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Battle of Antietam

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Civil War Battles : Battle of Antietam

Introduction:
"Here are ten questions about the events and the people involved in one of the most tragic days in American history, September 17, 1862."


1. Which Union general exclaimed, "My God. We must get out of this!" when he realized that his Second Corps troops were under attack on multiple fronts?
    William French
    George Greene
    Edwin Sumner
    John Gibbon


2. Which Union regiment was said to have fought their way across the Lower Stone Bridge after being promised a ration of whiskey?
    51st Pennsylvania
    13th Pennsylvania
    69th New York
    59th New York


3. Which of the following generals did not die as a result of wounds suffered at the Battle of Antietam?
    Union General Israel Richardson
    Union General Joseph Mansfield
    Confederate General Alfred Colquitt
    Confederate General William Starke


4. Which future leader of the Army of the Potomac was wounded at Antietam?
    Joseph Hooker
    Ambrose Burnside
    George Meade
    Irwin McDowell


5. What was the actual name of the stone bridge usually known as Burnside Bridge or the Lower Bridge?
    Hauser Bridge
    Mumma Bridge
    Potomac Bridge
    Rohrbach Bridge


6. Where was General George McClellan's headquarters?
    Poffenberger farm
    Mumma farm
    a tent outside of Sharpsburg
    Pry house


7. The Dunker church belonged to which congregation?
    Church of Friends
    Maryland Lutheran Synod
    Sharpsburg Methodist Council
    German Baptist Brethren


8. True or False? Barton Mitchell, the Union corporal who found Robert E. Lee's Special Order 191, was killed during the Battle of Antietam.
    True
    False


9. The Confederate troops who confronted Burnside's men at the Lower Bridge were led by which former Georgia politician?
    William Wofford
    David R. Jones
    Robert Toombs
    Jubal Early


10. Which one of the following led the Union's famed Irish Brigade at Antietam?
    Truman Seymour
    John Caldwell
    Thomas Meagher
    Hugh McNeil


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