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[hoosier]

Montgomery, AL

[ivan]

Montgomery, Alabama; - or Charleston, SC (The South Carolina State House) - well, let's say Abbeville...

[lorrierivette]

Abbeville, South Carolina.

SouthernHeart Lorrie

[traveller]

Montgomery, Alabama

[civilwartalk]

Yesterday's Question: What town bills itself as the "Birthplace of the Confederacy"? The correct answer is Abbeville, SC. However, I've also accepted Montgomery, AL which is considered the "Cradle of the Confederacy".

Here is today's one point question:

How is it rumored that Brevet Brig. Gen. Wilson Thomas died during the Battle of Baton Rouge?

Expect the next trivia question to be posted tomorrow at about 7AM EDT. Please post your answer to this question before that time. Thank you!

Our Trivia Prize for Game #20:
I think what we will do, since our Gettysburg trip was a bust, and we need to keep paying the bills, Ami will make and ship out some homemade chocolates to MFSCW, and do the same for the November prize as well.

Final Scores for Game #20:
http://www.civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/8266.html

How to Play The Game:
http://civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/6517.html

PS: This trivia game is open to new players, you may join at any time. To register to play, please click the "Profile" link at the top of the page, and then choose "Registration". Follow the prompts and when you finish you will be able to post your answer in the "Add a Message" box below. Thanks!

GOOD LUCK!

[civilwartalk]

Okay, looks like I goofed, instead of Wilson Thomas, try looking up Thomas Wilson! It was early in the morning, I was tired and not thinking straight. Sorry bout that.

I'll give everyone till Saturday to answer this question.

[civilwartalk]

Wilson, Williams? Sheesh, I think I hate this question. I created the the question from information found in Webb Garrison's "More Civil War Curiosities". I'm not sure why I goofed on the name the first time around, but on the second try I posted the name as it is printed in the book.

Turns out the guy killed at Baton Rouge was named Thomas Willaims (I think) and the rumor that I was looking for was that his men disliked him and held him in front of a cannon as it was fired at the enemy positions, killing him. However, that is just a rumor, and probably not true.

This isn't the first time a Webb Garrison book had bad information, I've posted a number of trivia question based on information I found in his books, and about a third of the time, the information used to create the trivia questions was flawed.

I'd suggest that everyone avoid Garrison's books, they just aren't historically accurate, and I'd hate to see anyone get pushed into the same corner I was in yesterday. Ouch! They aren't worth the paper they're printed on. I'm considering finding a nice stinky trash-can for the three Garrison books I own.

I haven't decided what to do with your answers to this question, perhaps I'll just make it a no-score question....

Sorry for all the confusion this question caused...

[civilwartalk]

Yesterday's Question: Ha! Yeah, right!

Here is today's one point question:

What embarrassing position was guerrilla fighter Harry Gilmor when he was captured?

Expect the next trivia question to be posted tomorrow at about 7AM EDT. Please post your answer to this question before that time. Thank you!

Our Trivia Prize for Game #20:
I think what we will do, since our Gettysburg trip was a bust, and we need to keep paying the bills, Ami will make and ship out some homemade chocolates to MFSCW, and do the same for the November prize as well.

Final Scores for Game #20:
http://www.civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/8266.html

How to Play The Game:
http://civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/6517.html

PS: This trivia game is open to new players, you may join at any time. To register to play, please click the "Profile" link at the top of the page, and then choose "Registration". Follow the prompts and when you finish you will be able to post your answer in the "Add a Message" box below. Thanks!

GOOD LUCK!

[raggedrebel]

He was in bed with a woman (Moorefield,Va.).

RR

[mfscw]

he was caught in bed with a woman...or to put it another way; "horizontal refreshments"<g>

[crowbar]

>>> He was sharing a bed with a woman and was caught in his night cloths.<<<

[hoosier]

Gilmor was in bed when he was captured.

[sgtabj]

In Moorefield. VA, he was caught.....ummmm in the bed of a "lady" where he should not have been caught...

