20 Questions on the Civil War

                                                20 Questions on the Civil War:

1. On what day did the Civil War begin?

April 12, 1861 with the attack, and capture of Fort Sumter.

2. On what did the first battle begin? What was the name of this battle?

July 21, 1861. The First Manassas a.k.a. The First Bull Run.

3.Name the 2 iron-clad ships that are famous for their battle with each other.

The Monitor and the Merrimack a.k.a. The C.S.S. Virginia.

4. Who is the only officer known to have had his own banjo player?

General J.E.B. Stuart.

5. Which army had a “Balloon Corps” which consisted of hot air balloons? Who was the corps commander?

The Union army. “Professor” Thaddeus S.C. Lowe.

6. Name the highest military rank available in the Confederate army, in the Union army.

Confederates- General                                 Union Army- Lieutenant General

7. Who was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina.

8. Name the Confederate ship that seized/sunk about 70 Union ships with a value of $6 million.

C.S.S. Alabama.

9. Name the famous Confederate raider who was killed in Greeneville, TN.

Brig. General. John Hunt Morgan.

10. Who is the best known Civil War photographer?

Matthew Brady.

11. On what day in 1862 was Robert E. Lee named commander of the Army of Northern Virginia?

June 1, 1862.

12. Who uttered these famous words: I’d rather die than be whipped!” ?

General J.E.B. Stuart.

13. Who was the last Confederate to surrender? What force did he organize and what was special about it?

Stand Watie. The First Cherokee Mounted Rifles. It was the largest Native American force with 800 men. 

14. Name the Union officer who is called “Lion of the Round Top”.

Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain.

15. Who was the Confederate General who died on May 10, 1863? What were his last words?

General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. “Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees.”

16. Give the name of the battle with the most casualties (killed/wounded/captured). Give the amount of casualties.

The Battle of Gettysburg. 51,000.

17. Name the bloodiest 1 day battle of the war and give the amount of casualties.

The Battle of Antietam A.K.A. Sharpsburg. 23,000-23,100.

18. General Lee had 5 horses during the war, name them all and specify the most famous. Also include “Stonewall” Jackson’s famous horse.

Richmond, Lucy Long, Traveller, Ajax and Brown Roan. Little Sorrel.

19. Name the Confederate General who died in 1878 from yellow fever, along with his wife and 1 daughter, leaving 10 children (including 3 sets of twins).

John Bell Hood.

20. Give the full name of the Union commander who became president after the war.

Hiram Ulysses Grant a.k.a. Ulysses S. Grant