Gettysburg: Battle and Aftermath

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1. While having lunch before Pickett's Charge, General Garnett didn't like the Pennsylvania water to drink. He suggested and preferred to mix this item with his water? Tea Lemons Whiskey Rum

2. After having his left knee shattered by a shell, General Daniel Sickles was carried away on a litter. At the same time to show his resolve Sickles did what? Smoked a cigar Praised Longstreet Shot his pistol Pretended to be dead

3. Which General was taken out of battle early by an exploding shell injury on the 2nd day of fighting? General Laws General Hood General Barnes General Caldwell

4. This famous Camp was constructed to house the injured after the battle which was named? Camp Pierce Camp Emmitsburg Camp Midland Camp Letterman

5. While Ewell and Longstreet were ordered to attack the Union flanks simultaneously, which General was orderd to attack the Union center during those 2nd Day attacks? Johnson Gordon Hill Pettigrew

6. Which reporter who viewed the battle of July 3rd was known to have written, 'O, you dead, who at Gettysburg have baptized with your blood the second birth of Freedom in America, how you are to be envied?'? James Sullivan Samuel Wilkeson Andrew Cowan Isaac Hall

7. This structure saw the withdrawal of the Federal I Corps on July 1st and also became a field hospital which was it? Pennsylvania College Lutheran Seminary Evergreen Cemetary Gatehouse Trostle Farmstead

8. Who was quoted as saying, 'I wanted to do something for the poor soldiers if I knew what.'? Lt. Porter Farley Tillie Pierce Mary Virginia Wade Mary Mcallister

9. What did civilian people wear or carry to let sharpshooters know that they were not the enemy? Red Scarfs White Clothing Green armbands Yellow Armbands

10. Who was quoted as saying, 'We were in the open, without a thing better than a wheat straw to catch a Minnie bullet ... Of course our men began to tumble.'? Private James Williford Corporal Henry Meyer Colonel Paul Revere Lt. Charles Fuller

11. Which most commonly stolen item were typically taken from the dead by the Confederates? Money Food Weapons Shoes

12. Who was quoted as saying, 'Never mind that, the sound of my guns will be encouraging to our troops and disheartening to the others.'? Charles Hazlett Porter Alexander William Oates Francis Dawson

13. Which commander's badly damaged division saw extremely heavy fighting on the 1st day and found itself back in action on the 3rd day without it's leader? Heth's Division Pender's Division A.P. Hill's Division Ewell's Division

14. Which Commission was headquartered at Camp Letterman after the battle? US Defense Commission Federal Health Commission US Doctors Commission US Sanitary Commission

15. Which militia group was ordered to Gettysburg to maintain and control order throughout the battlefield clean up? 36th Pennsylvania Militia 38th New York Militia 144th Pennsylvania Militia 178th Pennsylvania Volunteer Militia

16. Which battlefield item did the government pay people to take from the battlefield and deposit? Iron Clothing Muskets Lead

17. Who was intrumental in getting the battlefield of Gettysburg to be controlled by Federal authority as a National Park? Colonel Joshua Chamberlain General James Longstreet General Daniel Sickles General George Meade

18. General Custer was how old at Gettysburg? 31 26 29 39

19. General Lee ordered his staff to remove these from the area of his stay near the Thompson house? Dead Bodies Wounded Civilians Dead Horses Damaged Wagons

20. Bids were placed in Gettysburg to remove Federal soldiers' bodies from the battlefield and to placed in the new National Cemetary. Of the 34 bids to remove the bodies, which amount won the contract for the removal per body? $2.10 per body $1.14 per body $8.00 per body $1.59 per body