[civilwartalk]

Yesterday's Question: What embarrassing position was guerrilla fighter Harry Gilmor when he was captured? He was caught in bed with a woman when he was captured.

Here is today's one point question:

What Union naval officer was court-martialed for capturing a Confederate ship?

Expect the next trivia question to be posted tomorrow at about 9AM EDT. Please post your answer to this question before that time. Thank you!

Our Trivia Prize for Game #20:
I think what we will do, since our Gettysburg trip was a bust, and we need to keep paying the bills, Ami will make and ship out some homemade chocolates to MFSCW, and do the same for the November prize as well.

Final Scores for Game #20:
http://www.civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/8266.html

How to Play The Game:
http://civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/6517.html

PS: This trivia game is open to new players, you may join at any time. To register to play, please click the "Profile" link at the top of the page, and then choose "Registration". Follow the prompts and when you finish you will be able to post your answer in the "Add a Message" box below. Thanks!

GOOD LUCK!

[skirmish]

Commander Napoleon Collins was court-martialed for his capturing of the Confederate ship Florida. SOmething to do with Neutrality

[raggedrebel]

Napoleon Collins, USS Wachusett, was court-martialed for illegally seizing CSS Florida while in a the neutral port of Bahia, Brazil. But the court martial was just window dressing and nothing really happened to Collins (wink,wink!).
RR

(Message edited by admin on November 10, 2002)

[sgtabj]

Napoleon Collins

[mfscw]

Napoleon Collins.
There are some nice repros of carte de vista's on this link for those interested.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/p...c/n-collns.htm

[civilwartalk]

Yesterday's Question: What Union naval officer was court-martialed for capturing a Confederate ship? Commander Napoleon Collins

Here is today's two point question:

What Confederate defeat did the people of Cherbourg, France witness in June of 1864?

Expect the next trivia question to be posted tomorrow at about 7AM EDT. Please post your answer to this question before that time. Thank you!

Our Trivia Prize for Game #20:
I think what we will do, since our Gettysburg trip was a bust, and we need to keep paying the bills, Ami will make and ship out some homemade chocolates to MFSCW, and do the same for the November prize as well.

Final Scores for Game #20:
http://www.civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/8266.html

How to Play The Game:
http://civilwartalk.com/bbs/messages/2/6517.html

PS: This trivia game is open to new players, you may join at any time. To register to play, please click the "Profile" link at the top of the page, and then choose "Registration". Follow the prompts and when you finish you will be able to post your answer in the "Add a Message" box below. Thanks!

GOOD LUCK!

[crowbar]

Sinking of the 'Alabama' by the U.S.S. 'Kearsarge'

Drawing by Fred S. Cozzens, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897, depicting the action between USS Kearsarge and CSS Alabama, off Cherbourg, France, 19 June 1864.

(I was trying to put the drawing in here to "but" it wouldn't let me. Sorry)

[mfscw]

The Alabama.Commanded by Raphael Semmes {in my opinion one of the most talented naval figures in history}The Confederate cruiser called at Singapore in December 1863, but soon was back at sea to continue her commerce raiding. However, Alabama was increasingly in need of an overhaul and only captured a few ships in 1864. On 11 June of that year, Captain Semmes brought her to Cherbourg, France, for repairs. The Union steam sloop Kearsarge soon arrived off the port, and, on 19 June the Alabama steamed out to do battle. In an hour of intense combat, she was reduced to a sinking wreck by the Kearsarge's guns. As Alabama disappeared beneath the surface, her surviving crewmen were rescued by the victorious Federal warship and by the English yacht Deerhound. Her wreck was located by the French Navy in the 1980s

[sgtabj]

The sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsarge......

[ivan]

USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864

[aggie80]

The USS Kearsarge defeated the CSS Alabama in a ship to ship duel on 19 June 1864 outside the harbor.

[snoopy]

The sinking of the CSS Alabama by the USS Kearsarge.