Civil War Trivia Question and Answers
1.
Which Civil War general were sideburns named for?
Answer:
General Burnsides From Rhode Island
2.
Which General led the famous march to the sea during the Civil War?
Answer:
General Sherman
3.
What Union General took Atlanta in the Civil War?
Answer:
William T. Sherman
4.
During the Civil War, who was the President of the South?
Answer:
Jefferson Davis
5.
In what state were the most major battles of the American Civil War fought?
Answer:
Virginia
6.
What were the names of the first two ironclads to do battle during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Monitor And Merrimac
7.
What former U. S. Vice President was a Confederate general in the American Civil War?
Answer:
John C. Breckinridge
8.
In which century was the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
19th
9.
When did Mathew Brady photograph the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
1864
10.
What year did the U.S. Civil War begin?
Answer:
1861
11.
Who was a famous Confederate General during the Civil War?
Answer:
Robert E. Lee
12.
Where was the first shot of the Civil War fired?
Answer:
Fort Sumter, SC
13.
What Virginia city was the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Answer:
Richmond
14.
Confederate Civil War General P.G.T. Beauregard's initial's stood for?
Answer:
Pierre Gustav Toutant
15.
In which Civil War battle did "Pickett's Charge" occur?
Answer:
Gettysburg
16.
During the Civil War, who was a 12-pound gun nicknamed for?
Answer:
Napoleon
17.
What is the significance of the town of Winchester, Virginia during the Civil War?
Answer:
It Changed Hands 76 Times During The War
18.
What nickname was given to General Ulysses S. Grant's during the end of the Civil War?
Answer:
Unconditional Surrender
19.
What were Pook Turtles in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Boats Designed By Samuel Pook
20.
What town did Confederates burn on July 30, 1864, during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
21.
Who was Johnny Clem during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Young Lad Of 9 Years Old Who Became A Drummer In The Shiloh Campaign
22.
What were General Sherman's hairpins during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Railroad Tracks Bent Around Trees
23.
What was the Whistling Dick in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
18 Pounder Cannon Used By The Confederacy
24.
What translated into "oil of gladness" in the Civil War?
Answer:
Alcoholic Beverages
25.
Which Union general was known as "Old Fuss and Feathers" during the Civil War?
Answer:
Winfield Scott
26.
What was "cush" in the Civil War?
Answer:
A Confederate Stew
27.
What was "Pop Skull" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Contraband Liquor For Confederates
28.
Who were the "Goober Grabbers" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Troops From Georgia
29.
What happened to the Confederate ship Planter in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Captured By Slaves And Turned Over To The U.S. Navy
30.
What state's buttons had the Palmetto tree on them in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
South Carolina
31.
What did the 89th Illinois Regiment consist of during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Railroad Employees
32.
Who was the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Mary Walker
33.
During the U.S. Civil War, how did women from New Orleans get even with Union General Butler for harsh treatment they received?
Answer:
Had His Picture Painted On Chamber Pots
34.
What was the purpose of the group "Sons Of America" which formed in the South during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Help Union Prisoners Escape The Confederacy
35.
What did Confederate Soldiers call their sewing kits for uniform repair in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Housewives
36.
What item did the Nashville Plow Works produce during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Swords
37.
What Confederate General had the most famous hat in the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
J.E.B. Stuart
38.
What was the "Cracker Line" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Union Supply Route In Alabama And Tennessee
39.
What U.S. Civil War Union General wrote the book "Ben Hur"?
Answer:
General Lew Wallace
40.
What state supplied most of the iron used by the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Alabama
41.
What was a soldier's "Horizontal Refreshment" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Visiting A Prostitute
42.
Who were the "Katydids" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Cadets From The Virginia Military Institute
43.
When did the Confederacy declare war on the Union, starting the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
May 6, 1861
44.
What was considered the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Shenandoah Valley
45.
What were "Sinks" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Slang Term For Latrines
46.
What was the name of the freshwater spring that opened up at the Andersonville Prison during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Providence Spring
47.
What famous Civil War General first commanded in the War Of 1812?
Answer:
Winfield Scott
48.
What patriotic song of the U.S. Civil War was sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree"?
Answer:
Maryland, My Maryland
49.
What article was Confederate General Stonewall Jackson known for sucking during the Civil War?
Answer:
Lemons
50.
The Civil War battle of Perryville was fought in what state?
Answer:
Kentucky
51.
What western outlaw fought in a guerilla group during the Civil War?
Answer:
Jesse James
52.
What was the first state to secede from the Union during the Civil War?
Answer:
South Carolina
53.
