Confederate Army Trivia

1. It might seem doubly obscene, but onn which denomination of Confederate paper money can you find Alexander Stephens?

From Quiz The First Alexander Stephens Quiz

Answer: Twenty Dollars

Stephens appeared on twenty dollar notes issued in 1862 and 1864. Unlike modern United States paper money, several then-living Confederates appeared on paper money, including Jefferson Davis, Judah Benjamin, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Christopher Memminger. A picture of Tennessee State Capitol appears on the obverse of the bill even though Stephens never lived in or represented Tennessee. The denomination of the bill is indicated both in Arabic numerals (20) and Roman numbers (XX). In the United States, an X rating indicates a film that only adults can see and that many would consider obscene.

From Quiz Under New Management

Answer: Joseph E. Johnston

At the time of Johnston's wounding the tide of the war was against the Confederacy, since Federal forces under Major General George B. McClellan had advanced almost to the gates of the Confederate capital of Richmond. With General Lee in command, things went better for the rest of 1862. McClellan was driven back 30 miles from Richmond during the climactic Seven Days' Battles (June 25-July 1), the Union Army of Virginia under John Pope was crushed at the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run, August 28-30), an invasion to the North was attempted and ended with the Battle of Sharpsburg (Antietam) (September 17) and the Confederates again defeated their opponents at the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 13).

From Quiz I Say, those Confederates are Obscure

Answer: Edwin Gray Lee

Edwin Gray Lee was born on May 27, 1836. He studied law in the College of William and Mary until 1853. In 1856, he married Susan Pendleton, daughter of William N. Pendleton, who would also become a Confederate general. When the Civil War started, Edwin Gray Lee supported the Confederate cause and enlisted in the military. He served as an aide to Stonewall Jackson from the 1st to the 2nd Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). Due to health issues, on November 18, 1863, he was placed on the staff of General Robert Ransom. In 1864, he was given a promotion to Brigadier and accompanied General Rosser in the Valley. In December, 1864 he was given a mission by the Confederate Secret Service which required him and his spouse to sail to Canada. The end of the war found him in Montreal. He died on August 24, 1870.

From Quiz Virginia in the American Civil War

Answer: 7

Initially, the Old Dominion did not want to severe ties with the Union. But the tide turned when Abraham Lincoln declared war on the Confederate States. Virginia did not want to fight her fellow Southerners and it seceded.

From Quiz Confederate Lingo [2]

Answer: Troops from Alabama

Yellowhammers were Confederate troops from Alabama. The nickname was gained when sport was made of the bright gold facings on their uniforms. It was a name that stuck with all soldiers from Alabama.

From Quiz Confederate Lingo [1]

Answer: A full cartridge box

Forty dead men was a full cartridge box, forty being the number of cartridges the box could carry.

From Quiz Confederate Trivia (Campaigning)

Answer: Impressing

The proper name for seizing civilian goods was impressing. If possible, the owner was paid in Confederate script or money. In the states that were not in rebellion, this money or any promisory note was worthless.

From Quiz Confederate Trivia (Camp Life)

Answer: Cush or slosh

This delicious treat was known as cush or slosh. Believe it or not, this was considered a treat and luxury as the war went on.

From Quiz Dying Words of Confederate Soldiers

Answer: Sam Davis

Sam Davis was hanged in Pulaski, Tennessee because he refused to become an informer. There is a museum to "the Boy hero of the Confederacy" on the spot where he was hanged.

From Quiz Jefferson Davis

Answer: Fairview, Kentucky

Davis was born on June 3, 1808, less then a year before Abraham Lincoln's birth and only one hundred miles from Lincoln's place of birth. While Davis was still an infant his family moved to Mississippi.

From Quiz Patrick Cleburne: The Stonewall of the West

Answer: Ireland

Pat Cleburne was born March 17, 1828 in County Cork, Ireland. He immigrated to America in 1849.

From Quiz Confederate Generals and their Nicknames

Answer: Edward Johnson

Johnson was nicknamed "Old Clubby" because he carried a large hickory club into battle instead of a sword.

From Quiz Little Known Confederate Generals

Answer: James Deshler

James Deshler was hit in the chest by a cannonball and killed instantly at Chickamauga. He was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama and is buried there.

