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During the Civil War...it was all relative Quiz

The American Civil War pitted brother against brother. Often there were close relationships between people on both sides. Do you think you know them?!

A multiple-choice quiz by DebiJ. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
DebiJ

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
23,051

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1083

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Confederate General and Secretary of State George Wythe Randolph was a grandson of whom? Hint

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

John Adams

James Madison

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Question 2 of 10

2. Billings Steele left his home near Annapolis Maryland at the age of 16 to join Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby's famed Rangers. Who was Steele's grandfather? Hint

Paul Revere

Patrick Henry

Francis Scott Key

Alexander Hamilton

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Question 3 of 10

3. Confederate General Richard Taylor was the youngest child and only son of what former US President? Hint

James Madison

John Tyler

Andrew Johnson

Zachary Taylor

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Question 4 of 10

4. Louis H. Marshall, who served on the staff of US General John Pope, was the nephew of whom? Hint

Jefferson Davis

U.S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Abraham Lincoln

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was Confederate General James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart's father-in-law? Hint

Confederate General Robert E. Lee

US General Philip St. George Cooke

US General Grant

Confederate General Nathan Forrest

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Question 6 of 10

6. The White House was draped in mourning for the death of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm who was mortally wounded September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga and died September 21. Why? Hint

Helm was a former White House aide

Helm was President Lincoln's boyhood friend

Helm was married to Emily, Mary Todd Lincoln's half-sister

Helm was US General U. S. Grant's nephew

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the relationship between US General William Rufus Terrill and Confederate General James Barbour Terrill? Hint

brothers

uncle and nephew

cousins

no relation

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Question 8 of 10

8. What relationship was Confederate General George Bibb Crittenden to US Senator John Jordan Crittenden and US General Thomas Leonidas Crittenden? Hint

no relation

brothers

son and brother

cousins

9. Alfred and Charlotte Ingraham, residents of Vicksburg Mississippi, lost two sons and a son-in-law to the Confederate cause and by war's end were in financial ruin. Charlotte was the sister of what General? Hint

US General George Custer

Confederate General Jubal Early

Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart

US General George Gordon Meade.

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Question 10 of 10

10. John Gibbon had three brothers who fought for the Confederacy including Dr. Robert Gibbon, a surgeon in Lane's NC Brigade. What was his rank? Hint

US General

US Private

Confederate General

Confederate Private

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Confederate General and Secretary of State George Wythe Randolph was a grandson of whom?

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

2. Billings Steele left his home near Annapolis Maryland at the age of 16 to join Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby's famed Rangers. Who was Steele's grandfather?

Answer: Francis Scott Key

3. Confederate General Richard Taylor was the youngest child and only son of what former US President?

Answer: Zachary Taylor

Zachary Taylor's daughter, Sarah Knox Taylor, was the first wife of Confederate President Jefferson Finis Davis. She died of malaria three months after their marriage.

4. Louis H. Marshall, who served on the staff of US General John Pope, was the nephew of whom?

Answer: Robert E. Lee

Confederate General Robert E. Lee's sister, Anne, and her husband William Marshall, sided with the Union. Their son, Louis H. Marshall, served on the staff of US General John Pope.

5. Who was Confederate General James Ewell Brown 'Jeb' Stuart's father-in-law?

Answer: US General Philip St. George Cooke

6. The White House was draped in mourning for the death of Confederate General Benjamin Hardin Helm who was mortally wounded September 20, 1863 at Chickamauga and died September 21. Why?

Answer: Helm was married to Emily, Mary Todd Lincoln's half-sister

7. What was the relationship between US General William Rufus Terrill and Confederate General James Barbour Terrill?

Answer: brothers

US General William Rufus Terrill, was killed October 8, 1862 at Perryville, and his brother, Confederate General James Barbour Terrill, was killed May 30, 1864 at Bethesda Church. They were supposedly buried by their father in a single grave over which the tombstone reads 'Here lie my two sons. Only God knows which was right'.

8. What relationship was Confederate General George Bibb Crittenden to US Senator John Jordan Crittenden and US General Thomas Leonidas Crittenden?

Answer: son and brother

Answer: US General George Gordon Meade.

10. John Gibbon had three brothers who fought for the Confederacy including Dr. Robert Gibbon, a surgeon in Lane's NC Brigade. What was his rank?

Answer: US General

Source: Author DebiJ

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