May Quiz Answers

1 - Col. Grierson is justly famous for having marched 1700 cavalrymen 600 miles in ...16 days.

2 - Confederate Brig. Gen. Winfield Scott Featherstone was named after Gen. Winfield Scott, the famed War of 1812 and Mexican War hero. What other Civil War general was named after him? Union Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock.

3 - How many U. S. presidents before Lincoln had a full beard? How many after? Name them.
Before: None, Lincoln was the first.
After: Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Ben Harrison.
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4 - The repeating rifle which the Yankees could "load on Sunday and fire all week" was the _____? Henry Repeating Rifle, .44 caliber, which held 15 rounds in the magazine and one in the chamber.

5 - Some historians refer to it as the "Western Gettysburg". What battle was it"? Battle of Glorietta Pass, N. M., 1862. For info, turn to: http://hometown.aol.com/gordonkwok/gnb_preserve.htm

6 - Who was the South's largest slaveholder? Probably Confederate general and noted cavalryman Wade Hampton, with some 3500 human beings numbered among his chattels.

7 - How many different calls and tunes were Union fifers and drummers expected to master? Answer: 148

8 - From this alphabetized list, name the two most common types of photographs taken during the Civil War. Answer: the carte de visite and the tintype.

9 - A"Shako" was a: jacket, raincoat, hat, musical instrument, type of bullet, saddle, food item, type of wagon, camp stove, derisive nickname, corn plaster, bullet mold. Answer: it was a hat.

10 - The name of Gen. Grant's favorite war-horse was --- what? Cleveland, Hardtack, Mumbledepeg, Kilroy, Cincinnati, Grover, Rasputin, Traveler, Ol' Mex, Eddie, Trigger, Minie Me. Answer: Cincinnati.

11 - World War II ended in 1945, 58 years ago. What year was 58 years after the end of the Civil War? Answer: 1923.

12 - What nickname was given to the 1st Brigade (Confederate)? The "Stonewall" Brigade, and as such became the only Confederate Brigade to have its nickname become its official designation.

13 - After the war he was elected as governor and later senator from Rhode Island. Who was he? Union general Ambrose Burnside.

14 - What was the method of determining the oxygen level in the Confederate submarine "Hunley"? A lit candle.

15 - The most heavily used foreign rifle in the Civil War was the _____? British Enfield.

16 - Which side was California on during the war? The North.

17 - Who commanded Longstreet's artillery at Gettysburg? Brig. Gen. E. P. Alexander.

18 - Which musical instrument was "probably" the most commonly carried and played by the average soldier? The harmonica.

19 - This month's hard question: Before the War Fitzhugh Lee had been severely wounded in battle by what weapon? A Comanche arrow.

20 - This month's impossible question: What famous Russian composer was stationed in New York in the winter of 1863-64 with the Russian fleet? Rimsky-Korsakav.

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