Question | Answer |
What was the name of Robert E. Lee’s beloved horse during the civil war? | Traveller.
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When the Federal government confiscated General Lee’s ancestral estates after the war, what were they turned into? | Arlington National Cemetery
| Which Union General\'s distinctive facial hair gave birth to the name \'sideburns\'? | General Burnside
| What was General Sherman\'s middle name? | Tecumseh
| What northern general was described to President Lincoln in 1861 as \'a drunken wooden-headed tanner\'? | U.S. Grant
| After Vicksburg, fell to the Unionists in 1863, it refused to celebrate 4th July until which year? | 1945
| Who was the last surviving Unionist veteran of the Civil War? | Albert Woolson (d. 1956)
| Who refused to use pepper on his food, saying it made his left leg itch? | General \'Stonewall\' Jackson
| “Stonewall” Jackson’s cousin, William Jackson, also had a nickname, but it was much less flattering. What was it? | ‘Mudwall’
| Which inventor produced the first machine-gun during the Civil War? | Dr. Richard Gatling
| Who was the only civilian killed at Gettysburg? | Jennie Wade
| How many men were in a Company? | 100
| How many Companies were in a Regiment? | 10
| What did the Confederates call the Battles of Bull Run? | The Battles of Manassas
| What did the Confederates call the Battle of Antietam? | The Battle of Sharpsburg
| What was the name of the play President Lincoln attended the night he was assassinated? | Our American Cousin.
| Who was known as \'Little Napoleon\'? | General George B. McClellan
| What disease did President Lincoln contract right after the Gettysburg Address? | Smallpox
| How old was John Wilkes Booth when he killed Lincoln? | 24
| Which Unionist General described Lincoln as ‘nothing more than a well-meaning baboon’? | George McLellan |