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Union Flag Carrier LEVEL ONE
CIVIL WAR QUIZ #7
Confederate Flag Carrier


1) What did Union soldiers call Drewry's Bluff?

2) In the Wilderness battle, what was the name of the road (in 1864) that
ran parallel to the Orange Turnpike and was used by A. P. Hill's Third Corps
to reach the battlefield?

3) What state's monuments at Gettysburg and Sharpsburg say: "WE SLEEP HERE
IN OBEDIENCE TO LAW. WHEN DUTY CALLED, WE CAME. WHEN COUNTRY CALLED, WE DIED."

4) The McCoull House plays a role in what battle?

5) At Forts Gregg and Whitworth, 600 Confederates held off the Federal XXIV
Corps of 5,000 men for two hours, enabling Lees' Army to safely withdraw.
In what battle did this occur?

6) What Union general was almost killed on the porch of the Chancellorsville
Inn by Confederate cannon fire?

7) U.S. Grant is credited with commanding the Army of the Potomac during the
1864 Overland Campaign against R.E. Lee, but what Union general was actually
assigned command of the Army of the Potomac during that period?

8) What famous Confederate officer was killed at Kelly's Ford?

9) At Gettysburg, the battle concentrated around the Seminary Ridge and the
Cemetery Ridge. On the third day, which ridge were the Confederates on?

10) Involved in both the Chancellorsville and Wilderness battles, what is
the name of the house where Stonewall Jackson's arm is buried?


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