Gettysburg: Landmarks and Monuments

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1. During the evening of July 2, 1863, a particular Union general, honored with a statue on Culp's Hill, was ordered to lead two divisions from Culp's Hill to the Union left. He mistakenly took the wrong road and led them away from the battlefield. What general led the wayward divisions? Alpheus Williams John Gibbon John Sedgwick John Geary

2. What two Union generals, both playing important roles in the battle's first day, are honored with equestrian statues on East Cemetery Hill? Henry Slocum and Francis Barlow Oliver O. Howard and Winfield Scott Hancock John Buford and John Reynolds John Reynolds and John Robinson

3. Union General Daniel Sickles received a wound that cost him a leg while he was near his headquarters on July 2. Sickles' headquarters were near which site? Trostle Farm Weickert Farm Codori Farm Spangler Farm

4. Confederate General William Barksdale was mortally wounded during the Confederate advance on July 2. Where did he die? Trostle House Confederate Field Hospital on Seminary Ridge Hummelbaugh House behind Union lines Spangler's Spring

5. On July 3, JEB Stuart's cavalry clashed with Gregg's Union cavalry on what is now known as the East Cavalry Battlefield. Much of the fighting there took place on farmland owned by a family. What was their surname? Answer: (One Word)

6. The right wing of the Confederate attack -- Longstreet's troops -- was launched near the farm of what family? Biesecker Weickert Bliss Culp

7. The Fifth New Hampshire monument, one of the most unusual monuments on the field, is near Rose's Woods. It marks the spot where a particular Union colonel was mortally wounded. What was the colonel's surname? Answer: (One Word)

8. Which brigadier general, instrumental in the Union success on Culp's Hill, is honored with a statue at the top of that hill? George S. Greene Alpheus Williams Henry Slocum Alexander Webb

9. Union General George G. Meade set up his headquarters in the house of a widow on the Taneytown Road. What was the widow's surname? Answer: (One Word)

10. During the battle of Gettysburg, the caretaker of the Evergreen Cemetery was fighting in another state. His wife, however, performed important duties during and after the battle. What was her name? Answer: (first and last names or just surname)