Oh well, doesn't look like this quiz got any popularity votes. But then again, credit is due to the fact that maybe it is a tough quiz ;-)

Anyway, here be the interesting answers to what I thought was an interesting quiz.

Who killed the first Union officer, Major Theodore Winthrop?

B.)(black Confederate)Pvt. Sam Ashe, 1st North Carolina

In celebration of Black History Month 2006, the answer is B. Private Sam Ashe killed the first Union officer of the war, Major Theodore Winthrop who was a famous abolitionist. This was at the battle of Big Bethel.

Where was the most lop sided victory in the Civil War where the much smaller force beat a larger force?

D.)Sabine Pass-Confederate Victory

Jefferson Davis called this battle one of the most significant engagements of the war between the states. A company of Texans, forty-four strong called the Davis guards (company F of the 1st Texas Heavy Artillery) soundly defeated a large Union invasion force of seventeen vessles and four thousand Federals that were headed up the Sabine River to invade Texas. Lieutenant Downling and his men sunk two of these vessels and captured over two hundred of the Federals with no casualties of their own. The victory was so complete offering further proof of Southern invincibility that the men if the Davis Company received the only Confederate Medals of Honor issued during the war. (These were made from Mexico coins.) One was sent to Jefferson Davis, who the men had great admiration for. This was the most lop sided victory of the war.

What was the name of the first air craft carrier in history?

B.)The CSS Teaser

This Confederate man of war carried arial balloons for the use of observation and was dubbed the first air craft Carrier in history.

How many Union veterans later became president?*bonus* What were their names?

Five.
U.S. Grant, McKinley, Rutherford B. Hayes, Garfield, and Benjamin Harrison

There were also movements for Sherman to be president but he said that he would neither run for or accept a party nomination. Hancock, hero of Gettysburg ran for president on the Democrat ticket but it was said America was getting weary of Civil War hero presidents. Also, there was a big movement in favor of Lee becoming president. However, Lee himself was not in favor of this position. And him not being a citizen of the U.S. also was an issue.

Name the river that was the western boundary of the Confederacy.
A.)Colorado River

The Colorado River was the western battle of the Confederacy. The Confederate territory of Arizona stretched from West Texas to California. The Confederacy's boundary was only seventy miles from the Pacific Ocean (the gulf of Baja California).

What was the highest point in the Union in the civil war?

B.)Mt. Whitney-California 14,505 feet

This remained the highest point in the United States until the 1950s when Alaska became a state. Then Mt. McKinley, named after a Civil War veteran President became the tallest at over 21,000 feet.

What was the highest point in the Confederacy?

C.)Mt. Sierra Blanca-Arizona territory

Mt. Sierra Blanca (elevation 12,003) was the highest mountain in the Confederacy located in the Territory of Arizona which is now a part of the state of New Mexico. Some people do not know that the land below 34 degrees latitude in today's southern Arizona and New Mexico was in the Civil War, the Arizona Territory of the Confederacy. The territory had its own ordnance of Secession and its capital was in Tucson.

What was the highest elevation where a battle was fought?
D.)Glorieta Pass-New Mexico territory

This battle was fought when the Confederate army under general Sibley invaded the U.S. territory of New Mexico. This battle that was fought about 100 miles north of the Confederate territory of Arizona was called Glorieta Pass, New Mexico elevation 7,000 feet above sea level.