Tough Gettysburg Trivia

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1. This elite federal unit skirmished with a southern brigade of Alabamians during the morning of July 2, 1863 in Pitzer's woods. Which was it? 1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment 1st United States Sharpshooters 2nd United States Sharpshooters 20th Maine Infantry Regiment

2. Mortally wounded, Brigadier-General Barksdale was treated at this house which was converted into a Union field hospital. Widow Leister's House Trostle Farm Hummelbaugh's House Biesecker Farm

3. This division of the Union's Second Corps assisted in the defense of the Wheatfield and Peach Orchard. Which was it? Doubleday's 3rd Division- I Corps Hay's 3rd Division- II Corps Caldwell's 1st Division - II Corps Gibbon's 2nd Division- II Corps

4. This southern cavalry commander was ordered by Robert E. Lee to relieve the far left brigade so they could participate in the battle for Culp's Hill. Maj.-General JEB Stuart Brig.- General John Imboden Brig.-General Albert Jenkins Brig.-General Beverly Robertson

5. This southern brigade spearheaded Maj.-General McLaws' attack on July 2nd. Brig.-General Wofford, Georgian Brigade Brig.-General Joseph Kershaw, South Carolina Brigade. Brig.-General Semmes, Georgian Brigade Brig.- General Barksdale, Mississippian Brigade

6. This Union brigade was assigned the defense of "Devil's Den" of Sickle's Salient. Graham's 1st Brigade, Birney's 1st Div, IIICorps Ward's 2nd Brigade, Birney's 1st Division, III Corps DeTrobriand's 3rd Brigade, Birney's 1st Div, III Corps Vincent's 3rd Brigade, Barnes's 1st Div, V Corps

7. Speaking of Vincent's Brigade. How was his brigade aligned in its defense of Little Round Top (from left to right, facing westward, looking at the confederates coming at you)? 20th Me, 16th Mich, 83rd Pa, and 44thNY 20th Me, 83rd Pa, 44th NY, and 16th Mich. 20th Me, 44th NY, 16th Mich, 83rdPa 16th Mich, 44th NY, 83rd Pa, 20th Me

8. This 60 acre farm was the scene of intense skirmishing between southern General Carnot Posey's Mississippi brigade and Union forces under Hays Division of II Corps. Bliss Farm Trostle Farm Codori Farm Bryan's Farm

9. What was the nickname of Colonel Brewster's brigade of New Yorkers? The Irish Brigade The Philadelphia Brigade The Stonewall Brigade The Excelsior Brigade

10. The "Wheatfield" was 26 acres in area. True False