Trivia Game # 29 - Week 2

[dawna]

6. Thaddeus Lowe

7. Daniel Adams Butterfield

8. Secretary of the Navy - Gideon Welles

9. Marshall House

10. Louisa Volker

[cindyscoops]

6. Thaddeus Lowe

7. Daniel Butterfield

8. Gideon Welles

9. Marshall House hotel; Alexandria, Virgina.

10. Louisa E. Volker

[bill_torrens]

6. Thaddeus Lowe

7. Dan Butterfield

8. Gideon Welles

9. The Marshall House, Alexandria

10. Louisa E. Volker

[hoosier]

Here are the correct answers for Week 2.

6. Thaddeus Lowe referred to himself as the "first prisoner of the Civil War." (See ewc's post for details.)

7. Gen. Daniel Butterfield is credited with composing the familiar bugle call, "Taps."

8. During the Civil War, Washington insiders referred to Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles as "Father Neptune."

9. I can see that I didn't word this question as well as I should have, but I didn't fool anybody. Cpl. Francis Brownell, by his action at Alexandria, VA, became the first man to perform an action during the Civil War for which he earned the Congressional Medal of Honor. Since I only asked "where" he performed the action and didn't specify that I was looking for city and state, "Marshall House" is an acceptable answer.

10. Louisa Volker of Missouri became the first female ever to be employed as a military telegrapher during the Civil War.

Welcome to new players Sarladaise and Darrin365.

Here are the scores after Week 2.

Aggie80 12
Bill_torrens 12
Cindyscoops 12
dbardes87 12
ewc 12
Raggedrebel 12
Traveller 8
Darrin365 6
Dawna 6
Sarladaise 6
Texaswildcat 5