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1. What was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's real middle name?

Answer: Jonathan

2. What battle did Union General Ulysses S. Grant refer to when he said, "The South is robbing the cradle and the grave?"

Answer: The Battle of New Market, VA (1864)

3. What Virginian offered command of the U.S. army to Robert E. Lee?

Answer: General Winfield Scott, a native of Dinwiddie County

4. What does the "S" stand for in Ulysses S. Grant?

Answer: Simpson

5. In which Virginia county was Union general George Thomas born?

Answer: Southampton