HARD TIMES/HARD WAR

Activity Seven: Museum Detective

Instructions: Have your students play "museum detectives" while they view the Visitor Center museum displays in order to answer the following questions. Students could do this either individually or in teams.

1. What groups did Nathaniel Lyon fight against in his army career before he served in the Civil War?
2. When did General Lyon die?
3. What group in what city purchased a presentation sword for General Lyon in 1861?
4. Who was the first Union general killed in battle during the Civil War?
5. How long did the Battle of Wilson's Creek last?
6. What skirmish on August 2, 1861 preceded Wilson's Creek?
7. How many Union field guns were used during the battle? How many Confederate guns?
8. What was the name of the Federal commander defeated at the Battle of Carthage?
9. When did General Lyon first arrive in Springfield?
10. Where did General Price win a battle in September 1861 after Wilson's Creek?
11. Where did the pro-Confederate faction of Missouri's government secede from the Union in October 1861?
12. Name at least two battles (other than Wilson's Creek) fought in Missouri and the year they took place.
13. What was the name of the pro-Confederate governor of Missouri who led the Missouri State Guard from Jefferson City to Boonville, and who fought at Carthage?
14. What was loaded in the spherical case shot used in cannons? 15. What crawled over the wounded Henry Martyn Cheavens after his initial medical treatment?
16. Approximately how many men were wounded in the Battle of Wilson's Creek?
17. What did most Missouri State Guardsmen wear as a uniform during the first year of the war?
18. What was the name of the road in front of John Ray's house?
19. Why did the Confederates stop their march on Springfield on the evening of August 9, 1861?
20. When was the bombardment of Fort Sumter?

Activity Seven: Museum Detective Answers 1. The Seminole Indians in Florida and the Mexican Army during the Mexican War.
2. August 10, 1861.
3. Pro-Union citizens of St. Louis.
4. Nathaniel Lyon.
5. About 6 hours.
6. Dug Springs.
7. 16 Union, 15 Confederate.
8. Franz Sigel.
9. July 13.
10. Lexington.
11. Neosho.
12. Westport (1864), Carthage (1861), Lexington (1861), Athens (1861), or Fort Davidson (1864).
13. Claiborne Fox Jackson
14. Shrapnel (Iron or lead balls).
15. Maggots.
16. More than 1800.
17. Their everyday clothes.
18. Wire Road.
19. It rained, which would get ammunition wet.
20. April 12, 1861.