TODAY IN THE CIVIL WAR | DO YOU KNOW?
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1. Fort Mifflin was located near this northern city.
2. The Veteran Reserve Corps was first known by this name.
3. The largest prison break during the Civil War took place on Feb 9, 1864, as 109 prisoners escaped from this prison.
4. This was the civilian name of the bridge that became famous as “Burnside’s Bridge” after the Battle of Antietam.
5. Elkhorn Tavern can be found on this Civil War battlefield.
6. The John Wayne movie The Horse Soldiers is based on the cavalry raid led by this man.
7. This state supplied the most men to the Confederate army.
8. The loss in men as a result of the explosion of this steamer on April 27, 1865, is still the worst maritime disaster in the United States.
9. What is Thomas M. Chester’s claim to fame during the Civil War?
10. When an army marched “up” the Shenan doah Valley, in what direction were they heading?
1. Philadelphia
2. Invalid Corps
3. Libby Prison, Richmond, VA
4. Rohrbach’s Bridge (near Henry Rohrbach’s farm)
5. Pea Ridge, AR
6. Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson
7. North Carolina
8. Sultana, an overloaded steamer carrying former POWs to Ohio via the Mississippi River
9. He was the first African American newspaper correspondent (Philadelphia Press)
10. South, “down” the Valley is heading north.
TODAY IN THE CIVIL WAR | DO YOU KNOW?