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1. This general was born in Alabama and led a Texas brigade at Chickamauga, where he was killed by artillery fire.
2. This man earned the rank of general at the battle of Manassas. He became mentally ill and went home for Christmas. On December 26th, 1861 he committed suicide.
3. General Gist of South Carolina had one of the strangest names of any other general. What was his complete name?
4. This general was killed leading his men in the Battle of Franklin. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee, but was leading a Mississippi brigade in the battle. Before he died he said, "It is the fate of a soldier to die for his country."
5. This general was the first brigade commander under Robert E. Lee to be captured in battle. It was also rumored that he may have been homosexual.
6. This man was mortally wounded in the Battle of Atlanta. News of his promotion to Brigadier-General didn't arrive until after his death.
7. This general was so hard of hearing that once during the Seven Days' Battles he remarked, "I thought I heard firing?"
8. This Virginian General could be so ill-natured that he earned the nickname "Grumble".
9. This general was shot in the head at the Battle of Iuka and killed instantly.
10. Stonewall Jackson wasn't the only Confederate General killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Who was the other?
11. This Confederate General was born in Boston, Massachusetts and led a brigade of Native Americans into the Battle of Pea Ridge.
12. This Confederate general was born in Nashville, Tennessee and was killed in the Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River) in 1863. He was shot through the heart while leading his men. He was 30 years old.
13. This man was credited with lining up 62 cannon at Shiloh that helped blow the Union troops out of the Hornet's Nest. It was later discovered that he may have had very little to do with the massing of the cannons.
14. When the war began, this General was a cadet at the University of Alabama. He survived all the major battles of the war to be killed near Petersburg in 1864. He was 24 years old.
15. President Davis promoted this man to brigadier-general in April 1865. He commanded 400 men. He surrendered his brigade with Joseph Johnston later that month.
16. This man commanded the Army of Northern Virginia for a day when Joseph E. Johnston was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines.
17. This Confederate general was born in Tennessee. He fought in the Battles of Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, and throughout the Atlanta Campaign only to be captured at Nashville. After surrendering he was attacked by a Union colonel with a sword. He was repeatedly hit on the head until his brain was exposed. He spent the last 53 years in the Tennessee Hospital for the Insane.
18. This Confederate general was born in Ohio and was killed leading a Tennessee brgiade at the Battle of Franklin.
19. This Confederate general was the son of a President of the United States.
20. This Confederate general was a lot like the great Stonewall Jackson. He was very aggressive and believed in a strong offensive. He was wounded and captured during Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.
21. This general was shot by a jealous husband during the war.
22. This Confederate general attempted to kill his instructor at VMI before the war by throwing a brick at him. His instructor's name was Thomas Jackson, the future Stonewall.
23. This Confederate general was shot off his horse at Antietam while leading one of Stonewall Jackson's divisions. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery.
24. This general was killed at the Battle of Atlanta leading a division. He had quarrelled with almost everyone in the army, because he was outspoken and argumentative.
25. Everyone knows the story of the 54th Massachusetts Colored Troops attacking Fort Wagner in Charleston, South Carolina, but can you name the Confederate General who defended the fort during the battle?
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