Wanted: Civil War Trivia

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MyBloodRunnethOrange

MyBloodRunnethOrange

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My son has a project coming up on the Civar War, and he has chosen to create a Cival War trivia game. If anyone has any trivia questions that we can use please help us out.
 
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Dude, what do you want to know?

The first magnetic mine was used in the Civil War.

There were battles that occured off the coast of France and in the states such as New Mexico, Minnesota, Idaho, North Dakota.

Do you assign a value for each question.

I can come up with some doozies if you would like.......
 
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You are telling me the one moment in my life where I can give away some Civil War secrets and no one cares!

:cray: :cray: :cray: :cray:

Doh!
 
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I could not help myself....here are some.....

(Q)What was the first ship to be sunk by a mine?

(A)The first ship sunk by a mine was the U.S.S. Cairo in 1862 in the Yahzoo River.

(Q)What were the populations of the Union and the Confederacy?

(A) Union - 20,700,000
Confederacy - 9,100,000

(Q) What was Lincoln's "eye for an eye" order?

(A) The order was issued on 1863. The Union would shoot a Confederate prisoner for every black Union Prisoner shot.

T or F Was Jefferson Davis wearing women's clothing when he was captured?

False

(Q) We all know Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's nickname was "Stonewall", but his cousin, Major Gen. William L. Jackson also had a nickname… what was it?

(A) Major Gen. William L. Jackson's nickname was "Mudwall"

(Q) Which General had the longest last name?

(A) U.S. Brig. General Alexander Schimmelfennig had the longest name (14 letters)

(Q) Companies within Regiments were given letters. Ten letters were used beginning with "A". Which letter did they skip?

(A) They skipped the letter "J" because when written, it looked too much like an "S" or an "I"

(Q) How many men died as a result of the Civil War?

(A) 627,000 men died.... more died from sickness than from the battle.

(Q) What Union Regiment had the highest number of officers killed in the Civil War?

(A) The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery had 32 officers killed.

(Q) Who was the first person to direct artillery fire for an army via aerial reconnaissance ?

(A) Balloonist Thaddeus Lowe, U.S.A. on September 24, 1861.

(Q) Who was the only civilian killed at Gettysburg?

(A) Jennie Wade

(Q) Who spent his first 13 months in Confederate uniform without coming under fire or taking part in a general engagement

(A) Robert E. Lee

(Q) What two events happened July 4th, 1863 that, to many, doomed the Confederacy?

(A) The last day of the battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and the surrender of Vicksburg, Mississippi.

(Q) What is Panada?

(A) Panada is a hot gruel made of corn meal, army crackers mashed in boiling water, ginger or bully soup.

(Q) In what Civil War battle did the first African American win the Congressional Medal of Honor?

(A) Sergeant William H. Carney won the medal for his courage in the charge of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteers on Fort Wagner in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, in July 1863. The black regiment was led by white officer Robert Gould Shaw, killed with many others in fighting.

(Q) What basic right did Abraham Lincoln suspend without congressional approval?

(A) Writ of Habeas Corpus

(Q) Where was the last land battle of the war?

(A) Palmetto Ranch, Brownsville, Texas

(Q) When Marion Rangers organized in 1861, a famous author joined as a lieutenant but left this MO Company before it was mustered into Confederate service having fired only one hostile shot during the war. Who was he?

(A) Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)

(Q) What is "green-apple quickstep"?

(A) diarrhea

(Q) Besides being one of the South's best Civil War fighters, Nathan Bedford Forrest had another unusual oddity about him. What was it?

(A) He was a millionaire

(Q) Seven former U.S. Presidents served in the Civil War. Who were they?

1. Andrew Johnson - May 4, 1862 - Mar 3, 1865 Army, Militarygovernor of Tennessee: raised 25 regiments for Union.

2. Ulysses S. Grant - Jun 6, 1861 -1865, Army, 7th Regt (21st Illinois Volunteers

3. Rutherford B. Hayes - Jun 27, 1861 - Jun 8, 1865, Army, 23rd Ohio Volunteers

4. James A. Garfield - Aug 14, 1861 - Dec 1863, Army, 42nd Ohio Volunteers

5. Chester A. Arthur - Jul 10 - Dec 31, 1862, Militia, Served six months as quartermaster general of New York state troops

6. Benjamin Harrison - Jul 14, 1862 - Jun 8, 1865, Army, 70th Indiana Regt.

7. William McKinley - Jun 11, 1861 - Jul 26, 1865, Army, 23rd Ohio Volunteers
 
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OrangeEmpire, how does one acquire such a massive knowledge of the Civil War?
 
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Who burned Lenoir's Station, TN (now Lenoir City)
A) Colonel Sanders

I think it's pretty messed up that that chicken bastard burned down part of my city.
 
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OrangeEmpire, how does one acquire such a massive knowledge of the Civil War?
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I found something I liked growing up...........my mom used to take me to the library once a month and I would check out my limit on books.

I always got books about the Civil War and World War II.

I am crazy about World War II also..............
 
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I am going to post some random facts and you can formulate questions from them if you wish.

