# Civil War trivia **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 17, 2000, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955 "2000-12-17T00:05:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/21 "2000-12-17T02:56:35Z")
Which general turned down the offered command of the Army of the Patomac, and it cost him his life in his next engagement? ---
**Author:** ![panzermanpanzerman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9bcb4/32.png) [@panzermanpanzerman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panzermanpanzerman)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/22 "2000-12-17T07:07:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Which general turned down the offered command of the Army of the Patomac, and it cost him his life in his next engagement? That would be Albert Sydney Johnston, who died at Shiloh. The more interesting question is, Why was John Bell Hood so stupid??? ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/23 "2000-12-17T07:58:23Z")
Sorry, p-whatever:), wrong. IIRC, Johnson survived Shilo. And the Army of the Potomac wasn’t involved there anyway. ---
**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/24 "2000-12-17T09:10:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by weirddave \* > \*\*Which general turned down the offered command of the Army of the Patomac, and it cost him his life in his next engagement? \*\* That would be General Reynolds, he was killed at Gettysburg. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/25 "2000-12-17T14:55:32Z")
Right, HTB. Ok,how about this. Stonewall Jackson gets his nickname from the quote " There stands Jackson like a stone wall, rally behind the Virginians!" Who said it? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/26 "2000-12-17T17:50:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by weirddave \* > \*\*Sorry, p-whatever:), wrong. IIRC, Johnson survived Shilo. And the Army of the Potomac wasn’t involved there anyway. > \*\* Actually, Albert Sidney Johnston died the first night of Shiloh- he took a bullet in the leg, and his staff was so horrified and befuddled no one thought to **apply a fricking torniquet** so he bled to death. And the Army of the Potomac was the name for Joseph Johnston’s (Confederate) force around Harper’s Valley, which joined up with Beauregard’s Army of the Shenandoah to fight the (Union) Army of Virginia at First Bull Run/Manassas. Well after the battle, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Shenandoah were merged and called the Army of Northern Virginia; the Union Army of Virginia was re-organized and re-named the Army of the Potomac. So while we think of all the Eastern battles as being fought between a Union Army of the Potomac and a Confederate Army of (Northern) Virginia, at First Bull Run it was reversed. > [@](#): > > Right, HTB. Ok,how about this. Stonewall Jackson gets his nickname from the quote " There stands Jackson like a stone wall, rally behind the Virginians!" Who said it? Brigadier General Barnard Bee. As for the trivia question _I_ asked, I’ll let it sit a while longer for more guesses. ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/27 "2000-12-17T18:24:24Z")
Sorry, John, I don’t know the answer. And you’re right, I got my Johnsons confused. I Know Joe was around later in the war. Hmmmm You seem to be better at this than me 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/28 "2000-12-17T18:52:41Z")
Now, _my_ trivia question- which Confederate General, and which Union General, had the most horses shot out from under them during the course of the war?) Am pretty sure it was Forrest on the Confederate side,7 horse’s I think- don’t know the union general ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955/29 "2000-12-20T02:41:03Z")
Sorry it took so long for the answer- I’ve been sick the last few days. Anyways- the Confederate general who had the most horses shot out from under him was Nathaniel Bedford Forrest, having **29** horses shot out from under him. The Union general was William Tecumseh Sherman, who had a meager 5 by comparison. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-trivia/45955.md?page=1)