My son is appearing in his high school play this evening, so there will be a bit of a delay before I can post the correct answers and scores for Week 2, but I'll get them posted either late tonight or sometime tomorrow.
Here are the questions for Week 3. Responses are due by 6 PM EST November 27. As always, please put your answers to all five questions in a single post.
11. What was the highest loss suffered in a single action by any Union regiment in the war? Your answer should name both the regiment and the battle.
12. By what other name was the Battle of Stone's River known?
13. What U.S. Senator invented an artillery projectile and was killed when a sample of his work exploded?
14. What president delivered the speech at the dedication of the Eternal Peace Light Memorial in Gettysburg? What was the date of the dedication (month, day, and year)?
15. (2 point question) What Ohio-born general adopted Tennessee as his home state and died at the Battle of Franklin?
11. What was the highest loss suffered in a single action by any Union regiment in the war? Your answer should name both the regiment and the battle. 1st Minnesota Infantry at Gettysburg, losing 215 men out of 262
12. By what other name was the Battle of Stone's River known? Murfreesboro
13. What U.S. Senator invented an artillery projectile and was killed when a sample of his work exploded? General Charles Tillinghast James of Rhode Island
14. What president delivered the speech at the dedication of the Eternal Peace Light Memorial in Gettysburg? What was the date of the dedication (month, day, and year)? Franklin Roosevelt, July 3, 1938
15. (2 point question) What Ohio-born general adopted Tennessee as his home state and died at the Battle of Franklin? Otho F Strahl
11) 1st Minnesota Infantry - 2 July, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pa.
12) Battle of Murfreesboro
13) Charles T. James of Rhode Island
14) Franklin D. Roosevelt on 3 July, 1938
15) Otho French Strahl
11. What was the highest loss suffered in a single action by any Union regiment in the war? Your answer should name both the regiment and the battle.
<strike>The 1st Maine Heavy Artillery had the dubious distinction of suffering the highest losses of any Union regiment during the war. Petersburg June 16-18, 1864</strike>
12. By what other name was the Battle of Stone's River known?
Murfreesboro
13. What U.S. Senator invented an artillery projectile and was killed when a sample of his work exploded?
Charles Tillinghast James, a Senator from Rhode Island died of wounds that he received from the explosion of a shell of his own manufacture with which he was experimenting at Sag Harbor, N.Y., on October 17, 1862
14. What president delivered the speech at the dedication of the Eternal Peace Light Memorial in Gettysburg? What was the date of the dedication (month, day, and year)?
F.D. Roosevelt July 3rd 1938
15. (2 point question) What Ohio-born general adopted Tennessee as his home state and died at the Battle of Franklin?
11. In the counterattack on the second day at Gettysburg, the 1st Minnesota Infantry lost 82% of its 262 men, the highest loss in a single action of any Union regiment in the war.
12. The Battle of Stone's River was also known as the Battle of Murfreesboro.
13. U.S. Senator Charles T. James invented an artillery projectile and was killed when a sample of his work exploded.
14. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered the speech at the dedication of the Eternal Peace Light Memorial in Gettysburg. The monument was dedicated during the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the battle in July, 1938. I found conflicting sources as to the exact date, one saying the speech was delivered on July 1 and the other saying it was delivered on July 3, so I have accepted either answer.
15. Ohio-born general Otho French Strahl adopted Tennessee as his home state and died at the Battle of Franklin.
I note that several of you gave a different answer to Question #11. I was unable to find any source indicating 1st Maine Heavy Artillery suffered a casualty rate of at least 82% in a single engagement, either at Petersburg or any other battle (remember, the question referred to a single engagement, not the entire war). If any of you can cite such a source, I will accept the answer.
I apologize for not being involved in the last 2 sets of questions ... Putting in a lot of hours at work due to the holidays ... hope now that I have a lull between Turkey day and Christmas that I can work on this weeks questions.
Kat
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