Q 01/05

Which Confederate general's amputated arm lies buried at Ellwood Manor on the Wilderness battlefield?

A) John Bell Hood

B) Stonewall Jackson

C) Joseph E. Johnston

D) P. G. T. Beauregard

Answer · why

B) Stonewall Jackson

Stonewall Jackson was shot by mistake by his own men a year before the battle, and his chaplain buried the arm in a family cemetery. A stone marker pu...

Q 02/05

Which Confederate corps commander was shot by his own troops at the Battle of the Wilderness?

A) Richard H. Anderson

B) A. P. Hill

C) Jubal Early

D) James Longstreet

Answer · why

D) James Longstreet

James Longstreet was hit in the throat and shoulder by Virginians who mistook his mounted party for the enemy. He survived, but did not return to duty...

Q 03/05

What was the name of Robert E. Lee's horse, whose reins soldiers seized at the Battle of the Wilderness?

A) Cincinnati

B) Little Sorrel

C) Traveller

D) Old Baldy

Answer · why

C) Traveller

Traveller was caught by the bridle when Lee began to follow a charge himself. The men would not go forward until their general moved somewhere safer.

Q 04/05

What killed many wounded soldiers lying helpless between the lines at the Battle of the Wilderness?

A) Flash floods

B) A late frost

C) Artillery misfires

D) Forest fires

Answer · why

D) Forest fires

Forest fires set by the gunfire spread through the dry undergrowth, and men on both sides were shocked to watch wounded comrades burn to death where t...

Q 05/05

Which retail chain dropped plans for a store beside the Wilderness battlefield after a preservation fight?

A) Walmart

B) Target

C) Costco

D) Home Depot

Answer · why

A) Walmart

Walmart had county approval for a supercenter less than a quarter mile from the national park boundary. It withdrew in 2011, just as a lawsuit over th...