Civil War Trivia Q&A

Battle of Gettysburg: The Third Day of Battle (Culp's Hill and Pickett's Charge)

Choose an answer from the three choices offered after each question and then  "Check Your Answers" at the end of the quiz.

1. On the morning of July 3, Unions started shelling Confederate troops. Where did the shelling begin?

• Seminary Ridge
• Little Round Top
• Culp’s Hill

2. Who commanded the Confederates forces on the Union’s right flank?

• Ewell
• A.P. Hill
• Longstreet

3. Who died on his family’s property at Culp’s Hill as a soldier for the 2nd Virginia Infantry on the third day?

• John Wesley Culp
• William Culp
• Henry Culp.

4. Lee decided to attack the Union center commanded by Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock (II Corps). Known as Pickett’s Charge, who was the overall field commander of the Confederate units?

• Maj. Gen. George Pickett
• Maj. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble
• Lt. Gen. James Longstreet

5. Lee’s attack began with the heaviest artillery barrage on the war. How long did the barrage take?

• 1 hour
• 2 hours
• 3 hours

6. The entire force that charged against the Union positions consisted of about 12,500 men, marching deliberately in line with Pettigrew and Trimble on the left, and Pickett to the right. How long did the nine brigades of men stretched across the front.

• Over a mile-long
• Over two mile-long
• Over a half mile-long

7. What was the distance between the Confederate position on Seminary Ridge and the Union line on Cemetery Ride?

• Quarter mile
• Half mile
• Three-quarter mile

8. According to history it was a hot and humid day. What was the reported temperature on July 3, 1862 on Picket’s Charge? (The temperature was recorded at 2 p.m. by Professor Michael Jacobs of Gettysburg College.)

• 101° F.
• 95° F.
• 87° F.

9. Of the 15 regimental commanders in Pickett's division, attended a military academy that produced eleven and all eleven were lost—six killed, five wounded.

• Virginia Military Institute
• West Point
• Louisiana Military Institute

10. The Confederates partially breached the Union's first line of defense but were forced back soon after as Union troops gathered on their right flank and stabilized the center of the line. How long did the charge last?

• Less than an hour
• Over an hour
• About two hours

Check Your Answers

1. Culp’s Hill is correct.
2. Ewell is correct.
3. John Wesley Culp is correct.
4. Lt. Gen. James Longstreet is correct.
5. 2 hours is correct.
6. Over a mile-long
7. Three-quarter mile
8. 87° F.
9. Virginia Military Institute
10. Less than an hour