Strange Facts About the Civil War

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1. What strange habit did Stonewall Jackson have when riding into battle? he would close his eyes he would shout prayers and quote the Psalms he refused to wear a hat he held up one hand because he believed that one side of his body was bigger than the other side

2. What family tragedies struck both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis during their presidencies? their wives regularly visited psychics both were blind in one eye their cabinet members distrusted them both lost sons while in office

3. Before the war, General A.P. Hill of the CSA proposed marriage to Ellen Marcy. Who did she later marry? General George McCellan General Daniel Sickles General U.S. Grant General George Meade

4. What was the name of General George Meade's favorite horse? Baldy Frenchy Scout Tangle Foot

5. What is noteworthy about the death of Confederate General Joseph Johnston? He died the same day Lincoln was shot He was the last surviving confederate general and died of old age. He died the day Grant was elected President He contracted pneumonia while marching in the rain as a pallbearer at Sherman's funeral

6. Why were the Hutchinson Family Singers of New Hampshire banned from performing before the Union Army of the Potomac? they were related to a confederate general they sang antislavery tunes there were children in the family the troops did not like to be entertained

7. Why were female onlookers embarrassed to see Lee's army crossing the Potomac River? the soldiers began begging for food the soldiers whistled at the ladies many of the men were in ragged underwear with trousers and equipment held overhead they thought they were coming to witness Meade's Army of the Potomac

8. What famous American statesman was General George McClellan's horse named after? Daniel Webster Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson John Hancock

9. What Union officer was reportedly denied a promotion because nobody could pronounce his name? Herman Haupt Thomas Crittendon Wladimir Krzyzanowski David Farragut

10. How long did it take Abraham Lincoln to give his Gettysburg Address? 1 minute 30 minutes 2 minutes 10 minutes