Sample Questions from the Licensed Battlefield Guide Written Exam

PART A

1. Rodes' Division was confronted an Oak Ridge by __________ Division.

2. On July 2, the left of Ward's Brigade, Birney's Division, __________ Corps, rested on Devil's Den.

3. The insignia of the 3rd Division of each union corps was ____________ in color.

4. The 10 pounder __________ was a cast iron gun with a wrought iron jacket around the breech.

5. McLaws' Division attacked about an hour after Hood's advance. True ___ False ___

6. Most southern white families owned slaves. True ___ False ___

7. The effective range of a smooth bore 12 pounder was about

(a) 1/2 mile. (b) 2/3 mile, (c) 1 mile, (d) 1 1/2 mile.

8. The park was administered between 1864 and 1865 by

(a) a commission, (b) the War Department,
(c) Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association, (d) the Battlefield guide Association.

PART B: MATCHING
a. architect..............................................1. union battery
b. six cannon ..........................................2. parrot cannon
c. breech-loading cannon ........................3. Gettysburg National Military Park
d. General Newton ................................ 4. Cyclorama
e. High Water Mark .............................. 5. Whitworth rifle
f. General Barlow ...................................6. General Gordon
g. Philippoteaux .....................................7. First Corps
h. jacketed breech
i. 400 yards
j. spent ball