Battle of Nashville - Quiz
Battle of Nashville
  • 1. Which organization erected the memorial at Shy's Hill?
A) Minnesota Civil War Commemoration Task Force
B) Metropolitan Historical Commission
C) Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
D) Land Trust for Tennessee
  • 2. How many flags are included in the memorial at Shy's Hill?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 3. Which state flag is displayed at the Shy's Hill memorial?
A) Kentucky
B) Minnesota
C) Tennessee
D) Georgia
  • 4. When was the marker honoring Minnesota regiments dedicated on Shy's Hill?
A) November 16, 1864
B) November 16, 2014
C) November 16, 2007
D) December 15, 2014
  • 5. Where are bullet holes believed to be present on the Belle Meade Plantation?
A) The roof of the mansion
B) Walls of the main hallway
C) Columns on the front porch
D) The back garden fence
  • 6. Who used the Belmont Mansion as his headquarters?
A) General William Sherman
B) General Thomas Woods
C) General John Bell Hood
D) General George Thomas
  • 7. What was the purpose of the Belmont Water Tower during the battle?
A) Signal station
B) Artillery platform
C) Hospital
D) Ammunition storage
  • 8. Which site served as the headquarters of the Army of Tennessee?
A) Glen Leven
B) Sunnyside
C) Belle Meade Plantation
D) Travellers Rest
  • 9. Where is the Sunnyside antebellum home located?
A) Downtown Nashville
B) Franklin Pike
C) 12 South District
D) Charlotte Pike
  • 10. What was the function of Sunnyside after the first day of the battle?
A) Hospital
B) Union headquarters
C) Confederate headquarters
D) Signal station
  • 11. Which organization is headquartered at Sunnyside?
A) Metropolitan Historical Commission
B) Metropolitan Board of Parks and Recreation
C) Land Trust for Tennessee
D) Battle of Nashville Preservation Society
  • 12. In what year was Glen Leven built?
A) 1857
B) 1862
C) 1870
D) 1864
  • 13. Which family donated Glen Leven to the Land Trust for Tennessee?
A) The Negley family
B) The Belmont family
C) The Thompson family
D) The Belle family
  • 14. How many acres were donated with the Glen Leven estate?
A) 65 acres
B) 50 acres
C) 20 acres
D) 100 acres
  • 15. Which building served as a hospital and is currently used by the Metropolitan Historical Commission?
A) Sunnyside
B) Travellers Rest
C) Downtown Presbyterian Church
D) Glen Leven
  • 16. Who built the Fort Negley fortification?
A) African-Americans
B) Confederate soldiers
C) The Tennessee state militia
D) Union volunteer engineers
  • 17. During which years was Fort Negley built?
A) 1864–1865
B) 1860–1861
C) 1862–1863
D) 1857–1858
  • 18. Where are many Union dead from the battle buried?
A) Nashville City Cemetery
B) Fort Negley
C) Travellers Rest
D) Glen Leven
  • 19. What is visible at Kelley's Point?
A) A massive memorial statue
B) Remains of earthworks
C) A restored military hospital
D) The headquarters of the Army of Tennessee
  • 20. Where are the guns that fired the first shots in the battle located?
A) Fort Negley
B) Shy's Hill
C) Belle Meade Plantation
D) Kelley's Point
  • 21. Which road did Wilson's Cavalry Corps use to move west?
A) Charlotte Pike
B) Brown's Creek Road
C) Granny White Pike
D) Hillsboro Pike
  • 22. Where did a cavalry action involving three to four hundred troopers take place?
A) Brown's Creek
B) Belle Meade Plantation
C) Montgomery Hill
D) The Cumberland River
  • 23. Which corps followed Smith's detachment as a reserve force?
A) Lee's Corps
B) Schofield's XXIII Corps
C) IV Corps
D) Wilson's Cavalry Corps
  • 24. At approximately what time did Union troops attack the five Confederate redoubts?
A) 12:00 pm
B) 10:00 am
C) 2:30 pm
D) 4:30 pm
  • 25. Which redoubt's defenders offered spirited resistance before being overrun?
A) Redoubt No. 5
B) Redoubt No. 1
C) Redoubt No. 4
D) Redoubt No. 2
  • 26. Who was the highest-ranking Union officer killed in the battle?
A) Schofield
B) Thomas
C) Col. Sylvester G. Hill
D) Smith
  • 27. Col. Sylvester G. Hill was killed by artillery fire from which redoubt?
