May 2003 Quiz


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

3 - How many U. S. presidents before Lincoln had a full beard? How many after? Name them.

4 - The repeating rifle which the Yankees could "load on Sunday and fire all week" was the _____?

5 - Some historians refer to it as the "Western Gettysburg". What battle was it"?

6 - Who was the South's largest slaveholder?

7 - How many different calls and tunes were Union fifers and drummers expected to master?
12 20 28 42 72 96 124 148 184 210

8 - From this alphabetized list, name the two most common types of photographs taken during the Civil War:
albumen ambrotype
cabinet card carte de visite
cyanotype collodion
daguerreotype diazotype
Polaroid stereograph
Talbotype 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

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

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

12 - What nickname was given to the 1st Brigade (Confederate)?

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

14 - What was the method of determining the oxygen level on the Confederate submarine "Hunley"?

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

16 - Which side was California on during the war?

17 - Who commanded Longstreet's artillery at Gettysburg?

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

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

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?



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