A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book Dave Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Dave, 1932-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Miscellanea.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Potomac Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pit your knowledge of the War Between the States against your friends' and family's claims to expertise with A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book. The book features 117 different quizzes, the subjects ranging from the infamous Dred Scott case to the final surrender at Appomattox Court House. Each quiz has a theme, and the themes have been selected to cover myriad subjects and to lead readers into the lesser-known aspects of the war that they might not otherwise explore. The Hartford (Connecticut) Civil War Round Table even used these quizzes as a key component of their meetings. Civil War exper

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""SECTION I: An End to Compromise""; ""1 Prelude to the War""; ""2 Bleeding Kansas""; ""3 Scott and Brown""; ""4 Cabinet Vipers""; ""5 1860""; ""6 The Democracy Splits""; ""7 Spinning toward Secession""; ""8 Mr. Lincoln of Springfield""; ""Answers""; ""SECTION II: At War with Ourselves""; ""1 Old Fuss and Feathers""; ""2 By the Numbers""; ""3 Missouri Saved""; ""4 Wilson's Creek""; ""5 Divided Loyalties""; ""6 The Confederate Cabinet""; ""7 The Union Cabinet""; ""8 Nomenclature""; ""9 Language of War""; ""10 Toehold at Port Royal""

""11 Double Vision""""Answers""; ""SECTION III: No Easy Path to Victory""; ""1 Island Number 10""; ""2 Stones River""; ""3 Field Artillery""; ""4 To Horse""; ""5 Rail Junction""; ""6 Capital Conquests""; ""7 Shenandoah Lightning""; ""8 War on the Water""; ""9 The Union Navy""; ""10 How Big Was an Army?""; ""11 The Social Scene""; ""12 The Engineers""; ""Answers""; ""SECTION IV: Years of Hard War""; ""1 1863""; ""2 War in Far Distant Places""; ""3 Grierson's Raid""; ""4 KIA/CSA""; ""5 KIA/USA""; ""6 Stonewall Down""; ""7 The Death of Jackson""; ""8 Father of Waters""; ""9 Salisbury Prison""

""10 Fort Pillow""""11 War Rides the Rails""; ""Answers""; ""SECTION V: War on the Home Front""; ""1 Power Diplomacy""; ""2 Old Thad""; ""3 Robert Todd Lincoln""; ""4 Northern War Governors""; ""5 Southern War Governors""; ""6 Women at War""; ""7 All in the Family""; ""Answers""; ""SECTION VI: The Leaders""; ""1 Stonewall and Old Blinky""; ""2 Keeping up with the Joneses""; ""3 Sorting out the Smiths""; ""4 Western Generals""; ""5 Political Generals of the South""; ""6 Political Generals of the North""; ""7 Rebels with Yankee Roots""; ""8 Beast Butler""; ""9 Spoons and More""

""10 The Old Snappin' Turtle""""11 The Boy Generals""; ""12 The Rock""; ""Answers""; ""SECTION VII: Nearing the End""; ""1 1864""; ""2 U.S. Colored Troops""; ""3 Cedar Creek""; ""4 Columbia Burning""; ""5 Throwing Bridges""; ""6 Spies and Irregular Operations""; ""7 The Medal of Honor""; ""8 "Damn the Torpedoes!"""; ""9 Fort Fisher, 1864""; ""10 Breakthrough""; ""11 The Last Ditch""; ""12 The End of the Road""; ""Answers""; ""SECTION VIII: One Nation""; ""1 "Now He Belongs to the Ages"""; ""2 War's Long Shadow""; ""3 Captured Chieftain""; ""4 The Civil War and the Presidency""; ""Answers""

""Comments on Sources""""About the Author""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61234-581-6

OCLC:

858763278