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Quiz about Civil War Ride with the Wind
Quiz about Civil War Ride with the Wind

Civil War: "Ride with the Wind" Quiz


The gallant Cavaliers and their thundering Chargers that carried them into legend and beyond.

A multiple-choice quiz by ricbatcheller. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
302,379
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
Plays
1386
Awards
Top 20% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 24 (16/20), Guest 107 (8/20), Guest 142 (15/20).
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Question 1 of 20
1. After a famous ride from this town on it by Phil Sheridan during the battle of Cedar Creek, Rienzis' name was switched to this? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. What was the name of the mare, given to Marse Robert by J.E.B. Stuart, and that was second only to Traveller in his affection that was lost in the confusion in the evacuation of Richmond? Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. The Wizard of the Saddle, who had 28 horses shot from under him and killed 29 men in combat, said "I was a horse ahead at the end of the war." Who was it? Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. This man was in charge of Jackson's cavalry during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. Who was the Union cavalry commander that tried in vain to chase down his son-in-law J.E.B. Stuart as the Rebels rode all the way around McClellans' Army? Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. Judson "Kill-Cavalry" Kilpatrick, lived up to his nick-name at Gettysburg, by goading this young officer into an unadvised cavalry charge that cost him his life? Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. What was the official name for Rush's Lancers, who went into battle at the begining of the war armed with Lances? Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. The nickname, "Saviour of the Valley" was given to this hard-hitting General? Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. "I did not come here with the intent to surrender my command!" With these words what cavalry leader led his troops out of Fort Donelson, instead of surrendering them to Grant? Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. When Union General George Stoneman raided Macon, Georgia with the intention of setting the prisoners at Andersonville free, who stopped him and captured him at Sunshine Church? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. This young leader, "looked like a circus rider gone mad, he wore a huzzar jacket and black velvet trousers trimmed in gold, with long yellow curls flowing from under a broad brimmed hat."? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. This young cavalryman won the Medal of Honor twice during the Civil war, the first person ever to win two, for action at Namozine Church and at Sayler's Creek. He was the younger brother of "Autie." Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. What Union cavalry leader was stopped by Nathan Bedford Forrest and could not help Sherman on his Meridian Campaign? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. This young cavalier thirsted to avenge the death of his brother Dick, a cavalry captain who in an early skirmish had been riddled with bullets and then bayoneted. Ever after he would "quit a meal to get a chance at a Yankee."? Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. This general patched together a defense against John Buford and Judson Kilpatrick during a rearguard action during the retreat of the Confederate Army after Gettysburg? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. Who took over the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia when Stuart was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern? Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. "Sam" was the mount of "Uncle Billy" a firey redheaded general who didn't like to wear boots because they hurt his feet. Who was "Uncle Billy"? Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. Who was the young cavalry man in Washington to patent a device to hold a sword to a belt that helped to capture John Brown? Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. What former Missouri Governor led a raid on Missouri in 1864? Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. This Confederate "bushwacker" led 450 men into the free-soil bastion of Lawrence, Kansas and murdered more than 180 men and burned 185 buildings before moving back into Missouri? Hint



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1. After a famous ride from this town on it by Phil Sheridan during the battle of Cedar Creek, Rienzis' name was switched to this?

Answer: Winchester

On the way back from the meeting he had just attended, he heard the sound of gunshots and raced towards the sound, waving his hat on the way to rally troops that were starting to flee.
2. What was the name of the mare, given to Marse Robert by J.E.B. Stuart, and that was second only to Traveller in his affection that was lost in the confusion in the evacuation of Richmond?

Answer: Lucy Long

During the confusion in Richmond she was placed in with the public horses and sent to Danville, and Lee lost all track of his war-horse. A thorough search was made and finally in 1866 she was found and brought to Lexington to be with Lee and Traveller.
3. The Wizard of the Saddle, who had 28 horses shot from under him and killed 29 men in combat, said "I was a horse ahead at the end of the war." Who was it?

Answer: Nathan Bedford Forrest

Barely able to read and write, Forrest entered the war as a private and was a Major General by the end of the war. Often described as the best officer the war produced on either side. He would be the first Grand Wizard of the KKK.
4. This man was in charge of Jackson's cavalry during the Shenandoah Valley Campaign?

Answer: Turner Ashby

Ashby was killed in a rearguard action on June 6, 1862 near Harrisonburg. He had already become a legend. It was said he never met a Yankee he didn't want to kill, after the death of his brother Dick at the hands of the Federals. He was also known as the "Black Knight of the Confederacy"
5. Who was the Union cavalry commander that tried in vain to chase down his son-in-law J.E.B. Stuart as the Rebels rode all the way around McClellans' Army?

Answer: Philip St. George Cooke

A native Virginian, he did not follow the South like the rest of his family and paid for it for the rest of his life being looked down upon by his family. After failing to catch up to Stuart, Cooke was given desk jobs.
6. Judson "Kill-Cavalry" Kilpatrick, lived up to his nick-name at Gettysburg, by goading this young officer into an unadvised cavalry charge that cost him his life?

Answer: Elon Farnsworth

Hugh Judson Kilpatrick got the moniker Kill-cavalry for just the sort of needless senseless charges that cost Farnsworth his life. In a charge that was being made to late to be of any value, when the Federals were not going to counter attack. Kilpatrick goaded Farnsworth to charge to his death.
7. What was the official name for Rush's Lancers, who went into battle at the begining of the war armed with Lances?

