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A multiple-choice quiz by Colmosby. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Colmosby

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
155,391

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1046

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. This female spy was captured in Kentucky by CSA Gen. Braxton Bragg and sentenced to be hanged. Hint

Belle Boyd

Grace Bedell

Clara Barton

Pauline Cushman

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many Union expeditions planned by Gen. Grant failed, before he finally captured Vicksburg in 1863? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. This item of clothing was worn by many soldier's to protect their neck from sunburn. Hint

Kepi

Havelock

Broad Rim Hat

Hankerchief

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the Secretary of the CSA Navy from February 1861 to the end of the war? Hint

Charles Adams

Thomas Leech

Alexander Forsyth

Stephen Mallory

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Question 5 of 10

5. This Union prison camp held more than 30,000 CSA prisoners during the war. It was located near Chicago and noted for its bitterly cold winters. Hint

Elmira

Camp Douglas

Rock Island

Johnson's Island

6. In November 1864, President Lincoln wrote a letter of condolence to a Mrs. Lydia Bixby, expressing sympathy for the death of her sons. How many of her sons did he write about in the letter? Hint

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Question 7 of 10

7. This Union Gen. stalled the CSA advance into Gettysburg on the first day of battle. Who was he? Hint

Hill

Meade

Buford

Reynolds

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Question 8 of 10

8. This CSA Gen. was a pallbearer at Gen. Sherman's funeral. He died in 1891. Who was he? Hint

Fitzhugh Lee

George Pickett

James Longstreet

Joseph E. Johnston

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Question 9 of 10

9. The following battles occurred to capture this Southern city. Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, and Jonesborough in 1864. Name the city. Hint

Franklin

Vicksburg

Atlanta

Richmond

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was the trial judge to preside over the Lincoln assassination conspirators? Hint

Winfield Scott

Joseph Holt

Edward Stanton

Atherton Stevens

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. This female spy was captured in Kentucky by CSA Gen. Braxton Bragg and sentenced to be hanged.

Answer: Pauline Cushman

Pauline Cushman was an actress and supplied information to Union Gen. Rosecrans about CSA troops in Kentucky. She was captured and sentenced to death but was saved when the CSA troops retreated.

2. How many Union expeditions planned by Gen. Grant failed, before he finally captured Vicksburg in 1863?

Answer: 4

Gen. Grant tried several plans but each failed - the Duckport Canal, Lake Providence, Yazoo Pass, and Steele's Bayou. He finally captured Vicksburg in the summer of 1863.

3. This item of clothing was worn by many soldier's to protect their neck from sunburn.

Answer: Havelock

A Havelock was a white linen covering for a kepi. It was a small cape which proteced the neck from sunburn. It was modeled after the type of hat used by British troops in India.

4. Who was the Secretary of the CSA Navy from February 1861 to the end of the war?

Answer: Stephen Mallory

Mallory was a former U.S. Senator and U.S. Secretary of the Navy.

5. This Union prison camp held more than 30,000 CSA prisoners during the war. It was located near Chicago and noted for its bitterly cold winters.

Answer: Camp Douglas

Camp Douglas was located near Chicago, Elmira near Elmira, NY, Rock Island on the Mississippi River between Davenport Iowa, and Rock Island/Moline Illinois, and Johnson Island near the city of Sandusky, Ohio, on Sandusky Bay.

6. In November 1864, President Lincoln wrote a letter of condolence to a Mrs. Lydia Bixby, expressing sympathy for the death of her sons. How many of her sons did he write about in the letter?

Answer: 5

When President Lincoln wrote the letter he thought that five of her sons had "died gloriously on the field of battle". He did not know that only two had died, one had been discharged, and two had deserted.

7. This Union Gen. stalled the CSA advance into Gettysburg on the first day of battle. Who was he?

Answer: Buford

Gen. Buford survived the battle but died in December from an illness contacted in the field. He stalled the CSA advance long enough for Union reinforcements to assume defensive positions.

8. This CSA Gen. was a pallbearer at Gen. Sherman's funeral. He died in 1891. Who was he?

Answer: Joseph E. Johnston

Gen. Johnston who surrenderd his army to Gen. Sherman died from pneumonia which he contacted while marching in the rain during the funeral.

9. The following battles occurred to capture this Southern city. Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, and Jonesborough in 1864. Name the city.

Answer: Atlanta

They were part of the campaign to capture Atlanta in September, 1864.

10. Who was the trial judge to preside over the Lincoln assassination conspirators?

Answer: Joseph Holt

Judge Advocate Gen. Holt was from Kentucky, and a former member of the Buchanan administration and handed down the death sentences.

Source: Author Colmosby

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