March 2003 Answers
1 - The Dunker Church was a part of what battlefield? Antietam.
2 - Union Major General Joseph Mansfield died at the battle of ________.
Antietam.
3 - Union General Joseph Hooker had what nickname? "Fighting Joe".
4 - Who was James A. Andrews (1826-62). A Union spy and leader of Andrew's
Raiders, which stole the Confederate locomotive "General". For
the daring raid the first Medals of Honor were awarded to most of the men
on the raid. Ironically, Andrews himself was ineligible for the Medal because
he was a civilian. For the story dial up: http://www.locomotivegeneral.com/locomotivechase.html
5 - The legendary cavalryman who died at Yellow Tavern was ______? Jeb Stuart.
6 - At Lookout Mountain the rebels were outnumbered by (how many (number))
to one. Six to one.
7 - Unable to believe he had won a decisive victory at Chickamauga, this
Southern commander went to bed rather than pursue the retreating Yankee
General George Thomas. He was ______. Braxton Bragg.
8 - Southern railroad tracks wrapped around trees by Sherman's men on their
March to the Sea were called ________. Sherman's Bowties, Neckties or Hairpins.
9 - How far was it considered a soldier could see in the Wilderness? About
50 feet.
10 - Estimates have it the deaths were 2 1/2 to 1 for the North and 3 to
1 for the South. What do the two numbers signify? The ratio of deaths by
disease to those of deaths in battle.
11 - What item was Harry Heth's rebels after that caused them to go into
Gettysburg? Shoes.
12 - The last day of the Seven Days battle saw the gallant but ill-fated
rebel charge up Malvern Hill.
13 - By the end of the war one out of every ten Federals and one out of
every seven Confederates had -----what? Deserted, a total of 420,000 soldiers
North and South.
14 - Whose last words were: "Let us cross over the river and rest under
the shade of the trees"? Stonewall Jackson.
15 - Which of these generals were "political generals":
YES: Ben Butler, Franz Sigel, John A. Logan, Dan Sickles, John A. McClernand.
NO: U. S. Grant, George B. McClellan, George Thomas, James B. McPherson,
Phil Sheridan.
16 - How many men on active duty as officers in the U. S. Army at the outbreak
of war in 1861 joined the Confederate Army? 313 of 1098 officers.
17 - To what outfit did John Wilkes Booth belong at the time he attended
John Brown's hanging? The Richmond Grays.
18 - While Lincoln lie dying, who said, "Now he belongs to the ages"?
Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton.
19 - This month's hard question: One West Point class exceeded any other
in the number of its members who would one day become either Union or Confederate
generals. What year was it? The year was 1846; that class of 59 graduates
would put in the ranks 20 generals. Unfortunately my source didn't list
them by North or South. Does anyone know?
20 - This month's Alan Sissenwein impossible question: What famous American
painter's father wrote the standard work on bandaging wounds than was used
by both sides during the Civil War?
John Singer Sargent. His father, Dr. Fitzwilliam Sargent, was a prominent
Philadelphia physician.
April 2003 Quiz
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