In what state did General Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House to end the Civil War?
Answer:
Virginia
54.
What Civil War-era distinction did South Carolina bear?
Answer:
Birthplace Of Secession
55.
Who was the first man to lose his life in the American Civil War?
Answer:
Noble Leslie Devotie
56.
What Civil War Union general was known as the "Rock of Chickamauga"?
Answer:
George Thomas
57.
Who was the youngest General for the Union during the Civil War?
Answer:
Galusha Pennypacker
58.
How many future United States Presidents fought in the Civil War?
Answer:
Six
59.
What did Gabriel and George Rains do during the Civil War?
Answer:
Supplied The Confederacy With Weapons And Ammo
60.
Who was George Barnhart Zempleman, and what did he do during the Civil War?
Answer:
A Soldier Who Fought In 400 Battles For The South
61.
How many future Supreme Court Justices fought in the Civil War?
Answer:
7
62.
How many generals of the Confederacy were killed during the Civil War?
Answer:
77
63.
In what famous Civil War battle did General Bragg defeat the Union forces, led by General Rosecrans?
Answer:
Chickamauga, Georgia, September, 1863
64.
Who was the spy for the Confederacy in the U.S. Civil War called "The Secesh Cleopatra"?
Answer:
Belle Boyd
65.
Who was the "Angel of Marye's Heights" during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Richard Kirkland
66.
What was Lee's Lost Order in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
A Personalized Order Wrapped Around 3 Cigars
67.
Who was known as the "Cyclone in Calico" during the Civil War?
Answer:
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
68.
Who were Blazer's Scouts in the Civil War?
Answer:
A Northern Force That Was After Mosby's Raiders
69.
What battlefield was the Bloody Angle fought on in the Civil War?
Answer:
Spotsylvania, VA
70.
What battlefield was the Battle of the Bloody Pond fought on during the Civil War?
Answer:
Shiloh, Tennessee
71.
What was a Butternut during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Nickname Given Late In The War For Southern Soldiers
72.
What was Camp Ford during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
The Largest Military Prison In Texas
73.
Where was Camp Morton located in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Indianapolis, Indiana
74.
What was the significance of City Point, Virginia, during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Where Grant Instructed His Troops For The Last 10 Months Of The War
75.
Who was Charles Coffin during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Only War Correspondent To Cover All 4 Years Of The War
76.
Besides Jefferson Davis, who received the only medals presented to men of the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
The Davis Guards
77.
What was the Dictator during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Large Mortar On A Flat Car
78.
What was "The Mule Shoe" during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Fieldworks At Spotsylvania
79.
What Union city did Southerners plan to burn in retaliation for the burning of Atlanta during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
New York City
80.
What was the Northwest Conspiracy during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
A Plan To Liberate Camp Douglas In Chicago By The South
81.
Where was the last engagement of the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Palmito Ranch, Texas
82.
What was Panada in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Crumpled Hardtack And Whiskey Concoction
83.
What was the U.S.S. Red Rover during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Union Hospital Ship
84.
Who was the Rock of Chickamauga during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
George Henry Thomas
85.
Who was the Union general known as the Russian Thunderbolt during the Civil War?
Answer:
John Turchin
86.
Who was the highest ranking officer on either side killed during the Civil War?
Answer:
Albert Sidney Johnston
87.
What was the most populous city in the South during the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
New Orleans, LA
88.
Where was Jefferson Davis inaugurated at the start of the Civil War?
Answer:
Montgomery, Alabama
89.
What were Fireballs in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
A Coal Substitute In The South
90.
Who was the first secretary of war for the Lincoln Administration in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Simon Cameron
91.
Who was the keynote speaker at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery during the Civil War?
Answer:
Edward Everett
92.
How many enlisted men were exchanged for Generals in the Civil War?
Answer:
60
93.
Who was the Secretary of War in the south during the Civil War?
Answer:
Judah Benjamin
94.
Where was the bloodiest 8 minutes of the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Cold Harbor
95.
Keetsville Road and Elkhorn Tavern were places on what battlefield in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Pea Ridge
96.
What battle featured Alsop House and Blockhouse Bridge in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
Spotsylvania
97.
Wilkinson's Pike and Hell's Half Acre are landmarks at what battle site of the Civil War?
Answer:
Stones River
98.
Who killed Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart during the Civil War?
Answer:
John Huff
99.
What was the "Virginia Quickstep" in the Civil War?
Answer:
Diarrhea
100.
Who was nicknamed "Old Slow Trot" in the U.S. Civil War?
Answer:
General George Thomas
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