A) Redoubt No. 2
B) Redoubt No. 5
C) Redoubt No. 4
D) Redoubt No. 3
  • 28. Which corps was tasked with a frontal assault from Granny White and Hillsboro Pikes?
A) Wilson's Cavalry
B) IV Corps
C) XVI Corps
D) XXIII Corps
  • 29. Where were the Confederates originally supposed to have their defensive line?
A) Cumberland River
B) Charlotte Pike
C) Montgomery Hill
D) Belle Meade
  • 30. Which redoubt was captured by troops coming from the north, south, and west?
A) Redoubt No. 1
B) Redoubt No. 5
C) Redoubt No. 2
D) Redoubt No. 4
  • 31. Which Confederate corps was reported as 'wrecked' by the day's fighting?
A) Stewart's Corps
B) Wilson's Corps
C) Cheatham's Corps
D) Lee's Corps
  • 32. What prevented the Confederate retreat from becoming a rout?
A) Rearguard actions by Lee's Corps
B) A strong defensive wall
C) The weather conditions
D) Reinforcements from Stewart's Corps
  • 33. What terrain feature was on the north side of the original Confederate line?
A) The Cumberland River
B) Charlotte Pike
C) Hillsboro Pike
D) Brown's Creek
  • 34. Which division provided the two brigades for the Union diversionary attack?
A) Steedman's Provisional Division
B) Lee's Corps
C) Cheatham's Corps
D) The Army of the Cumberland's main infantry corps
  • 35. What type of troops made up the First Colored Brigade?
A) United States Colored Troops
B) Foreign mercenaries
C) Elite cavalry units
D) Experienced veteran infantry from the East
  • 36. How did the commander describe the white brigade participating in the attack?
A) New conscripts, convalescents, and bounty jumpers
B) Highly trained engineering specialists
C) The finest marksmen in the Union army
D) Veteran units from the Western theater
  • 37. Which Confederate brigade manned the lunette on December 14?
A) Hood's personal bodyguard unit
B) Lee's Alabama Brigade
C) Granbury's Texas Brigade
D) Cheatham's Tennessee Brigade
  • 38. What feature helped mask Granbury's Lunette from the Union troops?
A) Stone walls built by local farmers
B) Heavy clouds of smoke from the railroad
C) A thick layer of morning fog
D) Trees and brush
  • 39. What was the ultimate result of Steedman's attack despite its failure as a distraction?
A) It took fortifications that made Hood's left untenable
B) It resulted in the capture of General Hood
C) It forced an immediate Confederate surrender
D) It caused the total destruction of the Confederate cavalry
  • 40. What prior role did the United States Colored Troops in Steedman's division have?
A) Frontline shock troops
B) Garrison troops or railroad guards
C) Artillery gunners on naval vessels
D) Scouts and long-range snipers
  • 41. Where did the Union and Confederate forces engage shortly before the Battle of Nashville?
A) Atlanta
B) Franklin
C) Chattanooga
D) Savannah
  • 42. Approximately how many men did Thomas have at Nashville?
A) 100,000
B) 55,000
C) 10,000
D) 31,000
  • 43. What provided a natural defensive barrier on the north and east sides of Nashville?
A) A series of mountain ridges
B) The Harpeth River
C) A dense forest
D) The Cumberland River
  • 44. What did Edgar Jones compare the Confederate soldiers' shelters to?
A) Tents
B) Graves
C) Deep caverns
D) Stable stalls
  • 45. Who commanded the Confederate cavalry forces that were sent away from Nashville?
A) Alexander P. Stewart
B) John Bell Hood
C) Benjamin F. Cheatham
D) Nathan Bedford Forrest
  • 46. Who commanded the Detachment of the Army of the Tennessee?
A) John M. Schofield
B) James H. Wilson
C) James B. Steedman
D) Andrew J. Smith
  • 47. Which officer commanded the Provisional Detachment of the District of the Etowah?
A) George H. Thomas
B) Andrew J. Smith
C) Thomas J. Wood
D) James B. Steedman
  • 48. Which of these men was a division commander under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield?
A) Edward M. McCook
B) Kenner Garrard
C) Darius N. Couch
D) Washington Lafayette Elliott
  • 49. Who commanded the Provisional Division under James B. Steedman?
A) Jonathan B. Moore
B) Edward Hatch
C) Joseph F. Knipe
D) Charles Cruft
  • 50. Which cavalry division commander served under James H. Wilson?
A) Samuel Beatty
B) Washington Lafayette Elliott
C) Edward Hatch
D) John McArthur
  • 51. Who was the Union general that Grant planned to send to replace Thomas?
