Small Talk-Trivia

Small Talk-Trivia — October 2019

By Stephen Davis · Originally published October 2019 · pp. 41–46

Atlanta Campaign 1. Who was the Union army commander killed in the battle fought east of Atlanta on July 22, 1864? 2. Who was Johnston’s and Hood’s cavalry commander? 3. What was William T. Sherman’s middle name? And from it, his nickname? 4. Who was senior corps commander in the Army of Tennessee after Hood was promoted to lead it? 5. Commander of the Union XV Corps during the campaign was this Illinoisan, nicknamed “Black Jack.” Who? 6. Hood fought three attacking battles on July 20, 22, and 28. What was the name of the third, fought west of the city? 7. This Union major general of cavalry was captured July 31 northeast of Macon. He had formerly commanded the Army of the Potomac’s cavalry under Hooker. Who?

8. Governor of Georgia in 1864, he sent several thousand state militia to help Hood defend Atlanta. Which governor? 9. This Union brigadier general led the division that defended an important bald hill in the battle of July 22. Later some named the hill after the general. Who? 10. This Confederate brigadier, commander of Johnston’s artillery, devised innovative earth-and-log infantry forts as a defensive line along the north bank of the Chattahoochee River. What was his name? And the nickname that the soldiers gave his little forts?

Answers found on page 46. Steve Davis is the Civil War News Book Review Editor. He can be contacted by email at: [email protected].

Small Talk Trivia Answers 1. James Birdseye McPherson (1828–1864) 2. Joseph Wheeler (1836–1906) 3. Tecumseh. “Cump.” 4. William Joseph Hardee (1815–1873) 5. John Alexander Logan (1826–1886) 6. Ezra Church 7. George Stoneman (1822–1894) 8. Joseph Emerson Brown (1821–1894) 9. Mortimer Dormer Leggett (1821–1896) 10. Francis Asbury Shoup (1834–1896). “Shoupades.”