Quiz for April 29, 2014

Civil War Generals

Q#1 – What general commanded Union forces at the Battle of First Bull Run?

Q#2 – Who commanded Confederate forces at the First Battle of Kernstown, which was fought on March 23, 1862?

Q#3 – What Union general commanded the Army of the Ohio at the Battle of Shiloh?

Q#4 – At the Battle of Shiloh, who was Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston’s second in command?

Q#5 – During the Seven Days Battle, was Union General Joseph Hooker a corps or division commander?

Q#6 – At what battle was Joseph E. Johnston wounded that led to his replacement by Robert E. Lee?

Q#7 – Who was the Union commander of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron that led to the capture of the City of New Orleans?

Q#8 – Who was the Confederate commander during the Union siege of Vicksburg in 1863?

Q#9 – What was the name of the Union cavalry commander who led a raid through Mississippi during April-May 1863?

Q#10 – Who was the Confederate division commanding general that Robert E. Lee left at Fredericksburg in May 1863 when Lee split his army prior to the Battle of Chancellorsville?

Q#11 – In Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg, who were the Confederate generals who replaced the wounded Harry Heth and Dorsey Pender?

Q#12 – Who was the Union commander at the Battle of Chickamauga?

Q#13 – Who was the Confederate corps commander whose troops defended the Bloody Angle on May 12 at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House?

Q#14 – Who became the commander of the Union Army of the Shenandoah in September 1864?

Q#15 – What was the name of the sole Confederate office who accompanied Robert E. Lee when the surrender documents were signed in the McLean House at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865? (Note: He was not a general.)