CIVIL WAR TRIVIA - Source:
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QUESTIONS
ANSWERS
Q: What personal tragedy struck President Jefferson Davis and his wife Varina
on April 30, 1864?
A: Their 5 year old son Joe Davis was killed in a fall from the high veranda
at the Confederate White House in Richmond, VA.
Q: How old would Abraham Lincoln have been this Feb 12th?
A: Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 and would have been 191 years old.
Q: Which General had the longest last name?
A: U.S. Brig. General Alexander Schimmelfennig had the longest name (14
letters)
Q: We all know Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's nickname was "Stonewall", but
his
cousin, Major Gen. William L. Jackson also had a nickname… what was it?
A: Major Gen. William L. Jackson's nickname was "Mudwall"
Q: Companies within Regiments were given letters. Ten letters were used
beginning with "A". Which letter did they skip?
A: They skipped the letter "J" because when written, it looked too much like
an "S" or an "I"
Q: How many men died as a result of the Civil War?
A: 627,000 men died.... more died from sickness than from the battle.
Q: What happened on Feb 9th 1861?
A: Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States on Feb
9th, 1861.
Q: What Civil War soldier held commissions in both the USA and CSA armies
simultaneously?
A: Alfred Thomas Archmedes Torbert held commissions in both USA and CSA
armies simultaneously.
Q: What was the Union Army called at the First Battle of Bull Run? and the
Confederate Army?
A: At the First Battle of Bull Run the Union army was known as The Army of
Northern Virginia and the Confederate army was known as The Army of the
Potomac.
Q: What Union Regiment had the highest number of officers killed in the Civil
War?
A: The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery had 32 officers killed.
Q: What military command was given U. S. Grant at the start of the Civil War?
A: Colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry
Q: Which Amendment to the Constitution provided for the abolition of slavery?
A: 13th
Q: Who was the first person to direct artillery fire for an army via aerial
reconnaissance ?
A: Balloonist Thaddeus Lowe, U.S.A. on September 24, 1861.
Q: What was Lt. Gen Richard S. Ewell's nickname?
A: "Baldy Dick"
Q: Where did the largest cavalry battle of the war take place ?
A: Brandy Station Virginia, June 9, 1863.
Q: What primary Confederate General was killed at the Battle of Shiloh?
A: Albert Sidney Johnston.
Q: Approximately how far did the three-inch iron rifled ordnance gun throw
its shell when elevated five degrees?
A: When elevated five degrees, the three-inch rifled ordnance gun can throw
its shell accurately up to 2,000 yards.
Q: What Northern general was accused by northern press as being insane?
A: William T. Sherman
Q: How many cannon in a Union Battery? A Confederate Battery?
A: 6 cannon in Union Battery and 4 cannon in Confederate Battery.
Q: The melody of the popular Civil War ballad " Aura Lee" by George R.
Poulton and W.W. Fosdick was later used for what twentieth century hit?
A: Elvis Presley's "Love me Tender".
Q: What Southern General was mortally wounded at the battle of
Chancellorsville, Virginia ?
A: Thomas J. Jackson
Q: Who took over "Stonewall" Jackson's division after Jackson's death at
Chancellorsville?
A: Maj. Gen Edward Johnson