Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg
Historical Trivia
Battles
Generals
100

What year did Abraham Lincoln's family move to Indiana?

1816

100

What was the name of the attack that Lee organized and failed miserably at?

Pickett's Charge.

100

What air craft was used to spy and survey the land.

Hot Air Balloons were used to spy and survey the land.

100

What battle followed Gettysburg.

the battle of Vicksburg

100

Who was the commanding commander of the southern army.

General Robert E. Lee.

200

What year did Lincoln's mother die, and what year did his father remarry?

1818 and 1819

200

How many miles away was Gettysburg from Washington DC?

About 80 miles.

200

Who was the union general that fought the First Battle of Bull Run.

William T. Sherman fought at the First Battle of Bull Run.

200

When was the battle of Fort Sumter? (name the exact date).

April 12, 1861

200

How many generals died at the battle of Gettysburg.

Nine generals died during the battle of Gettysburg

300

How many years of formal education did Lincoln have?

Only one year.

300

How many men died in the battle of Gettysburg?

Over 48,000.

300

Who is the famous American nurse who helped wounded soldiers?

Clara Barton.

300

What was the battle after The battle Vicksburg.

The Battle of Chickamauga. (September 19-20, 1863

300

This school educated over 400 generals who later fought each other in the Civil War.

West Point.

400

What county did Lincoln's father move his family to?  

Macon county Illinois.

400

 How many Union men kept the south from gaining Little Round Top?

 365

400

What was the final move that the union did that made the south surrender

The North engaged in total war.

400

How many major battles were in the Civil War.

There were 50 major battles of the Civil War.

400

What general won the most battles in the Civil War.

General Ulysses S. Grant.

500

 What war did Lincoln serve as a captain in? 

The Black Hawk Wars.

500

 What is the first sentence of the Gettysburg address?

“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition  that all men are created equal.”

500

 What four diseases took the lives of lots of men? (name all four).

Malaria, typhoid, diarrhea, and pneumonia.

500

What is the final battle listed in the PDF.

The Battle of Bentonville (March 19-21, 1865)

500

Who were the two commanders of the armies that fought in Perryville? Name one.

Confederate Commander Braxton Bragg and Union Commander Don Carlos Buell.