Answer: 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry

The lance, a 10 foot fir shaft, tipped in steel and often with a metal foot on the butt end, was a serious weapon in the hands of a trained trooper. Strangely enough, such foolishness met with complete approval of the military leaders. They were used until May of 1863.
8. The nickname, "Saviour of the Valley" was given to this hard-hitting General?

Answer: Thomas Rosser

Taking command of the Laurel Brigade he led it to Buckland Mills in Oct. 1863, defeating his good friend, George Custer. The two generals became hard-bitten rivals after this, clashing in the Shenandoah Valley and in the retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox. Rosser commanded Early's cavalry at Woodstock and Cedar Creek.
9. "I did not come here with the intent to surrender my command!" With these words what cavalry leader led his troops out of Fort Donelson, instead of surrendering them to Grant?

Answer: Nathan Bedford Forrest

When he enlisted as a private a month before his 40th birthday, he had raised and mounted a battalion at his own expense. When he escaped from Fort Donelson he took his entire command and several hundred volunteers from other units.
10. When Union General George Stoneman raided Macon, Georgia with the intention of setting the prisoners at Andersonville free, who stopped him and captured him at Sunshine Church?

Answer: Alfred Iverson

The enlisted men of the 900 or so that were captured were put in Andersonville, the very place that they went to liberate. The officers were sent to Charleston, South Carolina. It was just one of the many failures of Stoneman.
11. This young leader, "looked like a circus rider gone mad, he wore a huzzar jacket and black velvet trousers trimmed in gold, with long yellow curls flowing from under a broad brimmed hat."?

Answer: George Custer

While being conspicuous in all engagements he was breveted for gallantry in five of them. A fine physical specimen, Custer had the beau sabreur temperament of an outstanding cavalry leader, but was very much a glory seeker, and that would prove his undoing in later years.
12. This young cavalryman won the Medal of Honor twice during the Civil war, the first person ever to win two, for action at Namozine Church and at Sayler's Creek. He was the younger brother of "Autie."

Answer: Thomas Ward Custer

A very good cavalryman in his own right, Tom Custer was barely 20 when the war ended. He died there with his brother at, The Little Big Horn. At Namozine Church he captured several battle flags, as he did at Sayler's Creek while being conspicuous in leading his men in both battles.
13. What Union cavalry leader was stopped by Nathan Bedford Forrest and could not help Sherman on his Meridian Campaign?

Answer: William Sooy Smith

Stopped by Forrest at West Point, Mississippi and forced back, Smith would argue with Sherman until Smith resigned. Sherman was forced to go back to Vicksburg, so he took a different way back and tore it up along the way too.
14. This young cavalier thirsted to avenge the death of his brother Dick, a cavalry captain who in an early skirmish had been riddled with bullets and then bayoneted. Ever after he would "quit a meal to get a chance at a Yankee."?

Answer: Turner Ashby

Like his brother before him, Turner Ashby would die at the hands of the Yankees. Shot down in a rearguard action at Harrisonburg on June 6, 1862 as he screened Jackson so he could entrench before the last battles of the Valley Campaign.
15. This general patched together a defense against John Buford and Judson Kilpatrick during a rearguard action during the retreat of the Confederate Army after Gettysburg?

Answer: John Imboden

The makeshift patchwork army that Imboden put together was every man that could even hold a musket after Gettysburg; they were thrown into the mix and it held out long enough for Lee to get his army back across the Potomac River into Virginia and safety.
16. Who took over the cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia when Stuart was mortally wounded at Yellow Tavern?

Answer: Wade Hampton

When Hampton took over after Stuart's death, some felt that it might be a good thing since he was more mature than Stuart. During the Petersburg siege he successfully captured 2,500 cattle from their Union guardians, one of the largest rustling operations in U.S. history. At the battle of Burgess' Mill Federal fire killed one of his sons and wounded another.
17. "Sam" was the mount of "Uncle Billy" a firey redheaded general who didn't like to wear boots because they hurt his feet. Who was "Uncle Billy"?

Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman

The horse was named after Grant, who had the nick-name Sam at West Point. As in Uncle Sam Grant even though his real first name was Hiram. During the march to the sea a Union soldier said "We could go and take over any old place "Uncle Billy" would lead us."
18. Who was the young cavalry man in Washington to patent a device to hold a sword to a belt that helped to capture John Brown?

Answer: J.E.B. Stuart

Stuart had known Lee for a long time and even though he was not on duty he went with him to quell the uprising. Robert E. Lee is the only army officer to ever lead a Marine Unit in the history of the United States.
19. What former Missouri Governor led a raid on Missouri in 1864?

Answer: Sterling Price

General Price led a rag tag Army of 12,000 men, one-third of whom were unarmed in a last ditch effort to recapture Missouri for the Confederacy. This unsuccessful campaign proved to be the last organized Confederate operation in the Trans-Mississippi Theater.
20. This Confederate "bushwacker" led 450 men into the free-soil bastion of Lawrence, Kansas and murdered more than 180 men and burned 185 buildings before moving back into Missouri?

Answer: William Clarke Quantrill

This raid so enraged the Union Army's area commander, Brigadier General Thomas Ewing Jr. that he issued General Order No.11, which swept four western Missouri counties clean of all inhabitants except those who were proven Union loyalists. More than 10,000 people were forced onto the road with only what they could carry, as troops burned their homes behind them.
Source: Author ricbatcheller

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