Small Talk-Trivia

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – R as in... October

By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published October 2021 · pp. 28–47

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – R as in… October 1. Ironclad warship guarding Wilmington, N.C. 2. Union corps commander killed July 1, 1863 3. Battle on Grant’s march toward Vicksburg 4. Heavy Union fortification cannon 5. Man in charge of Confederate torpedoes and other infernal devices 6. Tugboat that was towing the Monitor when it sank 7. Home on First Manassas Battlefield 8. First U.S. foothold in North Carolina, site of Chickamacomico Races 9. CS Navy Yard in Richmond was at this place 10. Class of Confederate ironclads initially on James River. Answers found on page 47.

Trivia Answers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

CSS Raleigh General James F Reynolds Raymond, Miss. Rodman General Gabriel J. Rains

6. USS Rhode Island 7. Robinson House 8. Roanoke Island, N.C. 9. Rocketts 10. CSS Richmond