# Which Civil War general are you? (A quiz) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843 "2003-09-10T21:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/41 "2003-09-11T14:54:12Z")
I think Sedgwick should be included. “You frequently shoot your mouth off at exactly the wrong time.” ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/42 "2003-09-11T15:12:29Z")
I’m a Grant, tool ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/43 "2003-09-11T15:21:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jackelope \* > \*\*WTF?? I’m born in Atlanta, live 25 of my 31 years in various parts of the South, have a great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate soldier (and valiantly, um, surrendered at Pensacola), and _I get a Union general_??? > > 😃 > > I’m McClellan, probaly for the same reason as **Colibri** and **Sternvogel**. \*\* Well, it makes sense. McClellan probably did more to keep the Confederacy in the game as long as it was than anyone _besides_ Lee. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/44 "2003-09-11T15:56:50Z")
Quizilla apparently limits you to 8 possible answers, so that’s why there’s so much overlap. Otherwise my brother says he would’ve included more of the obscure ones. ---
**Author:** ![FitzSquick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e19b73/32.png) [@FitzSquick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FitzSquick)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/45 "2003-09-11T16:28:22Z")
’ Nother Sherman checking in here. Not much of a surprise to me really - I grew up in a military family. - My grandfather and father were both WW II vets and my uncle was a vet of both Korea and Vietnam. My grandfather in particular, took great pains to make my views of “War and the glory thereof” real ones. Fitz ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/46 "2003-09-11T17:18:36Z")
Lee Good, now I can go to Stratford and tell everyone to get the hell out of my house (I’ve always wanted a big house on the river). ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843/47 "2003-09-11T18:31:20Z")
[nitpick] > [@](#): > > Jackson was killed at the battle of Chancellorsvile, shot by his own men by mistake. He died from complications some time after that battle. [Cite.](http://www.nps.gov/frsp/js.htm) The above quote sounds as if he was killed on the spot. [/nitpick] Carry on. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-civil-war-general-are-you-a-quiz/200843.md?page=2)