From Quiz Identifying Confederate States

Answer: Alabama

Fort Gaines was built to guard Mobile Bay against attack from the sea.

From Quiz William Quantrill

Answer: Thomas Henry Quantrill

Tom Quantrill liked to beat William as a child, often in public and loved humiliating him. He died of consumption when William was 16.

From Quiz The Civil War - Part H

Answer: Francis Bartow

Gen. Bartow was killed on July 21,1861 at the Battle of First Manassas. He had been elected to the Confederate Congress, but resigned to join the CSA Army. In November 1861, the name of Cass County, Georgia was changed to Bartow County to honor him.

From Quiz The Civil War - Part Y

Answer: Robertson

Felix Robertson lived in Texas until he died in 1928. He saw action at Shiloh, and Atlanta.

From Quiz General Albert Sidney Johnston

Answer: Kentucky.

He was born on February 2nd, 1803, in Washington, Kentucky.

From Quiz Confederate Generals

Answer: Master

In Southern slang, it was a term of respect for a person of high standing such as a plantation owner or the like. Mister or Mr. would also be applicable.

From Quiz Gray Warriors

Answer: Jubal Early

On July 30, 1864, Confederate General Jubal Early ordered the residents of Chambersburg to pay a half-million dollars in ransom or have their town burned in retaliation for Federal destruction of civilian property in Virginia.

From Quiz Confederate Generals

Answer: General Felix H. Robertson

General Robertson saw action in Shiloh, Murfreesboro and Chickamauga;lived in Texas after the war until his death on April 20, 1928.

From Quiz Confederate Generals Killed in Action

Answer: Shiloh

(1803-1862) He graduated from West Point in 1826. He left the regular army to join Texas and their struggle with Mexico. He returned to the regular army during the Mexican war (1846-1848). In 1857 he was sent by President Buchanan with federal troops to remove Brigham Young from power. In May of 1861 he was commissioned as a general into the Confederate Army and given command of all troops west of the Alleghenies. In April of 1862 attacked General Grant at Shiloh where he was killed. General Johnston was wounded in the leg while leading his troops. Not thinking the wound was serious he continued on and eventually bled to death.

From Quiz Nathan Bedford Forrest

Answer: Fanny

Nathan had a twin sister named Fanny. They were two of eight children in the family.

From Quiz The C.S.A. Government

Answer: Montgomery & Montgomery, Alabama & Montgomery Alabama

The capital was moved to Richmond after Virginia seceded from the USA.

From Quiz I Say, those Confederates are Obscure

Answer: Albert G. Blanchard

Albert Gallatin Blanchard was born on September 6, 1810. He graduated from West Point in 1829, 26th in his class. One of his classmates was Robert E. Lee. His first wife, who died young, bore him a son and a daughter. His daughter, Susan Blanchard later became an author. Blanchard remarried in the 1840s a woman from Louisiana, where they moved. Blanchard selected Louisiana as his adoptive state. When the war broke, he accepted an offer to command the 1st Louisiana Infantry. On September 21, 1861 he was promoted to Brigadier General. His command was held in the rear at Seven Pines. After that battle, command of Blanchard's brigade was given to Ambrose Wright, due to the former's age. For the remainder of the war, he served in various administrative posts. He died on June 21, 1891.

From Quiz Virginia in the American Civil War

Answer: April 17, 1861

Virginia voters ratified the ordinance after one month. Meanwhile, Lincoln had orderd the Union Navy to blockade Virginia and North Carolina, thus tipping the scales and leading to public acceptance of the Ordinance of secession in an overwhelming majority.

From Quiz Confederate Lingo [2]

Answer: Turncoats

Any Rebel soldier of the Confederacy who renounced the rebellion and swore an oath of allegiance to the United States was a white washed reb, or turncoat. They were also called Galvanized Yankees. Most of them were sent west to fight hostile Indians because no one trusted their 'conversion'.

From Quiz Confederate Trivia (Campaigning)

Answer: Cornbread and salt pork

While campaigning in the Shenandoah Valley, Jackson's men lived primarily on salt pork and cornbread. They covered 648 miles in 47 days on this diet.

From Quiz Confederate Trivia (Camp Life)

Answer: Pork

In the Army of Northern Virginia as well as the other armies of the Confederacy, you were most likely going to be served salted pork for your ration. Hopefully, it won't be too moldy or wormy.

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