Civil War Nicknames

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1. What battle was known as the "Waterloo of the Confederacy"? Bull Run Vicksburg Five Forks Gettysburg

2. What general was known as the King of Spades? U. S. Grant Thomas J. Jackson W. T .Sherman Robert E. Lee

3. What general was known as the "Virginia Creeper"? John Magruder James Longstreet John Pope George McClellan

4. In what state was the battle of the River of Death? Tennessee Georgia Virginia Maryland

5. The Gray Ghost was who? Earl Van Dorn John Hunt Morgan J. E. B. Stuart John Singleton Mosby

6. Who was known as the Wizard of the Saddle, and was a future Grand Klansman? D. H. Hill Jack Logan Rooney Lee Nathan Bedford Forrest

7. Who was 'Old Wooden Head'? Irvin McDowell A. P. Hill Braxton Bragg John Bell Hood

8. The "cheese box on a raft" referred to what? The Virginia The Kraftt The Alabama The Monitor

9. This man was known as the "Brains of the Confederacy"? Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Alexander Stevens Judah P. Benjamin

10. "Old Tom Fool" was the name given this VMI instructor, and Southern General? Franklin Thompson Thomas Custer T. J. Jackson Thomas Franks

11. What was the device called to cover the vent hole on a cannon nicknamed a "stubber"? Thumbstall Hand Cap Finger Plug Cascabell

12. "I'll tell you that speech just won't scour," said this "Honest" man of a very short speech he had just given? Abraham Lincoln Jefferson Davis Edward Everett William Seward

13. How many men did it take to run the H. L. Hunley known as the "crew killer" that sank the Housatonic? 9 3 18 6

14. What was the middle name of the General called "Spoons" and "The Beast"? Edward Franklin Tecumseh Bell

15. "Surrender General, we have you surrounded." Was what this General Nicknamed "Birdseye" heard before tipping his hat to the Confederates outside of Atlanta and turning to flee, only to be shot in the back and killed? Thomas J. Jackson Nathaniel Lyon James Longstreet James B. McPherson

16. What was the nickname of the infantry unit that marched the furthest in the Civil War in one 24-hour period? Lyon's Iowa Greyhounds Meagher's Irish Brigade Old Jack's Foot Cavalry Kentucky Orphan Brigade

17. The Petersburg Express was one of what? Railroad Train Pony rider's mail service Ironclad Warship Sea-coast mortar

18. Mary Lincoln said of this General, " 'Butcher' .he is not fit to be at the head of an Army, he has two losses to the enemy's one. He has no management, no regard for life ...why, I could fight an Army as well myself." John Pope Ambrose Burnside U. S. Grant Joseph Hooker

19. After Chancellorsville who said, "I just lost my confidence in Old Fighting Joe Hooker."? Abraham Lincoln R. E. Lee Joseph Hooker George Meade

20. Who had his "Light Division" put on new blue uniforms that had just been captured at Harpers Ferry to trick the Union Army at Sharpsburg when they crashed into its' exposed left flank? D. H. Hill T. J. Jackson S. D. Lee A. P. Hill

21. Who was nicknamed The Gray Thunderbolt? Turner Ashby Jo Shelby John Hunt Morgan John Singelton Mosby

22. What unit was called the "Black Horse Cavalry"? 7th Michigan Cavalry 43rd Virginia Cavalry Stuart's company H 4th Virginia 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry

23. Who was the young commander that was called the Black Knight of the Confederacy? Sterling Price Nathan Bedford Forrest Joseph Wheeler Turner Ashby

24. What was special about John Wilder's Lightning Infantry Brigade? They all took trains to the battles They were mounted and armed with Spencer repeating rifles They would march very fast, sometimes all night They would take a steamboat to the battles

25. The Wild Rose of the Confederacy was who? Rose Mary Clooney Rosie Greer Rose O'Neal Greenhow Rose Latham Hartley