Q 01/05

Which Confederate private captured at Shiloh later became the explorer who found David Livingstone?

A) Richard Francis Burton

B) Henry Morton Stanley

C) John Hanning Speke

D) Samuel White Baker

Answer · why

B) Henry Morton Stanley

Henry Morton Stanley fought with the 6th Arkansas Infantry at Shiloh, was taken prisoner, and briefly switched sides to join the Union Army.

Q 02/05

Which best-selling novel did Lew Wallace write after being blamed for his late arrival at Shiloh?

A) Quo Vadis

B) Little Women

C) Ben-Hur

D) Ivanhoe

Answer · why

C) Ben-Hur

Ben-Hur made Lew Wallace famous in 1880, but he spent decades defending the roundabout march that kept his fresh division out of Shiloh's first day.

Q 03/05

Shiloh, the Hebrew name behind the Civil War battle, is usually translated as which phrase?

A) House of bread

B) City of palms

C) Gateway of heaven

D) Place of peace

Answer · why

D) Place of peace

Place of peace is the usual translation, a grim irony for what was then the costliest battle in American history.

Q 04/05

What kind of building was Shiloh, the humble landmark that gave the Civil War battle its name?

A) A log church

B) A river tavern

C) A grist mill

D) A stagecoach inn

Answer · why

A) A log church

A log church called Shiloh Meeting House stood among the forward Union camps, which the Confederate dawn attack struck.

Q 05/05

Which Confederate general bled to death at Shiloh, the highest-ranking officer killed in the war?

A) Albert Sidney Johnston

B) Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

C) James Longstreet

D) John Bell Hood

Answer · why

A) Albert Sidney Johnston

Albert Sidney Johnston was a full general, outranked in the Confederate army by only one man, and he fell while leading a charge on the first afternoo...