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1. What was the name of the man Lincoln appointed a general because he got a kick out his name?
2. What man did the influential Germans of Pennsylvania pester Lincoln to appoint as a general?
3. What general did Lincoln find disappointment in when his fighting abilities equaled his stature rather than his ego?
4. What was the surname of the Union general Don Carlos?
5. What general had the nickname "Old Brains"?
6. What general had the nickname "Cump"?
7. General John C. Fremont was the first Republican Party candidate for President of the U.S.
8. What general was related by marriage to the family of Abraham Lincoln?
9. What general succeeded Ambrose Burnside in command of the Army of the Potomac?
10. Which of the following was not a politician-turned-general?
11. What general was known as "Baldy"?
12. What general was highly prized by Lincoln, particularly for his skill at draw poker?
13. What general lost a limb at the Battle of Gettysburg?
14. Lincoln's Vice President, Andrew Johnson, was a Union general during the Civil War.
15. General William H. Seward Jr. was the son of Lincoln's Secretary of State.
16. What do these following generals have in common: John Scofield, Nelson Miles, and Henry Halleck?
17. Who was the only Regular Army general from the Civil War killed by the American Indians?
18. General Robert Buchanan was a nephew of U.S. President James Buchanan.
19. General Napoleon Bonaparte Buford was the brother of the cavalry leader who first engaged the Confederates at Gettysburg.
20. Cassius Clay was a Union general during the Civil War.
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