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"What Union General later wrote the
"novel BEN HUR?
"a
"1...Lew Wallace
"2...Stephen A. Douglas
"3...George B. McClellan
"4...David A. Selznik
"5...James Longstreet
"1
"^Ben Hur; A Tale of the Christ^ was
"written in 1880 by Lewis Wallace.
"Besides being a general, he was also
"for a time the governor of New Mexico
"and the ambassador to Turkey.
"-
"Which Civil War battle was named after
"a river?
"a
"1...Monmouth
"2...Harper's Ferry
"3...Five Forks
"4...Bull Run
"5...Island No. 10
"4
"The first and second battles of BULL
"RUN were named after the Bull Run
"River. (Southerners call these battles
"First and Second Manassas, after
"Manassas Junction, a nearby railroad
"center.)
"-
"What Civil War general had been the
"first Republican Party presidential
"candidate?
"a
"1...Ulysses S. Grant
"2...George C. Fremont
"3...William T. Sherman
"4...Braxton Bragg
"5...Winfield Scott
"2
"George C. Fremont was the first
"Republican presidential candidate. He
"lost. Later, in the Civil War, he was
"removed from command by Lincoln. He
"still had the losing habit.
"-
"Of the following, what is General
"Butterfield most remembered for?
"a
"1...Inventing Turkey Ham
"2...Losing the Battle of Vicksburg
"3...Saving Abraham Lincoln's life in
" Baltimore
"4...Writing the bugle call ^Taps^
"5...Ordering the destruction of Atlanta
"4
"General Butterfield wrote the haunting
"melody ^Taps.^
"-
"What Union general commanded the army
"that finally took Vicksburg?
"a
"1...Jubilation T. Cornpone
"2...A. P. Hill
"3...Ulysses S. Grant
"4...George Meade
"5...Joseph Hooker
"3
"GRANT took Vicksburg on July 4, 1863,
"after a long siege that had nearly
"starved the Southern defenders.
"-
"Who was president of the Confederate
"States of America?
"a
"1...Robert E. Lee
"2...George Wallace
"3...J.E.B. Stuart
"4...Jefferson Davis
"5...Rhett Butler
"4
"JEFFERSON DAVIS was the first, and so
"far, only, president of the Confed-
"erate States of America.
"-
"Who was Vice-President during Abraham
"Lincoln's FIRST term as president?
"a
"1...Hannibal Hamlin
"2...George C. Fremont
"3...Francis Pierpont
"4...Andrew Johnson
"5...Ronald Reagan
"1
"HANNIBAL HAMLIN was Lincoln's vice
"president in the 1860 election. He
"was replaced by Andrew Johnson for the
"1864 election.
"-
"Which battle occurred first, Gettys-
"burg or Antietam?
"a
"1...Antietam
"2...Gettysburg
"3...Both were on the same day
"4...Gettysburg was a speech, not a
" battle
"5...All of the above
"1
"The battle of Antietam (Antietam Creek,
"Maryland) occurred in General Lee's
"FIRST invasion of the North, in Sep-
"tember of 1862. The battle of Gettys-
"burg (Pennsylvania) occurred during
"Lee's SECOND invasion, in July of 1863.
"-
"Who (supposedly) said ^Damn the
"torpedoes! Full speed ahead!^
"a
"1...Captain John Ericsson (Monitor)
"2...Captain Hunley (Housatonic)
"3...Admiral David Porter
"4...Captain John Paul Jones
"5...Admiral David Farragut
"5
"In the Civil War era, ^torpedoes^ were
"more like what we refer to as mines.
"When warned ^Torpedoes ahead^ in the
"Battle of Mobile Bay, ADMIRAL FARRAGUT
"reportedly said ^Damn the Torpedoes!^
"-
"Where did the phrase ^With malice
"towards none, and charity for all^ come
"from?
"a
"1...Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
"2...Gettysburg Address
"3...Grant's surrender terms to Lee
"4...Emancipation Proclamation
"5...Treaty of Ghent
"1
"Lincoln was already foreseeing postwar
"bitterness when he recited the above
"line during his second inaugural
"address.
"-
"Where did the Monitor and the Merrimac
"(^CSS Virginia^) fight?
"a
"1...Hampton Roads
"2...Battle of Vicksburg
"3...Five Forks
"4...Midway Island
"5...Battle of Mobile Bay
"1
"The Monitor and the Merrimac/Merrimack
"/Virginia squared off in Hampton Roads,
"near Norfolk, Virginia, on March 9,
"1862. The battle was a tactical draw,
"but a strategic victory for the North,
"as the Merrimac failed to break the
"blockade.
"-
"Who was ^The Little Giant?^
"a
"1...Jefferson Davis
"2...Stephen A. Douglas
"3...Sydney Albert Johnston
"4...Israel Putnam
"5...Johnny Shiloh
"2
"STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, who defeated
"Lincoln for the Senate in 1858, but
"lost to him in the presidential
"election of 1860.
