Take the Gettysburg History Challenge!
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Now that you know more about the Battle of Gettysburg and the Civil War, take our "Battlefield Historian's Twenty Question Challenge"!

1. Prior to the outbreak of war, there were financial "panics", including one in 1857. What did these affect?:
   a. Northern & Southern war plans.
   b. Northern & Southern banks.
   c. salaries of Northern & Southern congressmen.
   d. mall shopping on "Black Friday".
2. Union soldiers wore a ____________ on their heads:
   a. top hat.
   b. derby.
   c. forage cap.
   d. fig leaf.
3. When soldiers were ordered to travel with a minimal amount of equipment and extras, it was called:
   a. bare bones.
   b. "esprit de corps".
   c. high and mighty.
   d. light marching order.
4. The group of soldiers whose job was to protect the flag of a regiment was called:
   a. the color sergeant.
   b. the flag sergeants.
   c. the regimental band.
   d. the color guard.
5. When General Lee invaded Pennsylvania, the governor ordered these organizations be mustered to defend the state:
   a. Pennsylvania reserves.
   b. Emergency Regiments.
   c. volunteer artillery regiments.
   d. Loyal Order of Elks.
6. Confederate soldiers commanded by this officer were the first southerners to encounter Union troops on July 1 at Gettysburg:
   a. General Henry Heth.
   b. General James Longstreet.
   c. General Tom Holbrook.
   d. General John Bell Hood.
7. As the first day's fighting ended, the Union troops were forced to:
   a. sing "Dixie".
   b. fight their way through the Confederate lines.
   c. retreat through Gettysburg.
   d. pay for damages to the town.
8. On July 2, General Lee surveyed the strong Union line from his position on:
   a. Little Round Top.
   b. Seminary Ridge.
   c. a tall platform.
   d. Cemetery Ridge.
9. The fighting on July 2 began at 4 o'clock when General Longstreet's troops attacked the Union:
   a. right flank.
   b. supply train.
   c. left flank.
   d. code of honor.
10. To attack Culp's Hill, Confederates had to wade across:
    a. Spangler's Spring.
    b. the Potomac River.
    c. Culp's Creek.
    d. Rock Creek.
11. On the third day of the battle, General Pickett's troops succeeded:
    a. in scaring General Meade.
    b. by following General Hill's orders.
    c. in breaking the Union line at the "angle".
    d. in capturing Cemetery Hill.
12. When a soldier was killed or wounded or captured, he was called:
    a. a casual soldier.
    b. a casualty.
    c. on by officers to see if he could return to the regiment.
    d. wounded.
13. After the Battle of Gettysburg, General Lee's army retreated to:
    a. the Potomac River.
    b. Richmond.
    c. Frederick, Maryland.
    d. fight a Union army in Tennessee.
14. On November 19, 1863, ____________ ____________ was the featured speaker at the dedication of the Soldiers National Cemetery.
    a. President Lincoln.
    b. General Meade.
    c. Edward Everett.
    d. William Saunders.
15. President Lincoln was invited to speak at the dedication of the National Cemetery by:
    a. the mayor of Gettysburg.
    b. General Meade.
    c. Governor Andrew Curtin.
    d. David Wills.
16. This organization helped care for the wounded of both sides at Camp Letterman:
    a. U.S. Sanitary Commission.
    b. National Society of Hospital Workers.
    c. the Irish Brigade.
    d. the Red Cross.
17. To the Civil War soldier, "Fresh Fish" meant:
    a. to go fishing.
    b. new recruits.
    c. chasing an officer's runaway horse.
    d. new uniforms.
18. A favorite song among Confederate soldiers was:
    a. The Bonnie Blue Flag.
    b. Stairway to Richmond.
    c. The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
    d. The Vacant Chair.
19. What instrument was used by an infantry regiment to notify soldiers when to wake up, fall in for attention, march, and drill?
    a. a bugle.
    b. a harmonica.
    c. a drum.
    d. a flute.
20. Though he commanded a Union corps at Gettysburg, this Union general does NOT have an equestrian monument at Gettysburg National Military Park is:
    a. Henry Slocum.
    b. George Gordon Meade.
    c. John Sedgwick.
    d. George Sykes.

Did you get all of the right answers or was it too easy? Try this one for extra credit-

Regiments from what states made up the famous "Iron Brigade"?
a. Maine, New York, and Pennsylvania.
b. Wisconsin, Michigan, and Indiana.
c. Tennessee, Kentucky, and Michigan.
d. Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Illinois.

Extra, extra credit!

Who was the Confederate general who found and comforted a seriously wounded Union general on the battlefield on July 1st?

(Hint: His name is in the Kidz Pages and the story is in our park's "Virtual Tour"!)

Click here to get all of the answers to our Twenty Question Challenge and see how well you did!

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