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Gray Warriors Trivia Quiz

Here is a quiz about the men in gray who fought valiantly for a cause in which they believed.

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

Author
jkgregg

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
108,692

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
3002

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Question 1 of 10

1. What Confederate officer ordered the town Chambersburg, PA to be burned on July 30, 1864? Hint

JEB Stuart

Nathan Forrest

Stonewall Jackson

Jubal Early

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Question 2 of 10

2. What Confederate officer at one time challenged Stonewall Jackson to a duel? Hint

General Lafayette McLaws

General James Walker

General John Hood

General Abraham Buford

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Company Q in the Confederate Army? Hint

the infantry

the supplies

the prisoners

the sick list

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Question 4 of 10

4. What prominent Confederate general was related to an American Revolutionary hero? Hint

John Bell Hood

Stonewall Jackson

Robert E. Lee

Wade Hampton

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Question 5 of 10

5. What Confederate general wrote a infantry manual, published in 1855, that was used by both sides in the Civil War? Hint

Robert E. Lee

Lewis Armistead

Nathan Bedford Forrest

William Joseph Hardee

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Question 6 of 10

6. What Tennessee born lawyer commanded a brigade known as "... Mississippi's Brigade?" Hint

D. H. Hill

William Barksdale

Braxton Bragg

John Gordon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who were "wagon dogs?" Hint

Confederates who pretended to be ill

the horses

soldiers who drove the wagons

the injured

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was Lee's "Old War Horse?" Hint

Stonewall Jackson

James "Pete" Longstreet

JEB Stuart

Jubal Early

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Question 9 of 10

9. What Confederate general had a recurring ailment that often made him so ill he could not command his troops during battle? Hint

Earl Van Dorn

John Bell Hood

A.P. Hill

Richard Ewell

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Question 10 of 10

10. What Confederate general led a group called the "Swamp Rats?" Hint

Meriwether Thompson

Henry Sibley

Robert Toombs

Alexander Reynolds

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What Confederate officer ordered the town Chambersburg, PA to be burned on July 30, 1864?

Answer: Jubal Early

On July 30, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early ordered the residents of Chambersburg to pay a half-million dollars in ransom or have their town burned in retaliation for Federal destruction of civilian property in Virginia.

2. What Confederate officer at one time challenged Stonewall Jackson to a duel?

Answer: General James Walker

As a student at VMI, General James Walker tried to fight a duel with his instructor Thomas J. Jackson after discipline by Jackson resulted in Walker's explusion.

3. What was Company Q in the Confederate Army?

Answer: the sick list

The sick list was known as Company Q in the Confederate Army.

4. What prominent Confederate general was related to an American Revolutionary hero?

Answer: Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee's father was Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. Henry was a skilled horseman making him an excellent cavalryman. He was commissioned as captain in the fifth group of Virginia Light Dragoons and sent north to join the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. Because of his bravery and daring acts, he caught the attention of George Washington and was rapidly promoted in the Continental Army.

After the war, he served three, one year terms as governor of Virginia.

5. What Confederate general wrote a infantry manual, published in 1855, that was used by both sides in the Civil War?

Answer: William Joseph Hardee

In 1855 "Hardee's Tactics" was published. It was a definitive infantry manual that was used by both the Union and Confederate Armies.

6. What Tennessee born lawyer commanded a brigade known as "... Mississippi's Brigade?"

Answer: William Barksdale

Born in Tennessee, Barksdale commanded a brigade in McLaw's division of James Longstreet's Corps; the brigade saw particularly heavy fighting and became known as Barksdale's Mississippi Brigade. General Barksdale died from wounds received on the second day of fighting at Gettysburg.

7. Who were "wagon dogs?"

Answer: Confederates who pretended to be ill

Confederates who pretended to to be ill and dropped back to the wagon trains to avoid battle were called "Wagon Dogs."

8. Who was Lee's "Old War Horse?"

Answer: James "Pete" Longstreet

Longstreet received the name "Old War Horse" from Lee, as he proved to be one of the General's most reliable commanders.

9. What Confederate general had a recurring ailment that often made him so ill he could not command his troops during battle?

Answer: A.P. Hill

Ambrose Powell Hill suffered from a perplexing illness most of his adult life. Although valiant and courageous when well, his ailment would often overtake him causing the general to take to his bed for several days at a time.

10. What Confederate general led a group called the "Swamp Rats?"

Answer: Meriwether Thompson

Mayor of St. Joseph, Mo. when the war broke out, Thompson orgainzied a Confederate battalion in 1861 known as the "Swamp Rats." His brashness, clever maneuvering and boastful proclamations in the first year of the war earned him the nickname the "Swamp Fox."

Source: Author jkgregg

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