Small Talk-Trivia

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – K as in...March

By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published March 2021 · pp. 7–47

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – K as in…March 1. Union General who skedaddled in his nightshirt 2. CS general shot down during Pickett’s charge 3. This ship sank the CSS Alabama 4. Inventor of the first division identification symbol/patch (1862) 5. He led 1st Maryland Inf (US) against 1st Maryland Inf (CS) at Front Royal 6. USS ironclad with two nonrevolving turrets 7. Walter Hinman’s little known “200th Injianny” infantryman 8. Battle just outside Winchester, Virginia 9. Executive Officer, CSS Alabama, then commander of CSS Richmond 10. “Angel of Marye’s Heights”

Answers found on page 47.

Trivia Answers 1. Gen. H. Judson Kilpatrick 2. Gen. James L. Kemper 3. USS Kearsage 4. Gen. Philip Kearny 5. Then colonel John R. Kenly, later a general 6. USS Keokuk 7. Corporal Josiah “Si” Klegg 8. Kernstown 9. John McIntosh Kell 10. Sergeant Richard R. Kirkland, 2nd SC Infantry.