POP QUIZ (The Battle of Antietam)

The nation observed the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest one-day battle in U.S. history.  Test your knowledge of this milestone in the Civil War.

1. What state is home to the Antietam National Battlefield?
a) Tennessee
b) North Carolina
c) Virginia
d) Maryland
2. About how many soldiers were killed, wounded, or missing after the 12-hour battle on Sept. 17, 1862?
a) 7,500
b) 15,000
c) 23,000
d) 27,400
3. The battle occurred near this town.
a) Shiloh
b) Sharpsburg
c) Chickamauga
d) Richmond
4. Six generals were killed that day, three from each side.  Which of the following was not a casualty at Antietam.
a) Stonewall Jackson
b) Joseph K.F. Mansfield
c) Israel B. Richardson
d) Isaac P. Rodman
5. He led the Union forces.
a) Ulysses S. Grant
b) George Meade
c) William Sherman
d) George McClellan
6. This state's monument at the battlefield is the only one dedicated to both sides, in recognition of its native sons who fought for both Union and Confederacy.
a) Delaware
b) Maryland
c) Missouri
d) Kentucky
7. This Antietam veteran spoke at a monument dedication there as president.
a) Theodore Roosevelt
b) Benjamin Harrison
c) William McKinley
d) Rutherford B. Hayes
8. This 15-year-old was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry at Antietam.
a) John Cook, bugler
b) Richard Curran, surgeon
c) Cpl. Benjamin Child
d) Pvt. Hillary Beyer
9. This famous general's son fought at Antietam as a private.
a) William Sherman
b) Ulysses S. Grant
c) Robert E. Lee
d) Stonewall Jackson
10. What general wrote of Antietam, "It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal battlefield."
a) James Longstreet
b) Joseph Hooker
c) J.E.B. Stuart
d) Ambrose Burnside



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Answers : 1. d  ; 2. c  ; 3. b  ; 4. a  ; 5. d  ; 6. b   ; 7. c  ; 8. a  ; 9. c  ; 10. b