August 2003 Answers
1 - What was the most noticeable difference between the Springfield rifle
and the Napoleon gun? Their size. (Were you expecting a trick question?)
2 - Of the "irregular" Confederate cavalry, the three most legendary
commanders were: Turner Ashby, John Hunt Morgan, John S. Mosby. (Partisan
Cavalry.)
3 - What shape was the emblem of the IV Corps? Triangular.
4 - Zouave officers commonly wore kepis of (color). Red.
5 - Where did Confederate general Ewell lose a leg? Groveton.
6 - If an Infantry unit was called a "Company", what was an Artillery
unit called? A Battery
7 - What was "Order 191"? The famous "lost order" from
Lee to his commanders, describing the battle plan for the invasion of Maryland.
8 - Later a leading presidential candidate, he was credited with being the
main architect of the Reconstruction program. Who was he? James G. Blaine.
9 - What was the name of the family who owned the farm where Booth was shot?
Booth was shot in the tobacco barn belonging to the Richard Garrett family
of Virginia.
10 - The movie "Glory" was based on the exploits of what army
regiment? The 54th Mass. Infantry
11 - At the time he was killed, what weapons was Bloody Bill Anderson carrying?
Eight pistols, giving him 48 rounds he could fire before the necessity of
reloading.
12 - Counting Washington as the first president and George W. Bush as #44,
what number was lincoln? 16
13 - The first president of what is today Louisiana State University was
what future Civil War general? Wm. T. Sherman.
14 - What was the greatest naval bombardment during the war? That at Ft.
Fisher on December 24, 1864, when 57 ships with a total of 670 guns were
engaged.
15 - How was John Brown foolishly delayed at Harper's Ferry that resulted
in his capture? By ordering and sitting down and eating breakfast.
16 - Who defended future Union gen. Dan Sickles when he murdered his wife's
lover in 1857? Future Sec. of War Edwin M. Stanton.
17 - What role in the war did Elizabeth Van Lew, known to her Richmond,
Va., neighbors as "Crazy Bet", play? She was a Union spy.
18 - The town of Sharpsburg, Md., is located near what famous creek? Antietam
Creek.
19 - This Month's Hard Question: Farragut's second in command at New Orleans
was: Theodorus Bailey
20 - This Month's Impossible Question: How did Confederate Brig. Gen. Matt
H. Ransom thank the tree that saved his life by stopping a cannon ball at
Boone's Mill in July 1863? After the war he built a fence around it and
fertilized and watered it.
September 2003 Quiz
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