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Quiz about Gettysburg Landmarks and Monuments

Gettysburg: Landmarks and Monuments Quiz

All of these questions relate to important events and sites on the Gettysburg battlefield. The answers relate to sites that have been marked in some way and could be seen on a visit to the battlefield today.

A multiple-choice quiz by fja0485. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
fja0485

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,422

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

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1586

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Question 1 of 10

1. During the evening of July 2, 1863, a particular Union general, honored with a statue on Culp's Hill, was ordered to lead two divisions from Culp's Hill to the Union left. He mistakenly took the wrong road and led them away from the battlefield. What general led the wayward divisions? Hint

John Geary

John Sedgwick

Alpheus Williams

John Gibbon

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Question 2 of 10

2. What two Union generals, both playing important roles in the battle's first day, are honored with equestrian statues on East Cemetery Hill? Hint

Henry Slocum and Francis Barlow

John Reynolds and John Robinson

John Buford and John Reynolds

Oliver O. Howard and Winfield Scott Hancock

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Question 3 of 10

3. Union General Daniel Sickles received a wound that cost him a leg while he was near his headquarters on July 2. Sickles' headquarters were near which site? Hint

Codori Farm

Trostle Farm

Weickert Farm

Spangler Farm

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Question 4 of 10

4. Confederate General William Barksdale was mortally wounded during the Confederate advance on July 2. Where did he die? Hint

Confederate Field Hospital on Seminary Ridge

Trostle House

Spangler's Spring

Hummelbaugh House behind Union lines

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Question 5 of 10

5. On July 3, JEB Stuart's cavalry clashed with Gregg's Union cavalry on what is now known as the East Cavalry Battlefield. Much of the fighting there took place on farmland owned by a family. What was their surname?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. The right wing of the Confederate attack -- Longstreet's troops -- was launched near the farm of what family? Hint

Biesecker

Weickert

Bliss

Culp

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Fifth New Hampshire monument, one of the most unusual monuments on the field, is near Rose's Woods. It marks the spot where a particular Union colonel was mortally wounded. What was the colonel's surname?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which brigadier general, instrumental in the Union success on Culp's Hill, is honored with a statue at the top of that hill? Hint

Henry Slocum

George S. Greene

Alpheus Williams

Alexander Webb

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Question 9 of 10

9. Union General George G. Meade set up his headquarters in the house of a widow on the Taneytown Road. What was the widow's surname?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. During the battle of Gettysburg, the caretaker of the Evergreen Cemetery was fighting in another state. His wife, however, performed important duties during and after the battle. What was her name?

Answer: (first and last names or just surname)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: John Geary

Geary, a Pennsylvanian, was wounded five times during the Mexican War. He amassed wealth, and at one time served as San Francisco's first mayor.

2. What two Union generals, both playing important roles in the battle's first day, are honored with equestrian statues on East Cemetery Hill?

Answer: Oliver O. Howard and Winfield Scott Hancock

A dispute over exactly which one was given orders to assume command before General Meade reached the field carried on for years after the war had ended. Howard, originally from Maine, commanded the Eleventh Corps; Hancock, a Pennsylvanian, commanded the Second Corps.

3. Union General Daniel Sickles received a wound that cost him a leg while he was near his headquarters on July 2. Sickles' headquarters were near which site?

Answer: Trostle Farm

Sickles had advanced his Third Corps from Cemetery Ridge and thus opened a gap in the Union line during the battle's second day.

4. Confederate General William Barksdale was mortally wounded during the Confederate advance on July 2. Where did he die?

Answer: Hummelbaugh House behind Union lines

General Barksdale was treated at the Hummelbaugh house, but died. He was temporarily buried on the property, but his body was exhumed and reburied in the South.

Answer: Rummel

One of the highpoints of the cavalry battle was a successful charge led by the Union's young George Armstrong Custer leading the Michigan cavalry.

6. The right wing of the Confederate attack -- Longstreet's troops -- was launched near the farm of what family?

Answer: Biesecker

The Biesecker farm is on property purchased by Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower's Gettysburg home became a second White House during his years as president.

Answer: Cross

Colonel Edward Cross had originally commanded the Fifth New Hampshire regiment. He usually went into battle wearing a red bandanna; however, after having premonitions of death on the morning of July 2, he wore a black bandanna.

8. Which brigadier general, instrumental in the Union success on Culp's Hill, is honored with a statue at the top of that hill?

Answer: George S. Greene

Greene, age 60, was one of the oldest generals on the field. He graduated from West Point in 1823, and at Gettysburg, he commanded the 3rd. Brigade of the 12th. Corps, which consisted of five New York regiments. His statue stands near an observation tower and points toward the direction of the Confederate attacks.

9. Union General George G. Meade set up his headquarters in the house of a widow on the Taneytown Road. What was the widow's surname?

Answer: Leister

Meade conducted a council of war on the night of July 2, 1863,in the Widow Leister's house, the result of which was to stay and defend the Union position. Generals Hancock, Slocum, Williams, Butterfield among others were a part of that council.

Answer: Elizabeth Thorn

Elizabeth Thorn, despite being six months pregnant, buried 91 soldiers with the help of her father. She lived until 1907. The gate of the Evergreen Cemetery can be seen today on East Cemetery Hill.

Source: Author fja0485

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