Common Soldiers
This newspaper journalist interviewed the Rebel soldiers.
Who was Horace Greeley?
First state to succede.
What is South Carolina?
The "first shots" of the Civil War were fired here.
What is Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
The search for food by soldiers often at the expense of farmers in a battle area.
What is forage?
General Joseph E. Johnston.
Who commanded the Confederate troops at Bull Run?
He said 18 instead of actual 17.
What did one Reb recruit say about his age to get into the Confederate army?
New rebel government's official name.
What is the Confederate States of America?
Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, and Maryland.
What border states remained in the Union?
A person who believed in the abolishment or abolition of Negro slavery.
What is abolitionist?
The nickname given to General Thomas Jackson, who inspired his troops to hold fast against Union troops at Bull Run.
What was "Stonewall"?
Optimism, overconfidence, and enthusiasm.
What were some interesting attitudes of Johnny Rebs?
First and only Confederate president.
Who was Jefferson Davis?
Command of the Union armies was first offered to him.
Who was Robert E. Lee?
A soldier who has just signed up to be a soldier and is without battle experience.
What is recruit?
Only 30 miles away.
How many miles is Bull Run from the Union capital?
Civil War word for a quick retreat, usually in fear.
What is skedaddle?
The issue of Civil War lies with them, said the Union president in his inaugural address.
Who are/is the Southerners or the South?
Soon after Fort Sumter's fall, people in this city rioted against Union troops marching through its streets, killing 15.
What is Baltimore, Maryland?
Minie ball
What is the standard rifle bullet used in war. From France, it made the rifle more accurate and led to staggering casualties?
They celebrated victory and exuded an overconfidence after Bull Run.
Who were the Confederates?
Elected by their men, unlike today's army.
The election of this man to the presidency in November 1860 provoked the secessionist crisis.
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
These two capital cities were 105 miles apart.
What are Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Virginia?
Rifled musket
What is the standard infantry weapon used in the war? It had a spiral grooved barrel, spinning the bullet for more velocity and accuracy.
North, 2,886; South: 1,982
What were the total casualties after Bull Run?