Civil War Nicknames

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Monitor The Alabama The Virginia The Kraftt

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

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

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

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? 6 18 9 3

14. What was the middle name of the General called "Spoons" and "The Beast"? Franklin Tecumseh Edward 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? Old Jack's Foot Cavalry Kentucky Orphan Brigade Meagher's Irish Brigade Lyon's Iowa Greyhounds

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

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."? Joseph Hooker George Meade R. E. Lee Abraham Lincoln

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? T. J. Jackson D. H. Hill A. P. Hill S. D. Lee

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

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

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

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

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