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Quiz about Less Famous Civil War Generals
Quiz about Less Famous Civil War Generals

Less Famous Civil War Generals Quiz


Can you name some of these less well known generals of the American Civil War?

A multiple-choice quiz by Stalin1879. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Stalin1879
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
218,278
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
394
Last 3 plays: Guest 156 (7/10), Guest 174 (3/10), Guest 24 (9/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. This Union general raised his own unit, the 58th New York Infantry, and participated in numerous battles, including Cross Keys, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga. Some people claim that he never received senate confirmation of his promotion to Brigadier- General because they could not pronunce his name. Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. This Confederate general was defeated by Ambrose Burnside at the battle of New Berne and by Fitz John Porter at the battle of Hanover Courthouse. Who was it? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, maintained a stubborn defence against Albert Sidney Johnston's Confederate hordes, but was finally overwhelmed and captured with his 2,200 men. He was exchanged and won an important Union victory at Helena. Which of these was it? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. This Union general commanded a division at First Manassas and a corps during the Peninsular Campaign and Second Manassas. His performance was average and his lack of imagination saw him get shuffled off to command of the Military District of Washington in 1862.
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Question 5 of 10
5. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, had his forces crushed at the battle of Richmond by Edmund Kirby Smith, and was murdered by a fellow Union general. Who was it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. This Confederate general from Tennessee was killed in early 1862. Perhaps he shouldn't have been wearing a conspicuous white rubber coat in battle - it made him an appealing target. Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Confederate general, also from Tennessee, was killed in one of the first major conflicts of 1862. Union soldiers looted his sharpshooter's rifle and his prized gold pocket-watch. Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Confederate general John Marmaduke defeated Union forces at the battle of Poison Spring, 1864.


Question 9 of 10
9. Union general Edward Canby won one of the last major Union victories of the war by defeating Dabney Maury's forces and capturing Mobile, Alabama.


Question 10 of 10
10. This Confederate general performed very poorly in the war, was disliked by his men, suffered from deafness, and had a frozen rigidity of face (possibly indicative of arteriosclerosis). Who on earth was this person?

Answer: (Both names or surname)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This Union general raised his own unit, the 58th New York Infantry, and participated in numerous battles, including Cross Keys, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, and Chattanooga. Some people claim that he never received senate confirmation of his promotion to Brigadier- General because they could not pronunce his name.

Answer: Wladimir Krzyzanowski

Wladimir Krzyzanowski (1824-1887) was Polish born and raised a unit of Polish and German soldiers to fight for the Union cause. He fought heroically at the battles of Cross Keys and Gettysburg.
2. This Confederate general was defeated by Ambrose Burnside at the battle of New Berne and by Fitz John Porter at the battle of Hanover Courthouse. Who was it?

Answer: Lawrence Branch

At New Berne, Branch's army was outnumbered 2 to 1 and subsequently driven out of the town by Burnside in his North Carolina Expedition of 1862. At Hanover Courthouse (May 27, 1862), Branch's forces were outnumbered 3 to 1 by Porter's corps and he was repulsed with heavy losses.
3. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, maintained a stubborn defence against Albert Sidney Johnston's Confederate hordes, but was finally overwhelmed and captured with his 2,200 men. He was exchanged and won an important Union victory at Helena. Which of these was it?

Answer: Benjamin Prentiss

Benjamin Prentiss (1819-1901) saved the Union army at Shiloh with his defiant stand, which allowed his commander Ulysses Grant to consolidate his forces and bring up reinforcements in time.
4. This Union general commanded a division at First Manassas and a corps during the Peninsular Campaign and Second Manassas. His performance was average and his lack of imagination saw him get shuffled off to command of the Military District of Washington in 1862.

Answer: Samuel Heintzelman

Samuel Heintzelman (1805-1880) was wounded at First Manassas, but recovered to take command of one of George McClellan's corps during the Peninsular Campaign. Heintzelman and Edwin Sumner effectively commanded the Union forces at the battles of Williamsburg, Seven Pines, and Glendale.
5. This Union general commanded a division at Shiloh, had his forces crushed at the battle of Richmond by Edmund Kirby Smith, and was murdered by a fellow Union general. Who was it?

Answer: William Nelson

William "Bull" Nelson (1824-1862) performed well on the second day of Shiloh, but lost 5,353 troops in his defeat at the battle of Richmond. In contrast, Kirby Smith only lost 451 men. Nelson was shot and killed by fellow officer, Jefferson C. Davis, after insulting him and slapping him across the face in a heated argument.
6. This Confederate general from Tennessee was killed in early 1862. Perhaps he shouldn't have been wearing a conspicuous white rubber coat in battle - it made him an appealing target.

Answer: Felix Zollicoffer

Felix Zollicoffer (1812-1862), outnumbered 2 to 1 at the battle of Mill Springs (Jan 19, 1862), was defeated by Union general George Thomas.
7. This Confederate general, also from Tennessee, was killed in one of the first major conflicts of 1862. Union soldiers looted his sharpshooter's rifle and his prized gold pocket-watch.

Answer: Benjamin McCulloch

Benjamin McCulloch (1811-1862) crushed Nathaniel Lyon's army at Wilson's Creek in 1861, but was killed in the battle of Pea Ridge, fighting under Earl Van Dorn against the Union forces of Samuel Curtis.
8. Confederate general John Marmaduke defeated Union forces at the battle of Poison Spring, 1864.

Answer: True

Union general Frederick Steele's expedition to Camden, Arkansas, in 1864 ended in failure. Confederate troops under Marmaduke routed Union forces at the battle of Poison Spring, inflicting 301 losses at a cost of 114.
9. Union general Edward Canby won one of the last major Union victories of the war by defeating Dabney Maury's forces and capturing Mobile, Alabama.

Answer: True

Canby's Civil War career started poorly with his defeat at Valverde, New Mexico, by Henry Sibley. Canby was assigned to Washington as an assistant adjutant general and commanded troops in New York City. After being appointed commander of the Military Division of Western Mississippi, he captured the important port of Mobile in 1865.
10. This Confederate general performed very poorly in the war, was disliked by his men, suffered from deafness, and had a frozen rigidity of face (possibly indicative of arteriosclerosis). Who on earth was this person?

Answer: Theophilus Holmes

Behind his back, troops called Theophilus Holmes "Granny." Prominent historian Shelby Foote described him as a "grim-featured man" whose "rigidity of face, indicative of arteriosclerosis, was matched by a rigidity of mind." Holmes' forces were slaughtered at the battle of Helena.
Source: Author Stalin1879

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