Small Talk-Trivia

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – S as in... November

By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published November 2021 · pp. 27–47

1. Charleston fort named for Rev War hero 2. US general captured by Mosby 3. Hit by sharpshooter at such a distance an elephant couldn’t be hit 4. “Old Fuss and Feathers” 5. Yankee name for Battle of Murfreesboro, Tenn. 6. Spell the three names of three CS officers that sound alike 7. Inventor of US tent, CS invader of New Mexico 8. Last CS unit to surrender 9. These Native Americans “rose up” in Minnesota during summer of 1862 10. Last name of secret agent and his mother involved with J W. Booth Answers found on page 47.

Trivia Answers 1. Fort Sumter, but a twofer as you could also claim Fort Moultrie 2. General Edwin H. Stoughton 3. General John Sedgwick 4. General Winfield Scott 5. Stones River

6. Generals George H. “Maryland” Steuart, Alexander “Old Straight” Stewart, and John Ewell Brown Stuart 7. General Henry H. Sibley 8. CSS Shenandoah 9. Sioux 10. Surratt, John and Mary