April 2003 Quiz

1 - The ladies dress style of Civil War times was the:
bustle. leg of mutton sleeves.
flapper. marcel.
crinoline. oleoline.
pigeon-breast. Gibson girl.
middy blouse. bell bottom.

2 - The main visual trait of the zouaves was:
their huge horses.
their fancy uniforms.
they were all over 6 feet tall.
they used only flintlock muskets.
they used lances rather than firearms.
their lowest rank was 2nd lieutenant.
they whistled as they marched.
every man weighed over 300 pounds.
they wore kilts.
they dressed entirely in black.

3 - The former Confederate generals who commanded American troops in Cuba during the Spanish-American War were:

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

5 - For whom was Lincoln's son Eddie named?

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"?

7 - Which of the Lincoln conspirators was wounded at Pickett's Charge?

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

9 - Fort Sedgwick was a feature at which battle?

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

11 - The minie ball comes in both 2-ring and 3-ring styles. Which side - North or South - used the 2-ring type?

12 - Who's buried in Grant's tomb? (The answer is not "Grocho Marx").

13 - A "button board" was used as a --- what?

14 - The state bird if Louisiana is pictured on some of their belt buckles. The bird is the ______.

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

16 - The man selected after Stuart's death to command all of Lee's cavalry was:

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

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

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?

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?

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