The Battle of Gettysburg

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1. What was the name of the militia that the people of Gettysburg maintained? 24th Pennsylvania Corps 15th Militia Unit 26th Emergency Regiment Gettysburg Patrol

2. General Buford's cavalry met which Confederate general's division on Wednesday, July 1? General Heth's General Picket's General Stewart's General Longstreet's

3. The Wisconsin and Michigan men of the First Corps were known as what? The Iron Shield The Tin Hat Brigade The Iron Brigade The Invincibles

4. Where did General Reynolds get shot by a sniper? heart stomach shoulder head

5. What is the name of the Constable of Gettysburg, who arrested some Confederate soldiers and put them in his jail when they first came? Nathaniel Greene John Burns John Harrison William Rein

6. The Fifth Corps, Meade's old corps, who helped Little Round Top were under the command of which Union general? General Hooker General Wade General Grant General Sykes

7. When the 1st Minnesota engaged the Georgians on July 2, 1863, the Georgians outnumbered the 1st Minnesota 8 to 1. Did the Georgians manage to take the hill they were assaulting? Yes No

8. The Union had the better gun-powder during the Civil War. True False

9. The Confederate troops known as the "Tigers" were from which state? Georgia Alabama Tennessee Louisiana

10. What were the brass cannons used at Gettysburg called? Napoleons Ballistic Cannons Bombard Cannons Revolutionaries