Small Talk-Trivia

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – T as in... January

By Lawrence E. Babits · Originally published January 2022 · pp. 29–47

Civil War Alphabet Quiz – T as in… January 1. US General from Virginia known as “Old Slow Trot” and Rock of “Chickamauga” 2. CS ironclad captured at Mobile Bay 3. US monitor sunk at Mobile Bay 4. CS general WIA at Second Manassas, he lost a leg and was captured in Pickett’s Charge 5. Rosecrans’ successful Tennessee campaign focused on this town 6. John B. Hood was first commander of this famous brigade 7. CSN “aircraft carrier” captured by USN 1862 8. The pursuing train engine in the Great Locomotive Chase 9. What was damned at Mobile Bay 10. Supreme Court Justice who wrote Dred Scott decision

Answers found on page 47.

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

George Thomas CSS Tennessee USS Tecumseh Gen Isaac R. Trimble Tullahoma

Texas Brigade, 1, 4, 5 Texas, 3rd Ark 7. CSS Teaser 8. Texas 9. Torpedoes 10. Roger B. Taney