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Civil War Miscellany Trivia Quiz

A look at the very obscure, to be sure!

A multiple-choice quiz by ricbatcheller. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
ricbatcheller

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
299,844

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
1334

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Franklin Thompson's name at birth? Hint

Frank N. Furter

Thomas Franks

S. E. Edmonds

Franklin Benjamin

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Question 2 of 10

2. What letters were stamped on newly tested rifles before they were passed for use? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who created the Napoleon cannon? Hint

Louis Napoleon III

Napoleon Bonaparte

Neopolitan the Great

Napoleon Kauffman

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was P.G.T. Beauregard waiting to get reinforcements from on April 7,1862 that never showed up? Hint

Robert E Lee

Earl Van Dorn

Albert S Johnston

Don Carlos Buell

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Question 5 of 10

5. The ship that took Mason and Slidell off the Trent was the? Hint

San Jacinto

Monitor

Tecumseh

Hartford

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Question 6 of 10

6. More United States Colored Troops won the Medal of Honor for this battle then any other. Which was it? Hint

Fort Wagner

Fort Sumter

Fort Moultrie

New Market Heights

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the young officer killed in a delaying action on Little Round Top at Gettysburg who graduated first in the class that G. A. Custer finished last in at West Point? Hint

Autie Murphy

Patrick O'Rourke

George Pickett

Thomas Jackson

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Question 8 of 10

8. Name the Union general that was lost for awhile outside of Yorktown in a balloon until the wind changed and blew him back over union lines? Hint

Fitz-John Porter

George Meade

Thaddeus Lowe

John Pope

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Question 9 of 10

9. How many steps did it take to reload a muzzle loading rifle? Hint

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Question 10 of 10

10. After taking the surrender of two armies at the end of the war, this General was the only General officer to be killed by Indians in U.S. history. Who was it? Hint

Edward Canby

Jesse Reno

George Custer

George Crooke

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Franklin Thompson's name at birth?

Answer: S. E. Edmonds

Sarah Emma Edmonds, was the only woman to draw a pension in her own name for fighting after the war. She fought at the first Bull Run as Thompson and also sold Bibles.

2. What letters were stamped on newly tested rifles before they were passed for use?

Answer: VP

Viewed - Proven. There was also an Eagleshead stamped on it. The most widely used weapon of the war was the 1861 Springfield followed by the Enfield. The CS Richmond Musket was the longarm produced in the largest numbers by the Confederacy. By the end of 1863 most Federal infantrymen carried either the Springfield or the Enfield.

3. Who created the Napoleon cannon?

Answer: Louis Napoleon III

Louis Napoleon III invented this gun howitzer. He was the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. His full name was Charles Louis Napoleon Bonaparte III. The Napoleon was the most widely used cannon of the war.

4. Who was P.G.T. Beauregard waiting to get reinforcements from on April 7,1862 that never showed up?

Answer: Earl Van Dorn

Van Dorn never showed up on the second day at Shiloh. And the rebels had too retreat to Corinth. Many speculate that even if he had arrived it would have done nothing but add to the casualties.

5. The ship that took Mason and Slidell off the Trent was the?

Answer: San Jacinto

The action of Captain Wilkes of the San Jacinto almost started a war with England, who sent troops to Canada ready for a fight. Of which Lincoln said "One war at a time." The men were released and an apology given to England.

6. More United States Colored Troops won the Medal of Honor for this battle then any other. Which was it?

Answer: New Market Heights

The U.S.C.T. won fourteen medals of honor on September 29, 1864. It is allso called Chaffin's farm,or Fort Harrison.

7. Name the young officer killed in a delaying action on Little Round Top at Gettysburg who graduated first in the class that G. A. Custer finished last in at West Point?

Answer: Patrick O'Rourke

O'Rrourke led the 140th New York into the fray as the 16th Michigan was about to give way saving the position,on Little Round Top. But taking a ball through the neck which killed him.

8. Name the Union general that was lost for awhile outside of Yorktown in a balloon until the wind changed and blew him back over union lines?

Answer: Fitz-John Porter

Porter made hundreds of flights to observe the enemy, but got lost over them only once.

9. How many steps did it take to reload a muzzle loading rifle?

Answer: 9

A sergeant or an officer would stand behind them and repeat the nine steps every time, so that the men would not forget what they were doing.

10. After taking the surrender of two armies at the end of the war, this General was the only General officer to be killed by Indians in U.S. history. Who was it?

Answer: Edward Canby

Custer was a Lt. Colonel at Little Big Horn. Canby was killed by the Modocs. in California. He accepted the surrender of both Richard Taylor and Edmond Kirby Smith at the end of the civil war.

Source: Author ricbatcheller

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