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Quiz about What You May Not Know About The Civil War

What You May Not Know About The Civil War Quiz

These are some fun questions and facts you may not know. Have fun.

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

Author
Colmosby

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
88,172

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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1384

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Question 1 of 10

1. Winfield Scott Hancock ran for President. Who did he lose to? Hint

U. S. Grant

James Garfield

Wm. McKinley

G. C. Alexander

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Question 2 of 10

2. What President restored the citizenship of Jefferson Davis? Hint

Lyndon Johnson

Jimmy Carter

Wm. Clinton

John Kennedy

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Question 3 of 10

3. At the battle of Gettysburg, a Maryland regiment had a dog as a mascot which was out ahead of the troops during the attack on Culp's Hill. What regiment was it? Hint

5th Maryland

2nd Maryland

17th Maryland

1st Maryland

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Question 4 of 10

4. Another Gettysburg question. Anybody who has been to Gettysburg battle and gone to the Cyclorama has seen the picture of Gen. Pickett's charge on 3 July. Who painted it? Hint

Paul Philippoteaux

Adalbert Volck

Henry Love

Frank Vizetelly

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Question 5 of 10

5. At the execution of the Lincoln conspirators who gave the command to spring the trap door of the gallows? Hint

President Johnson

Winfield Scott Hancock

U. S. Grant

Edwin Stanton

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which Union officer confiscated Gen. Lee's Arlington home and made it a cemetery for Union solders? Hint

Montgomery Meigs

George Thomas

Benjamin Prentiss

John McIntosh

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Question 7 of 10

7. After Gen. Longstreet was wounded by his own troops Gen. Lee attemped to lead a charge of CSA troops. What battle was it? Hint

Chancellorsville

Gettysburg

Fredericksburg

Wilderness

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Question 8 of 10

8. What CSA unit was the first and only unit offically to be named for a person? Hint

Irish Brigade

Gillaspie's Grays

Prentiss's Partisan's

The Stonewall Brigade

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Question 9 of 10

9. What CSA commander kept his army in the field for six weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, finally surrendering on 2 June, 1865? Hint

Richard Taylor

Jo Shelby

E. Kirby Smith

Simon Buckner

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Question 10 of 10

10. Col. Mosby earned the nickname "Gray Ghost". What was the official name of the unit he commanded? Hint

43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry

Mosby's Guerrillas

Mosby's Partisans

1st Virginia Cavalry

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Winfield Scott Hancock ran for President. Who did he lose to?

Answer: James Garfield

Hancock was unable to translate his wartime heroics into political victory, and he lost a close election in 1880 to James Garfield.

2. What President restored the citizenship of Jefferson Davis?

Answer: Jimmy Carter

President Davis lived out his remaining years in Mississippi never seeking restoration of his citizenship.

3. At the battle of Gettysburg, a Maryland regiment had a dog as a mascot which was out ahead of the troops during the attack on Culp's Hill. What regiment was it?

Answer: 1st Maryland

During the attack by CSA forces the dog ran ahead of the troops and was killed along with 31 men of the regiment. I know the last time I was at Gettysburg there is a statue with a dog on it.

4. Another Gettysburg question. Anybody who has been to Gettysburg battle and gone to the Cyclorama has seen the picture of Gen. Pickett's charge on 3 July. Who painted it?

Answer: Paul Philippoteaux

In 1883 he re-created Pickett's charge in a mammoth painting that was originally 400 feet in circumference and 50 feet high. In later years he revised it (after talking to veterans) in an effort to portray the charge as accurately as possible - except that he painted himself in the picture as a Union officer leaning on a tree with a drawn saber.

5. At the execution of the Lincoln conspirators who gave the command to spring the trap door of the gallows?

Answer: Winfield Scott Hancock

He clapped his hands three times and on the third clap the door was sprung.

6. Which Union officer confiscated Gen. Lee's Arlington home and made it a cemetery for Union solders?

Answer: Montgomery Meigs

He was Quartermaster of the Union Army. His son was killed and he hated the south and blamed Gen. Lee for his son's death. He confiscated Lee's mansion in Arlington made it a cemetery so the house could not be lived in again.

7. After Gen. Longstreet was wounded by his own troops Gen. Lee attemped to lead a charge of CSA troops. What battle was it?

Answer: Wilderness

After Gen. Longstreet was wounded Gen. Lee attempted to lead a Texas division in a countercharge. The troops yelled "Lee to the rear" and would not make the charge until Gen. Lee had gone to the rear.

8. What CSA unit was the first and only unit offically to be named for a person?

Answer: The Stonewall Brigade

First Brigade/Virginia Volunteers commanded by Stonewall Jackson.

9. What CSA commander kept his army in the field for six weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, finally surrendering on 2 June, 1865?

Answer: E. Kirby Smith

He surrendered 17,000 troops under terms similar to those offered to Gen. Lee. Jo Shelby refused to surrender and headed to Mexico.

10. Col. Mosby earned the nickname "Gray Ghost". What was the official name of the unit he commanded?

Answer: 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry

He disbanded his men at Millwood, Va. when he heard the news that Gen. Lee had surrendered. He was not pardoned until 1866.

Source: Author Colmosby

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