In two days at Shiloh on the banks of the Tennessee River, more Americans fell than in all previous American wars combined.

During the battle of Antietam, 12,401 Union men were killed, missing or wounded; double the casualties of D-Day, 82 years later. With a total of 23,000 casualties on both sides, it was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War.

At Cold Harbor, Va., 7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes.

During the battle of Antietam, Clara Barton tended the wounded so close to the fighting that a bullet went through her sleeve and killed a man she was treating.

At the start of the war, the value of all manufactured goods produced in all the Confederate states added up to less than one-fourth of those produced in New York State alone.

In 1862, the U.S. Congress authorized the first paper currency, called "greenbacks."

On July 4, 1863, after 48 days of siege, Confederate General John C. Pemberton surrendered the city of Vicksburg to the Union’s General, U.S. Grant. The Fourth of July was not be celebrated in Vicksburg for another 81 years.

Disease was the chief killer during the war, taking two men for every one who died of battle wounds.

African Americans constituted less than one percent of the northern population, yet by the war’s end made up ten percent of the Union Army. A total of 180,000 black men, more than 85% of those eligible, enlisted.

Confederate General Nathan Bethford Forrest had 30 horses shot from under him and personally killed 31 men in hand-to-hand combat. "I was a horse ahead at the end," he said.

The words "In God We Trust" first appeared on a U.S. coin in 1864.

In 1864, U.S. Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General, a rank previously held by General George Washington, and led the 533,000 men of the Union Army, the largest in the world. Three years later, he was made President of the United States.

Andersonville Prison in southwest Georgia held 33,000 prisoners in 1864. It was the fifth largest city in the Confederacy.

On May 13, 1865, a month after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Private John J. Williams of the 34th Indiana became the last man killed in the Civil War, in a battle at Palmito Ranch, Texas. The final skirmish was a Confederate victory.

Hiram Revels of Mississippi became the first black man ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He filled the seat last held by Jefferson Davis.

The chance of surviving a wound in Civil War days was 7 to 1; in the Korean War, 50 to 1.

About 15 percent of the wounded died in the Civil War; about 8 percent in World War I; about 4 percent in World War II; about 2 percent in the Korean War.

Eighty percent of all wounds during the Civil War were in the extremities.

The youngest officer in the war was made 2nd Lt. when he was 13 years old... E.G. Baxter of the 7th Kentucky (Confederate).

(Q) What was the most common weapon used in the Civil War?

(A) .69 caliber Springfield

The first carrier task force of the US Navy, began operations on the Potomac River, when John La Mountain used the armed steamer "Fanny" to launch observation balloons off fortress Monroe, at Hampton Roads Va.

Arlington National Cemetery used to be Robert E. Lee's mansion. But, it was his wife's house before his. His wife's name was named Mary Lee. She was once Mary Custis because she was the granddaughter of Martha Washington.

Almost everyone knows Gen. Lee's favorite horse was named Traveler . But the General had a second horse like most other ranking officers . Lucy Long was her name and she was with the General from day one of the war.

The Civil War ended on Palm Sunday in 1865.

U.S. Grant's name was really Hiram Grant, but he was called "Lyss" as a child, so his West Point sponsor, in only knowing the nickname, made a mistake and wrote "Ulysses'" on the application.



 
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You might find some crap off of these....you probably can find all the crap I have been posting on these websites also.

Civil war history, lesson plans, civil war generals and civil war battles - Vicksburg Campaign, Mississippi

CivilWar.com

The Civil War Home Page

The American Civil War Homepage

The History Place - U.S. Civil War 1861-1865

Civil War American History Timelines Battle Map Pictures

The American Civil War Home Page my personal favorite

The Civil War for Kids for kids

Civil War Index Page

LSU Libraries Special Collections: The United States Civil War Center

The American Civil War

The Civil War quiz page

CivilWar@Smithsonian

Civil War Home

EyeWitness To The American Civil War

Civil War site photos, maps and official records reports

CIVIL WAR IN MINIATURE ELEMENTARY QUIZ - ALL AGES
 
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Q: Which state provided the highest number of Black Soldiers for the Union Army?

A: Kentucky

Q: Which Confederate General served as General for 3 Different Nations?

A. Albert Sydney Johnston (the nations were: Texas, U.S.A. and C.S.A.)

Q: Which Confederate General made his living as a Marijuana Grower prior to the War?

A: General John Hunt Morgan of Kentucky (grew it as hemp).
 
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OrangeEmpire said:
I found something I liked growing up...........my mom used to take me to the library once a month and I would check out my limit on books.

I always got books about the Civil War and World War II.

I am crazy about World War II also..............
Click to expand...
You almost inspired me to go and read a book on a football Saturday.....almost.:)
 
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I do what I can, right?

Check out Damage Them All You Can............history of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Or Rebel Private Front and Rear......

I'll lay off the armies of northern aggression for now................*Armies of Northern Aggression is a joke by the way. Yeah I know, if you have to explain it, it is not funny, oh well.
 
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Pulaski Tennessee.They have a museum there as well as his leg shackles he wore on display.
 
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