April Quiz Answers


1 - The ladies dress style of Civil War times was the: crinoline.

2 - The main visual trait of the zouaves was: their fancy uniforms.

3 - The former Confederate generals who commanded American troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War were: Joseph Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee. Both were U. S. Army major generals in 1898.

4 - Southern general Albert Sidney Johnston probably wouldn't have died from his leg wound had this simple measure been applied. What was it? A tourniquet.

5 - For whom was Lincoln's son Eddie named? For Senator, later Col. Edward Dickinson Baker, who was killed at Ball's Bluff in 1861.

6 - When the Southern states threatened secession in early 1861, which of Lincoln's top military advisers suggested they be given a friendly wave goodbye: "Wayward sisters, depart in peace"? Gen. Winfield Scott

7 - Which of the Lincoln conspirators was wounded at Pickett's Charge? Lewis Powell. (Myths After Lincoln p. 164)

8 - How many separate movements did it take to load and fire a Civil War musket? Eleven.

9 - Fort Sedgwick was a feature at which battle? The siege of Petersburg.

10 - While the North had several pictorial weeklies, the South had but one. What was it called? The Southern Illustrated News.

11 - The minie ball comes in both 2-ring and 3-ring styles. Which side - North or South - used the 2-ring type? Confederates used the 2-ring minies and sometimes the 3-ring, Yankees used the three-ring.

12 - Who's buried in Grant's tomb? (The answer is not "Grocho Marx"). This is an old joke to which the answer is "no one". Our eighteenth president and his wife are, however, entombed here. Made of 8,000 tons of granite, with Massachusetts marble for the floors and fine Italian marble for the railings and trimmings, Grant's Tomb sits high above the Hudson River in the midst of a beautiful park. It was once one of the most popular attractions in New York City, although it rarely attracts much of a crowd today.

13 - A "button board" was used as a --- what? A protector of clothing while polishing buttons.

14 - The state bird of Louisiana is pictured on some of their belt buckles. The bird is: the pelican, which is also pictured on the new statehood quarter for Louisiana.

15 - Which Confederate major general was killed not by a Yankee bullet, but by a jealous husband? Earl Van Dorn.

16 - The man selected after Stuart's death to command all of Lee's cavalry was: Lt. Gen. Wade Hamlton.

17 - How many men were in an average Union battery? 105; Confederate? 90

18 - This Confederate secretary of war had been James Buchanan's vice president. Name him. John C. Breckenridge.

19 - This month's Hard question: Realizing the extreme importance of Special Order 191, what did Gen. Longstreet do with his copy after he had finished reading it? He ate it.

20 - This month's Impossible question: Only once after Appomattox did Gen. Lee pose for a photo in full Confederate uniform. The photo was taken at the request of ___ who? Queen Victoria.


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