Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman worked with this abolitionist group to free slaves
What is the underground railroad?
The Battle of Shiloh got it's name from this building
What is a church
The age of Johnny Shiloh when he became a sergeant
What is thirteen?
People fleeing from danger
What are fugitives?
The first story that we read this year
What is The Landlady?
Harriet Tubman freed this number of slaves in the story
What is eleven?
The total number of Union soldiers who fought at Shiloh
What is 55-65,000 soldiers?
The name of the drummer boy in the fictional story we read in class
Who is Joby?
Ability to write or speak gracefully and convincingly
What is eloquence?
This Baltimore writer is most famous for his scary stories
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This could be considered Tubman's catch phrase
What is "Go on or die?"
The number of soldiers who fought for the Confederate army
What is 30-40,000 soldiers?
Caring for horses, burying the dead, helping the wounded, cutting hair, sending battlefield messages, and providing a beat for marching drills.
What are the drummer boy duties?
Motivation
What is incentive?
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks..." is a line from this famous play
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Tubman's biblical nickname
What is Moses
The Union general at the Battle of Shiloh, also known by this unflattering nickname.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant, or the Butcher?
The last war that used drummers in the military
What is the Civil War?
Impossible to understand
What is incomprehensible?
This Latin phrase means "great work" and refers to the largest and best achievement of an author
What is magnum opus?
The state where the story starts
What is Maryland?
The type of trees in the orchard surrounding the battlefield at Shiloh
What are peach trees?
The author of The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
Who is Ray Bradbury?
Scatter; drive away
Dispel
The longest word in the English language
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