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Quiz about Gettysburg Battle and Aftermath
Quiz about Gettysburg Battle and Aftermath

Gettysburg: Battle and Aftermath Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by tnewman1. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
tnewman1
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
71,704
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
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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? Hint


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? Hint


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


4. This famous Camp was constructed to house the injured after the battle which was named? Hint


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? Hint


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?'? Hint


7. This structure saw the withdrawal of the Federal I Corps on July 1st and also became a field hospital which was it? Hint


8. Who was quoted as saying, 'I wanted to do something for the poor soldiers if I knew what.'? Hint


9. What did civilian people wear or carry to let sharpshooters know that they were not the enemy? Hint


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.'? Hint


11. Which most commonly stolen item were typically taken from the dead by the Confederates? Hint


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.'? Hint


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? Hint


14. Which Commission was headquartered at Camp Letterman after the battle? Hint


15. Which militia group was ordered to Gettysburg to maintain and control order throughout the battlefield clean up? Hint


16. Which battlefield item did the government pay people to take from the battlefield and deposit? Hint


17. Who was intrumental in getting the battlefield of Gettysburg to be controlled by Federal authority as a National Park? Hint


18. How old was the then Brevet Brigadier General Custer at Gettysburg? Hint


19. General Lee ordered his staff to remove these from the area of his stay near the Thompson house? Hint


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? Hint



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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?

Answer: Whiskey

Richard Garnett and many others from the South didn't like northern water as it 'tasted funny'. The General decided to add whiskey to his water to cover the unfamilar taste derived from the wells at Gettysburg.
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?

Answer: Smoked a cigar

Daniel Sickles wanted the enemy and others of his staff to see just how tough and non distracted by such an injury he could be. So the General quickly lit up a cigar as he was carried away.
3. Which General was taken out of battle early by an exploding shell injury on the 2nd day of fighting?

Answer: General Hood

General Hood, while on his horse leading his division late in the afternoon on the 2nd day, was struck in the left arm by pieces from a shell that exploded about 10 feet above him.
4. This famous Camp was constructed to house the injured after the battle which was named?

Answer: Camp Letterman

Camp Letterman became the largest and most well known camp that housed the Union and Confederate ill. Up until November of 1863 this camp remained opened after the battle in July.
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?

Answer: Hill

General A.P. Hill was ordered to attack the Union center on Cemetary Hill to support attacks made by Longstreet against the Union Left flank and to support Ewell's attacks against the Union Right flank.
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?'?

Answer: Samuel Wilkeson

Samuel Wilkeson was a reporter for the New York Times and arrived on the battlefield at Gettysburg to report on the fighting on July 3rd.
7. This structure saw the withdrawal of the Federal I Corps on July 1st and also became a field hospital which was it?

Answer: Lutheran Seminary

The Lutheran Seminary became quite a witness to the fighting on July 1st and was later turned into a temporary hospital during and after the battle.
8. Who was quoted as saying, 'I wanted to do something for the poor soldiers if I knew what.'?

Answer: Tillie Pierce

Young Tillie Pierce received first hand nursing experience as she tended to many Federal soldiers during and after the battle of Gettysburg.
9. What did civilian people wear or carry to let sharpshooters know that they were not the enemy?

Answer: White Clothing

Typically Civilians wore white shirts or held white garments in their hands while walking througout the dangerous streets of Gettysburg during the three day battle. This sometimes didn't work as sharpshooters later suggested the enemy was starting to pretend to be civilians by using white to travel in town.
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.'?

Answer: Lt. Charles Fuller

Lt. Charles A. Fuller of the 61st New York Infantry of Cross Brigade wrote about his experience in the Wheatfield as his regiment faced Anderson's attacking Confederates. Fuller lost a leg and the use of his left arm in the conflict.
11. Which most commonly stolen item were typically taken from the dead by the Confederates?

Answer: Shoes

Everything was usually stripped from the dead by the Confederates - be it money, clothing or weaponry. Most common was shoes. Nearly one-third of Lee's Army was without shoes during the battle of Gettysburg.
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.'?

Answer: Charles Hazlett

Hazlett's Battery was placed on Little Round Top which helped reinforce Vincent's Brigade and stem off Condeferate assault.
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?

Answer: Heth's Division

Heth was injured during the early morning of the 1st day of battle and was out of action for the 3rd day's fight.
14. Which Commission was headquartered at Camp Letterman after the battle?

Answer: US Sanitary Commission

The Sanitary Commission headquartered themselves at Camp Letterman. Dr. Gordon Winslow was the Superintendent.
15. Which militia group was ordered to Gettysburg to maintain and control order throughout the battlefield clean up?

Answer: 36th Pennsylvania Militia

The 36th controlled and patrolled the battlefield and stayed at Camp Harper constructed outside of town on the Baltimore Pike.
16. Which battlefield item did the government pay people to take from the battlefield and deposit?

Answer: Lead

Lead was sought after by the Federal Government as they paid civilians 13 cents a pound for it.
17. Who was intrumental in getting the battlefield of Gettysburg to be controlled by Federal authority as a National Park?

Answer: General Daniel Sickles

General Daniel Sickles, furious at the local commission, stressed that the goverment should be placed in charge of the park and not local authority.
18. How old was the then Brevet Brigadier General Custer at Gettysburg?

Answer: 23

Custer was known as being the youngest most highly ranked officer in the Federal army at 23.
19. General Lee ordered his staff to remove these from the area of his stay near the Thompson house?

Answer: Dead Bodies

Although all may have been present, Lee was noted for ordering his staff to remove the dead bodies near the Thompson house into the wooded area.
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?

Answer: $1.59 per body

Frank Biesecker won the bid contract at a $1.59 per body.
Source: Author tnewman1

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