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Quiz about Less Famous Civil War Generals

Less Famous Civil War Generals Quiz

Can you name some of these less well known generals of the American Civil War?

A multiple-choice quiz by Stalin1879. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
Stalin1879

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
218,278

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
400

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Question 1 of 10

1. This Union general raised his own unit, the 58th New York Infantry, and participated in numerous battles, including Cross Keys, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga. Some people claim that he never received senate confirmation of his promotion to Brigadier- General because they could not pronunce his name. Hint

Michael Kasprowicz

Sergo Ordzhonikidze

Justin Koschitzke

Wladimir Krzyzanowski

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Question 2 of 10

2. This Confederate general was defeated by Ambrose Burnside at the battle of New Berne and by Fitz John Porter at the battle of Hanover Courthouse. Who was it? Hint

William MacKall

Nikolai Romanov

Charles Olmstead

Lawrence Branch

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Question 3 of 10

3. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, maintained a stubborn defence against Albert Sidney Johnston's Confederate hordes, but was finally overwhelmed and captured with his 2,200 men. He was exchanged and won an important Union victory at Helena. Which of these was it? Hint

Stephen Hurlbut

David Boon

John McClernand

Benjamin Prentiss

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Question 4 of 10

4. This Union general commanded a division at First Manassas and a corps during the Peninsular Campaign and Second Manassas. His performance was average and his lack of imagination saw him get shuffled off to command of the Military District of Washington in 1862.
Hint

Grigory Rasputin

William Franklin

Samuel Heintzelman

Erasmus Keyes

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, had his forces crushed at the battle of Richmond by Edmund Kirby Smith, and was murdered by a fellow Union general. Who was it? Hint

William Nelson

Edward Ord

Thomas Crittenden

Tomas Torquemada

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Question 6 of 10

6. This Confederate general from Tennessee was killed in early 1862. Perhaps he shouldn't have been wearing a conspicuous white rubber coat in battle - it made him an appealing target. Hint

Albert Sidney Johnston

Zebulon Vance

Felix Zollicoffer

Charles Clark

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Confederate general, also from Tennessee, was killed in one of the first major conflicts of 1862. Union soldiers looted his sharpshooter's rifle and his prized gold pocket-watch. Hint

Albert Sidney Johnston

Francis Bartow

Barnard Bee

Benjamin McCulloch

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Question 8 of 10

8. Confederate general John Marmaduke defeated Union forces at the battle of Poison Spring, 1864.

True

False

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Question 9 of 10

9. Union general Edward Canby won one of the last major Union victories of the war by defeating Dabney Maury's forces and capturing Mobile, Alabama.

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. This Confederate general performed very poorly in the war, was disliked by his men, suffered from deafness, and had a frozen rigidity of face (possibly indicative of arteriosclerosis). Who on earth was this person?

Answer: (Both names or surname)

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Answer: Wladimir Krzyzanowski

Wladimir Krzyzanowski (1824-1887) was Polish born and raised a unit of Polish and German soldiers to fight for the Union cause. He fought heroically at the battles of Cross Keys and Gettysburg.

2. This Confederate general was defeated by Ambrose Burnside at the battle of New Berne and by Fitz John Porter at the battle of Hanover Courthouse. Who was it?

Answer: Lawrence Branch

At New Berne, Branch's army was outnumbered 2 to 1 and subsequently driven out of the town by Burnside in his North Carolina Expedition of 1862. At Hanover Courthouse (May 27, 1862), Branch's forces were outnumbered 3 to 1 by Porter's corps and he was repulsed with heavy losses.

Answer: Benjamin Prentiss

Benjamin Prentiss (1819-1901) saved the Union army at Shiloh with his defiant stand, which allowed his commander Ulysses Grant to consolidate his forces and bring up reinforcements in time.

Answer: Samuel Heintzelman

Samuel Heintzelman (1805-1880) was wounded at First Manassas, but recovered to take command of one of George McClellan's corps during the Peninsular Campaign. Heintzelman and Edwin Sumner effectively commanded the Union forces at the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and Glendale.

5. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, had his forces crushed at the battle of Richmond by Edmund Kirby Smith, and was murdered by a fellow Union general. Who was it?

Answer: William Nelson

William "Bull" Nelson (1824-1862) performed well on the second day of Shiloh, but lost 5,353 troops in his defeat at the battle of Richmond. In contrast, Kirby Smith only lost 451 men. Nelson was shot and killed by fellow officer, Jefferson C. Davis, after insulting him and slapping him across the face in a heated argument.

6. This Confederate general from Tennessee was killed in early 1862. Perhaps he shouldn't have been wearing a conspicuous white rubber coat in battle - it made him an appealing target.

Answer: Felix Zollicoffer

Felix Zollicoffer (1812-1862), outnumbered 2 to 1 at the battle of Mill Springs (Jan 19, 1862), was defeated by Union general George Thomas.

7. This Confederate general, also from Tennessee, was killed in one of the first major conflicts of 1862. Union soldiers looted his sharpshooter's rifle and his prized gold pocket-watch.

Answer: Benjamin McCulloch

Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) crushed Nathaniel Lyon's army at Wilson's Creek in 1861, but was killed in the battle of Pea Ridge, fighting under Earl Van Dorn against the Union forces of Samuel Curtis.

8. Confederate general John Marmaduke defeated Union forces at the battle of Poison Spring, 1864.

Answer: True

Union general Frederick Steele's expedition to Camden, Arkansas, in 1864 ended in failure. Confederate troops under Marmaduke routed Union forces at the battle of Poison Spring, inflicting 301 losses at a cost of 114.

9. Union general Edward Canby won one of the last major Union victories of the war by defeating Dabney Maury's forces and capturing Mobile, Alabama.

Answer: True

Canby's Civil War career started poorly with his defeat at Valverde, New Mexico, by Henry Sibley. Canby was assigned to Washington as an assistant adjutant general and commanded troops in New York City. After being appointed commander of the Military Division of Western Mississippi, he captured the important port of Mobile in 1865.

Answer: Theophilus Holmes

Behind his back, troops called Theophilus Holmes "Granny." Prominent historian Shelby Foote described him as a "grim-featured man" whose "rigidity of face, indicative of arteriosclerosis, was matched by a rigidity of mind." Holmes' forces were slaughtered at the battle of Helena.

Source: Author Stalin1879

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