Gettysburg Quiz – More Fun Facts

Do you know any Gettysburg trivia? Try this quick interactive quiz, “Gettysburg Quiz – More Fun Facts.” It’s a chance to test your knowledge about the class rank and ages of the Union and Confederate generals who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg. Some of the answers may surprise you, since they defy stereotypes about age and success.

Gettysburg Quiz – More Fun Facts

Part A – Class Rank

Credit: Graduation years and class rank data are from Charles Teague, Gettysburg By The Numbers (Gettysburg, PA: Adams County Historical Society, 2006). Synthesis and expression of this data in the form of a quiz is my work.

Union Generals

Confederate Generals

Part B – Age

Credit: Officer ages are from Charles Teague, Gettysburg By The Numbers (Gettysburg, PA: Adams County Historical Society, 2006). Synthesis and expression of this data in the form of a quiz is my work.

After selecting your answers, please click the Submit button after the last question to see how you did. (Your page will reset to the top, so scroll down to see your quiz results.)

This quiz has 10 multiple-choice questions. Good luck!

1. Who was the oldest Union general to fight at Gettysburg, and who was the oldest Confederate general? Select the correct pair, below.

 George S. Greene (USA), William Smith (CSA)

 George G. Meade (USA), Robert E. Lee (CSA)

 James Wadsworth (USA), Richard S. Ewell (CSA)

 Henry Slocum (USA), Edward Johnson (CSA)

2. Which of the following people ranks among the top ten oldest Union generals? (Ordering within each group is not relevant to this question.)

 John Sedgwick, George Meade, John C. Robinson, Adolph von Steinwehr

 Winfield S. Hancock, John Buford, Henry W. Slocum, Alexander Webb

 James Barnes, Lysander Cutler, James S. Wadsworth, Thomas Rowley

 Abner Doubleday, John W. Geary, Alexander Hays, Daniel Sickles

3. Which of the following people ranks among the five youngest Union generals? (Ordering within each group is not relevant to this question.)

 Thomas Ruger, John Gibbon, John Buford, Alfred Pleasonton

 Oliver Howard, Samuel Crawford, David Birney, Winfield Hancock.

 Carl Schurz, Samuel Zook, John Reynolds, Albion Howe.

 Elon Farnsworth, Judson Kilpatrick, Adelbert Ames, Alexander Webb

4. Who was the youngest Union general to fight at Gettysburg, and who was the youngest Confederate general? Select the correct pair, below.

 George A. Custer (USA), Stephen Ramseur (CSA)

 Judson Kilpatrick (USA), William D. Pender (CSA)

 Francis Barlow (USA), Robert Rodes (CSA)

 Alexander Webb (USA), James Lane (CSA)

5. Which of the following people ranks among the top ten oldest Confederate generals? (Ordering within each group is not relevant to this question.)

 Edward Johnson, Richard S. Ewell, Richard Garnett, Harry Hays

 Isaac R. Trimble, Robert E. Lee, William Pendleton, Henry Benning

 William Barksdale, Joseph Kershaw, Cadmus Wilcox, Joseph Davis

 Richard S. Ewell, James Archer, Carnot Posey, James Longstreet

6. Which of the following people ranks among the five youngest Confederate generals? (Ordering within each group is not relevant to this question.)

 Evander Law, Fitzhugh Lee, William D. Pender, James Lane

 James Walker, John B. Hood, George Steuart, Robert E. Rodes

 James Pettigrew, Alfred Iverson, Alfred Scales, Junius Daniel

 William Mahone, Ambrose Wright, Ambrose P. Hill, George E. Pickett

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 Last Update: March 21, 2025 (10:05 am)