"-
"Where was the ^Battle above the
"Clouds?^
"a
"1...Mount Rushmore
"2...Kennesaw Mountain
"3...Blue Ridge Mountains
"4...Pike's Peak
"5...Lookout Mountain
"5
"The ^Battle above the Clouds^ was a
"minor part of the Battle of Chatta-
"nooga; LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN overlooks that
"city.
"-
"What was the more well-known name for
"the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing?
"a
"1...Murfreesboro
"2...Fredericksburg
"3...Shiloh
"4...Seven Days
"5...Battle of the Bulge
"3
"The battle of Shiloh, Tennessee (called
"Pittsburgh Landing by Southerners) was
"named after nearby Shiloh Church.
"-
"What famous Confederate ship was
"finally fought and sunk by the USS
"Kearsarge?
"a
"1...CSS Virginia
"2...CSS Alabama
"3...CSS Oklahoma
"4...CSS Albemarle
"5...CSS Genl. Jackson
"2
"The Confederate merchant raider
"ALABAMA, formerly the British SS
"ENRICA, was sunk in a battle with the
"USS Kearsarge off the coast of France
"in June of 1864.
"-
"Which of the following Civil War
"battles did NOT take place in Virginia?
"a
"1...Fredericksburg
"2...Cold Harbor
"3...Petersburg
"4...Pea Ridge
"5...Chancellorsville
"4
"The Battle of PEA RIDGE, Arkansas
"(March 6-8, 1862), was a major loss for
"the South, as it led to their virtual
"abandonment of much of the Trans-
"Mississippi (west of the Mississippi)
"Confederate territory.
"-
"Who or what was the ^Swamp Angel^?
"a
"1...A large Parrott gun used to bombard
" Fort Sumter
"2...The leader of the Confederate
" guerilla forces in Missouri
"3...A dedicated nurse working at the
" Gettysburg field hospital
"4...A Confederate ironclad used on the
" Tennessee River
"5...General Nathan B. Forrest
"1
"The Swamp Angel could throw 200-pound
"incendiary shells. Unfortunately for
"the Union forces, it blew up after only
"36 rounds, causing more destruction to
"its own gun crews than to the South!
"-
"Which of the following battles did the
"Confederacy LOSE?
"a
"1...1st Bull Run
"2...2nd Bull Run
"3...Fredericksburg
"4...Cold Harbor
"5...Nashville
"5
"After the fall of Atlanta, Confederate
"General Hood led the Army of the Tenn-
"essee northward in a doomed effort to
"lure Sherman away from his ravaging of
"the south; Hood's weakened army was
"effectively destroyed at the Battle of
"NASHVILLE.
"-
"Which of the following battles did the
"Union Army LOSE?
"a
"1...Gettysburg
"2...Fort Donelson
"3...Chattanooga
"4...Chancellorsville
"5...Atlanta
"4
"At CHANCELLORSVILLE (May 1863), General
"Lee sent Stonewall Jackson on a danger-
"ous march around the Union right flank,
"resulting in an unexpected attack that
"routed portions of General Hooker's
"army, and halted yet another Federal
"offensive aimed at Richmond.
"-
"Who was the Union's commanding general
"in the First Battle of Bull Run?
"a
"1...Ulysses S. Grant
"2...Ambrose Burnside
"3...^Fighting Joe^ Hooker
"4...Irwin McDowell
"5...George B. McClellen
"4
"General McDOWELL was unfairly blamed
"for much of the loss at the first Bull
"Run (July 21, 1861). The troops were
"poorly trained and led, yet political
"pressures forced their early use. His
"battle plan, successful early, failed
"when fresh Southern troops arrived.
"-
"Who was the CSA's commanding general
"at 1st Manassas (Bull Run)?
"a
"1...Pierre G.T. Beauregard
"2...Robert. E. Lee
"3...A. P. Hill
"4...Thomas ^Stonewall^ Jackson
"5...James Longstreet
"1
"General BEAUREGARD led the southern
"army until reinforcements arrived under
"Joseph E. Johnston; the latter, having
"seniority, assumed command, but
"essentially followed Beauregard's
"battle plan.
"-
"In what battle did the famous
"^Sheridan's Ride^ take place?
"a
"1...Yellow Tavern
"2...Savage's Station
"3...Brandy Station
"4...Pea Ridge
"5...Cedar Creek
"5
"In October 1864 in the Shenendoah
"Valley, CSA General Jubal Early, after
"recent defeats at Winchester and
"Fisher's Hill, attacked and was routing
"the Union forces at CEDAR CREEK.
"Sheridan, just returning from Washing-
"ton, rallied his demoralized troops as
"he rode in, and soon crushed Early's
"army.
"-
"What w