Civil War Trivia Quiz

1) The High Water Mark of the Confederacy took place during which battle?
a) Gettysburg
b) Antietam
c) Apomattox Courthouse
d) Palmetto Ranch

2) The youngest General on either side that was killed in battle at age 29 was?
a) Marvin Mooney
b) Howie Mandel
c) William Pender
d) Galusha Pennypacker

3) Who was the youngest General in the Civil War?
a) Robert E. Lee
b) Galusha Pennypacker
c) Ulysses Grant
d) Rutherford Hayes

4) The Northern flag is known as the Stars and Stripes. What is the Southern flag known as?
a) The Stars and Bars
b) The Bonnie Blue Flag
c) Larry
d) The Southern Cross

5) The Confederate Soldier that fired the first shot at Fort Sumter was who?
a) Corporal Regis Philbin
b) Sergeant Rufus Corbett
c) Colonel Ed Samson
d) Private Edmund Ruffin

6) Who was the Commander in Chief of the Southern troops until the last few months of the war?
a) Edwin Stanton
b) General Samuel Cooper
c) General Robert E. Lee
d) Jefferson Davis

7) The only Civilian killed during the Battle of Gettysburg was?
a) Edwin Booth
b) Wally Wentworth
c) John Burns
d) Jennie Wade

8) The last Union General to die in 1933 was who?
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) Joseph Eggleston Johnston
c) Adelbert Ames
d) George Bush

9) For every soldier that died from battle wounds, two died from what?
a) Falling off a horse
b) Cannon fire
c) Disease
d) Bayonets

10) Who was the first official fatality of the Civil War?
a) Colonel Elmer Ellsworth
b) Private Edmund Ruffin
c) Jennie Wade
d) John Burns

11) Who was the last surviving Confederate General, who died in 1914?
a) Abner Doubleday
b) Joshua Chamberlain
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Simon Bolivar Buckner

12) Who was the last person killed in the Civil War?
a) Colonel Ronald W. Reagan
b) Private John J. Williams
c) Colonel Elmer Ellsworth
d) Jennie Wade

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