What You May Not Know About The Civil War

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1. Winfield Scott Hancock ran for President. Who did he lose to? G. C. Alexander U. S. Grant James Garfield Wm. McKinley

2. What President restored the citizenship of Jefferson Davis? Jimmy Carter Wm. Clinton Lyndon Johnson John Kennedy

3. At the battle of Gettysburg, a Maryland regiment had a dog as a mascot which was out ahead of the troops during the attack on Culp's Hill. What regiment was it? 5th Maryland 2nd Maryland 17th Maryland 1st Maryland

4. Another Gettysburg question. Anybody who has been to Gettysburg battle and gone to the Cyclorama has seen the picture of Gen. Pickett's charge on 3 July. Who painted it? Frank Vizetelly Henry Love Paul Philippoteaux Adalbert Volck

5. At the execution of the Lincoln conspirators who gave the command to spring the trap door of the gallows? President Johnson Edwin Stanton U. S. Grant Winfield Scott Hancock

6. Which Union officer confiscated Gen. Lee's Arlington home and made it a cemetery for Union solders? Benjamin Prentiss Montgomery Meigs George Thomas John McIntosh

7. After Gen. Longstreet was wounded by his own troops Gen. Lee attemped to lead a charge of CSA troops. What battle was it? Wilderness Fredericksburg Chancellorsville Gettysburg

8. What CSA unit was the first and only unit offically to be named for a person? Irish Brigade The Stonewall Brigade Prentiss's Partisan's Gillaspie's Grays

9. What CSA commander kept his army in the field for six weeks after the surrender at Appomattox, finally surrendering on 2 June, 1865? Jo Shelby E. Kirby Smith Simon Buckner Richard Taylor

10. Col. Mosby earned the nickname "Gray Ghost". What was the official name of the unit he commanded? Mosby's Partisans 1st Virginia Cavalry Mosby's Guerrillas 43rd Battalion, 1st Virginia Cavalry