Fun Trivia : Civil War Navies

Structure Sub-topic of: U.S. Civil War Quizzes Interesting Questions, Facts and Information There are a total of 25 general entries. Special Topics The USS Shenandoah CSS Shenandoah The Confederate Naval Academy CSS Alabama" The Terror Of The Seas"

Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Civil War Navies

Which was the world's first warship to carry its guns in a rotating turret?

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USS Monitor. The New Ironsides was an ironclad but carried its guns {broadside-fashion;} the Warrior was an ironclad and the world's most powerful warship in 1861.



Who designed the Monitor?

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John Ericsson.



In March 1862, at Hampton Roads, which US warship did the CSS Virginia actually sink?

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USS Cumberland. The Minnesota went aground in the battle.



The CSS Virginia, which fought the USS Monitor, was built using the hull of which US steam frigate?

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USS Merrimack.



The CSS Virginia, at Hampton Roads, and the CSS Tennessee, at Mobile Bay in August 1864, were both commanded by the same man - who?

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Franklin Buchanan. Semmes was the famous captain of the Alabama, and Waddell captained the Shenandoah.



Relations between the US and Britain were damaged in 1861, when the USS San Jacinto forcibly abducted two Confederate diplomats from which British steamer?

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Trent. The Confederates were {delighted;} they hoped the incident would provoke Great Britain into joining their cause.



Stephen Mallory (Confederate) and Gideon Welles (Union) performed the same duty for their respective sides - what was it?

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Secretary of the Navy.



In June 1863, which harbor in Maine was daringly attacked by Confederate Lieutenant Charles W. Read?

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Portland.



What were 'Pook's Turtles'?

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Ironclad riverboats. Pook, an Army officer, was responsible for these vessels, which were instrumental in the Union gaining control of the Western waterways.



Who was the agent who had several warships secretly built for the Confederacy in Europe?

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Stephen Bulloch. North was given the same job, but was useless at it, and he seemed to have been an expensively-funded tourist.



In June 1864, the USS Kearsarge sank the CSS Alabama outside which French port?

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Cherbourg.



The ironclads CSS Chicora, and CSS Palmetto State, defended which Southern port from 1862 until the end of the War?

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Charleston.



Which warship did the Confederate submarine Hunley sink?

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USS Housatonic. The Hunley's crew drowned in the attack - as had three whole crews during the Hunley's preparation.



When US Admiral Farragut said 'Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead' at the Battle of Mobile Bay, what was he talking about?

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Floating Mines. The torpedo as we understand it, was first built in 1866.



Which commerce raider surrendered in November 1865, the last Confederate unit to do so?

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CSS Shenandoah. Under Captain James Waddell, she had sailed right round the globe, traveling 58,000 miles.



I am a Union naval Officer and I was just promoted. I now have three gold sleeve strips with a star above them. What is my new rank?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Lieutenant. The shoulder strap had a silver anchor with two gold bars on each side of it on a deep blue field with a gold border.



My sleeve strip design is just three gold circles on a gray coat. What is my rank in the Uunion Navy?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Passed Midshipman. The Confederate Passed Midshipman had a solid gold shoulder strap.



I, too, am a Confederate naval officer, my sleeve strip design has three strips and a loop. I outrank all others, what is my rank?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Flag Officer. The Flag Officer's shoulder strap was a solid blue field with four gold stars (two large and two small) and a gold border.



How many Union Naval Officer ranks were there?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Eight. Ensign to Rear Admiral was eight promotions, there was only six Confederate Naval Officer ranks.



I was once a Union Naval Captain, because of sloppy commanding I got busted down one grade. What is my new rank?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Commander. The Union Commander's shoulder strap has a silver anchor with a silver oak leaf on each side of it on a deep blue field with a gold border.



My brother and I are both Captains in the Union and Confederate Navies. I am the Union Captain, how many more sleeve stripes do I have on one sleeve of my jacket than my brother has?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


4 more. The Confederate Captain only had two stripes and a loop, the Union Captain had stripes and a star.



What two Union naval officer shoulder straps had a oak leaf on each side of an anchor on a deep blue field and a gold border?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Lieutenant Commander and Commander. A Lieutenant Commander had gold oak leaves and Commander had silver oak leaves.



If you were to add up all of the sleeve strips on the Union Rear Admiral's coat, how many would you have?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


16. There is eight stripes and a star per sleeve. Officers that lost an arm during the war still wore coats with two sleeves.



I am a young Confederate naval officer, my shoulder strap had a blue field with a gold border, now it also has a single gold star in it. What is my new rank?

Civil War Naval Officers' Insignia


Lieutenant. The sleeve insignia went from a single strip to a single loop.