A as in …

By Larry Babits · Originally published February 2019 · p. 32

An alphabetically organized quiz where answers are not linked except by their first letter. This is intended as an imitation of the Trivia questions focusing on a single topic.

By Larry Babits

A as in … 1. This Maryland-born leader was the first Army of Northern Virginia general captured after Robert E. Lee took command (hint July 1, 1863) 2. These two Confederate ironclads both held their own against Union flotillas. Name them. 3. This heavy English rifled cannon with multiple bands served in Charleston and other Southern seaport defenses. 4. Lincoln conspirator who failed miserably in the task but was hung along with two other men and Mary Surratt. 5. This Kentucky born soldier commanded, and surrendered, Fort Sumter to the Rebels, was promoted to general but resigned due to illness in 1863. 6. Union ship, formerly the blockade runner Caroline destroyed by fire and sunk by sabotage below New Orleans Feb. 27, 1865. A more famous vessel of the same name is a national memorial. 7. Northern name for the Battle of Sharpsburg 8. Elvis took this Civil War-era tune and made it his own “Love me Tender” 9. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania arsenal 10. Most successful Confederate commerce raider.

Answers: 1. James J. Archer 2. Arkansas & Albemarle 3. Armstrong cannon 4. George Atzerodt 5. Robert Anderson 6. USS Arizona 7. Antietam 8. Aura Lea 9. Alleghany Arsenal 10. CSS Alabama