I’m going to be traveling later today, so I’ll post the questions for Week 3 early.
Responses to the questions for Week 2 may still be posted until 6 PM this evening, April 16. I probably will not score them until tomorrow.
Here are the questions for Week 3.
11. Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill held several academic positions prior to the Civil War, including that of mathematics professor at Washington College. What academic position did he hold immediately prior to the start of the war?
12. The Union employed a number of artillery pieces during the siege of Petersburg, the largest of which was an 8.5 ton, 13-inch mortar. By what nickname was this piece known?
13. Although the Fugitive Slave Law, still on the books, would have required Union commanders to return any slaves who escaped into Union lines, generally the commanders did not do so, lest the slaves be put back to work building fortifications and entrenchments for the Confederates. To justify circumventing the law, the Union commanders referred to the escaped slaves as “contraband of war.” Who was the first Union commander to employ this term?
14. While the post of chief of staff was common in European armies of the day, the post was unknown in the U.S. Army until George McClellan named his first chief of staff in 1861. Whom did McClellan name to this post? (You will get credit if your answer correctly identifies either the person’s name or his familial relationship to McClellan.)
15. (Two point question) While preparing defenses around Manassas Junction in 1861, P.G.T. Beauregard ordered his signal officer to build four signal towers along Bull Run and at Manassas Junction. Who was the signal officer to whom Beauregard gave this order?
Responses to the questions for Week 3 will be due by 6 PM EDT Saturday, April 23.
11. Daniel Harvey Hill was superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute in 1861.
12. The Dictator
13. General Benjamin F. Butler
14. Randolph B. Marcy, George McClellan’s Father-in-Law.
15. Edward Porter Alexander, Brig. Gen., CSA (1835-1910)
__________________ Mark W. Swarthout, Esq.
GGGrandson of Pvt. John W. Swarthout, Company E, 148th NYVI - Wounded at Cold Harbor.
GGGGrandson of Pvt. Henry Stephens, Company D, 137th NYVI - Wounded at Culp's Hill, Gettysburg.
11) Superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute
12) The Dictator (aka The Petersburg Express)
13) Benjamin Butler
14) His father-in-law, Randolph B. Marcy
15) Edward Porter Alexander
1. D.H HILL was superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute
2. Dictator
3. General Nathaniel Banks INCORRECT
4. Randolph Marcy his father in law
5. Edward Porter Alexander
11. Superintendent North Carolina Military Institute
12. The Dictator
13. Benjamin F. Butler
14. McClellan's father-in-law, Randolph B. Marcy
15. Edward Porter Alexander
11. Confederate general Daniel Harvey Hill held several academic positions prior to the Civil War, including that of mathematics professor at Washington College. What academic position did he hold immediately prior to the start of the war?
Superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute
12. The Union employed a number of artillery pieces during the siege of Petersburg, the largest of which was an 8.5 ton, 13-inch mortar. By what nickname was this piece known?
Dictator
13. Although the Fugitive Slave Law, still on the books, would have required Union commanders to return any slaves who escaped into Union lines, generally the commanders did not do so, lest the slaves be put back to work building fortifications and entrenchments for the Confederates. To justify circumventing the law, the Union commanders referred to the escaped slaves as “contraband of war.” Who was the first Union commander to employ this term?
GENERAL BUTLER
14. While the post of chief of staff was common in European armies of the day, the post was unknown in the U.S. Army until George McClellan named his first chief of staff in 1861. Whom did McClellan name to this post? (You will get credit if your answer correctly identifies either the person’s name or his familial relationship to McClellan.)
Randolph B. Marcy ( Father in law )
15. (Two point question) While preparing defenses around Manassas Junction in 1861, P.G.T. Beauregard ordered his signal officer to build four signal towers along Bull Run and at Manassas Junction. Who was the signal officer to whom Beauregard gave this order?
11. D.H. Hill's last academic position before joining the Confederate Army was superintendent of the North Carolina Military Institute.
12. As all of our players knew, the largest artillery piece used in the siege of Petersburg was known as “The Dictator.”
13. When three slaves belonging to a Confederate colonel escaped into Union lines near Fort Monroe, VA in 1861 and the colonel requested their return, Gen. Benjamin Butler refused, declaring “I shall hold these Negroes as contraband of war.” Lincoln, upon hearing about this, referred to it as "Butler's Fugitive Slave Law."
14. George McClellan’s first chief of staff was his father-in-law, Colonel (and later General) Randolph Marcy. McClellan had served with Marcy in the West prior to the Civil War. As a result of that service, McClellan acquired both his wife and his respect for Marcy's administrative capabilities.
15. Beauregard’s signal officer prior to the first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) was Captain E. Porter Alexander, later to become renowned as a commander of artillery.
The scores after Week 3:
Aggie80 18
Cindyscoops 18
Raggedrebel 18
Sarladaise 18
Traveller 15
Dawna 13
ewc 12
Max 11
Texaswildcat 8
Sockknitter 6
Dawna questioned whether "superintendent" was an "academic" position. She believed it was not, which is why she searched around for a teaching position Hill had held, other than the one at Washington College, and found that he had also taught at Davidson.
I was operating under the assumption that an "academic" position would be any administrative or teaching position at a school or college. I checked my dictionary and found that there's one definition that would support my point of view, but there's another definition that says an "academic" is a teacher or a student. Under the first definition, a superintendent would be an academic, and under the second, a superintendent would not be an academic.
Therefore, I will give Dawna credit for her answer. All those of you who cited Hill's service as superintendent of NCMI will also retain credit for your answers.
Revised scores after Week 3:
Aggie80 18
Cindyscoops 18
Raggedrebel 18
Sarladaise 18
Traveller 15
Dawna 14
ewc 12
Max 11
Texaswildcat 8
Sockknitter 6
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