of Pittsburgh Landing is also known by what name?

Answer: Shiloh

3. According to many Historians, which battle was decided by 'three cigars'?

Answer: Antietam

Private Barton Mitchell of the 27th Indiana, was said to have found an envelope containing three cigars wrapped in a piece of paper. The piece of paper turned out to be Gen. Robert E. Lee's Special Orders 191- which detailed the detachments and orders of march for the Army of Northern Virginia. Acting on this information, McClellan was able to make a concentrated attack on Lee's scattered army that culminated in the Battle of Antietam.

This battle ended Lee's first invasion of the North and went a long way to sealing the fate of the Southern cause.

4. Which State does not have a star in the Stars and Bars?

Answer: Kentucky

Although less well known than the 'Battle Flag' the 'Stars and Bars' contained 3 bars (2 red, one white) and 7 stars in a field of blue. the 7 stars represented the first 7 states to secede from the Union.

5. Which of the following was not among the first seven states to secede from the Union?

Answer: North Carolina

6. What hapless Union General was given the moniker 'Commissary'?

Answer: Banks

After a thorough drubbing of Nathanial Prentiss 'Commissary' Banks, General Jackson captured a veritable mother lode of Union supplies - which fed and armed his troops for weeks thereafter.

7. What was General Grant's original middle name?

Answer: Ulysses

Grant's original name was Hiram Ulysses Grant.

8. What Confederate General was known by the nickname 'Old Pete'?

Answer: James Longstreet

9. Who never commanded the Army of the Potomac?

Answer: Sherman

10. Which Union General's famous last words were 'They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance'?

Answer: John Sedgwick

In 1864 during the Battle of Spotsylvania, Sedgwick admonished his men, who were hiding from Confederate sharpshooters, by saying, 'They cannot hit an elephant at this distance,' he was shot through the head and died instantly.

11. What was the name of the ill-fated Confederate submarine?

Answer: Hunley

The doomed ship sank 4 times - killing the bulk of its crew each time. The fourth, and final sinking, occurred shortly after its maiden, successful attack on the U.S.S. Housatonic.

12. Who is often credited with sighting the first Union gun fired in defense of Ft. Sumter?

Answer: Abner Doubleday

Abner, who is often credited with the invention of baseball (despite the lack of credible supporting evidence) is also said to have sighted the gun.

13. What was Jefferson Davis wearing when he was captured?

Answer: His wife's coat

Jefferson Davis was in his carriage when captured and his wife, realizing that it was getting cool and that she would be going back into the house, would not need her jacket but her husband would, so she gave it to him to wear.

14. What happened to Jefferson Davis after he was captured?

Answer: He was imprisoned

Mr. Davis suffered cruelly in a Union prison before the tide of public opinion successfully pressed for his release.

15. What did John Wilkes Booth reportedly say after he shot Lincoln?

Answer: Sic semper tyrannis

'Thus always with tyrants' is also the state motto of Virginia.

Source: Author Fian

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