A) John A. Logan
B) Henry Halleck
C) James H. Wilson
D) William T. Sherman
  • 52. What weather event delayed the battle starting on December 8?
A) A heavy thunderstorm
B) Extreme heat
C) A bitter ice storm
D) Thick fog
  • 53. Where did Confederate batteries block the Cumberland River?
A) Murfreesboro
B) Louisville
C) Franklin
D) Bell's Bend
  • 54. Who commanded the Union naval squadron at Nashville?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) LeRoy Fitch
C) James H. Wilson
D) John A. Logan
  • 55. Where did Ulysses S. Grant go when he left Petersburg on December 14?
A) Chicago
B) Louisville
C) Washington
D) Nashville
  • 56. Who was the commander of the 20th Tennessee Infantry who died defending his namesake hill?
A) Benjamin Cheatham
B) John Bell Hood
C) William M. Shy
D) Stephen D. Lee
  • 57. What cavalry brigade patrolled to the south of Cheatham's Corps?
A) Forrest's
B) Rucker's
C) Hampton's
D) Wheeler's
  • 58. Which Union general was leading the cavalry that was very active on the Confederate left and rear?
A) McArthur
B) Schofield
C) Wilson
D) Thomas
  • 59. Who did Thomas direct to make an attack on the western face of Shy's Hill?
A) McArthur
B) Wilson
C) Schofield
D) Smith
  • 60. What time of day were the Union forces trying to beat before Hood could retreat?
A) Sunrise
B) Midnight
C) Sunset
D) Midday
  • 61. How many minutes notice did McArthur give before his division began the attack?
A) Thirty minutes
B) Ten minutes
C) One hour
D) Five minutes
  • 62. What blocked Granny White Pike during the retreat?
A) Wilson's cavalry
B) Steedman's infantry
C) A pontoon bridge
D) The Harpeth River
  • 63. At which location did Hood finally get his army across the Tennessee River?
A) Bainbridge
B) Nashville
C) Columbia
D) Franklin
  • 64. How many Federal soldiers were reported killed in the Battle of Nashville?
A) 4,561
B) 387
C) 2,562
D) 112
  • 65. What was the effective strength of the Army of Tennessee reported by Hood on January 20?
A) 18,742
B) 38,000
C) 2,000
D) 15,000
  • 66. Which historian claimed that John Bell Hood killed his army at Nashville?
A) The Ladies Battlefield Association
B) David Eicher
C) The State of Minnesota
D) Giuseppe Moretti
  • 67. Where did Hood retreat after the Battle of Nashville?
A) Nashville, Tennessee
B) Atlanta, Georgia
C) Tupelo, Mississippi
D) Franklin, Tennessee
  • 68. When did Hood resign his command?
A) January 13, 1865
B) January 13, 1866
C) July 4, 1865
D) December 15, 1864
  • 69. Who created the Battle of Nashville monument in 1927?
A) David Eicher
B) Giuseppe Moretti
C) The Ladies Battlefield Association
D) The State of Minnesota
  • 70. What natural event severely damaged the Battle of Nashville monument in 1974?
A) An earthquake
B) A flood
C) A fire
D) A tornado
  • 71. In what year was the Battle of Nashville monument relocated to its current site?
A) 1927
B) 2006
C) 1999
D) 1974
  • 72. Which neighborhood is mentioned as being located on top of the battlefield?
A) Brentwood
B) Memphis
C) Chattanooga
D) Knoxville
  • 73. Who commissioned the 1927 Battle of Nashville monument?
A) The Ladies Battlefield Association
B) The United States government
C) The State of Minnesota
D) Civic leaders of Nashville
  • 74. Where is Granbury's Lunette located?
A) Abbott–Martin Road
B) Benham Avenue
C) Benton Smith Drive
D) 190 Polk Avenue
  • 75. Where is Redoubt No. 1 located?
A) Benton Smith Drive
B) Benham Avenue in Green Hills
C) Polk Avenue
D) Hobbs Road
  • 76. What caused the destruction of most of Redoubt No. 4 in the 1950s?
A) Installation of a water tower
B) Home construction
C) Highway expansion
D) Railroad construction
  • 77. When were Confederate dead reinterred at Mount Olivet Cemetery?
A) 1950
B) 1900
C) 1889
D) 1868
  • 78. In what year was the large monument erected at Mount Olivet?
A) 1955
B) 1889
C) 1868
D) 1910
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