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Commanders at Gettysburg - Part 2

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Introduction:
"This is the sequel to my first quiz on Commanders at the Battle of Gettysburg."


1. This Union General was the Chief of Artillery. He created the secret train of extra artillery called the "ghost train".
    Brig. Gen. Henry Hunt
    Lieut. Gen. U. S. Grant
    Maj. Gen. Winfield Hancock
    Brig. Gen. George Meade


2. This Union commander commanded the famous "Iron" brigade at the begining of the battle, later being wounded.
    Maj. Gen. John Reynolds
    Brig. Gen. Soloman Meredith
    Brig. Gen. Henry Baxter
    Maj. Gen. Abner Doubleday


3. This Union commander formed the U.S. Sharpshooters regiments.
    Maj. Edmond Fitzgerald
    Col. William Brewster
    Col. Joshua Chamberlain
    Col. Hiram Berdan


4. Who commanded the "Stonewall" brigade at the battle of Gettysburg?
    Maj. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
    Brig. Gen. James A. Walker
    Col. Henry Wright
    Brig. Gen. George Doles


5. This Confederate officer commaded a battery on Benner's Hill. He was mortally wounded in the battle when he was withdrawing his battalion. He was given the nickname "boy major."
    Maj. William Dawes
    Gen. John Gordon
    Capt. Charles Raine
    Major Joseph W. Latimer


6. This man led the famed "Irish" Brigade at Gettysburg.
    Gen. Thomas Meager
    Col. Patrick Kelly
    Col. Patrick O'Rorke
    Col. Richard Byrnes


7. This Union commander was mortally wounded on Little Round Top. He was commander of all artillery of the V corps at Fredericksburg. He resigned from the regular army and took a commission as a volunteer Brigadier General and given command of a brigade.
    Brig. Gen. Francis Barlow
    Brig. Gen. Alexander Webb
    Brig. Gen. Abner Doubleday
    Brig Gen. Stephen Weed


8. This man commanded the first brigade of General Buford's calvary divison. He was the first higher ranking officer to spot the advancing Confederate force at Gettysburg.
    Col. William Dawes
    Col. William Gamble
    Col. Strong Vincent
    Col. James Rice


9. This Union brigade commander previously commanded the 20th Maine regiment after its formation. He then moved to a brigade command in the 11th corps. Who was he?
    John Reynolds
    Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
    Adelbert Ames
    Samuel Fuller


10. This confederate major was given command of Garnett's Brigade in Pickett's division after all of the colonels in the brigade were either killed or wounded.
    Maj. Charles S. Payton
    Maj. Jim Wells
    Maj. James Monroe
    Maj. Thomas Davis


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