Q 01/05

Washington civilians rode out in carriages with opera glasses to watch First Bull Run, earning it which nickname?

A) The carriage battle

B) The picnic battle

C) The holiday battle

D) The parasol battle

Answer · why

B) The picnic battle

The picnic battle got its name from the baskets of food the sightseers packed for an easy Union win. Their fleeing carriages then jammed the roads bac...

Q 02/05

Which nickname did Confederate general Thomas J. Jackson earn for standing firm under fire at First Bull Run?

A) Stonewall

B) Old Hickory

C) Old Ironsides

D) Gray Ghost

Answer · why

A) Stonewall

Stonewall stuck after a fellow general pointed to Jackson's Virginians holding their line while others fell back. Whether the remark was praise or a c...

Q 03/05

Judith Henry, an 85-year-old widow killed at First Bull Run, was where when Union shells hit her house?

A) Hiding in the cellar

B) Cooking in the kitchen

C) Watching from the porch

D) In her own bed

Answer · why

D) In her own bed

In her own bed is where she lay, too frail to be carried to safety. Union gunners turned on the farmhouse because they believed rifle fire was coming ...

Q 04/05

Out of ammunition at Second Bull Run, Confederate defenders of an unfinished railroad cut threw what at Union attackers?

A) Knapsacks

B) Rocks

C) Canteens

D) Hatchets

Answer · why

B) Rocks

Rocks were all some of Thomas J. Jackson's men had left after firing off their cartridges. A few surprised New Yorkers picked them up and threw them b...

Q 05/05

Union gunners at First Bull Run held their fire on the 33rd Virginia because the Confederates wore which color?

A) Red

B) Gray

C) Blue

D) Green

Answer · why

C) Blue

Blue coats on the 33rd Virginia convinced a Union artillery officer that they were his own supports. The Virginians walked up, fired a volley and capt...