I'm going to go ahead and post the questions for Week 4. Responses to the questions for Week 3 may still be posted until 6 PM EDT June 4.
16. What Civil War general was known as the “Battling Bishop?”
17. What was the first state capital to be captured by enemy forces during the Civil War?
18. Early Northern reports of the Federal victory at Ft. Donelson claimed, incorrectly, that Confederate generals Simon Bolivar Buckner, Albert Sidney Johnston, Gideon Pillow, and John B. Floyd had all been captured. Which of those four actually was captured at Ft. Donelson?
19. Following the Battle of Fredericksburg, two Union generals, John Newton and John Cochrane, traveled to Washington in late December 1862 for the purpose of complaining to their Congressmen about Burnside’s conduct of the battle. When they arrived, they found that their Congressmen weren’t available because Congress was in the midst of its customary holiday break. Why was it particularly remarkable that Cochrane failed to anticipate that this would be the case?
20. (Two point question) Visitors to Gettysburg can find a monument to Union artillery Lt. Alonzo Cushing, who was killed at the Angle during Pickett’s Charge. What was the result of the secret mission undertaken by Cushing’s brother in October 1864?
Answers to the questions for Week 4 will be due by 6 PM Saturday, June 11
16. What Civil War general was known as the “Battling Bishop?”
That would be Leonidus Polk
17. What was the first state capital to be captured by enemy forces during the Civil War?
Confederate...Baton Rouge in 1862 INCORRECT
18. Early Northern reports of the Federal victory at Ft. Donelson claimed, incorrectly, that Confederate generals Simon Bolivar Buckner, Albert Sidney Johnston, Gideon Pillow, and John B. Floyd had all been captured. Which of those four actually was captured at Ft. Donelson?
Buckner was abandoned and surrendered the fort
19. Following the Battle of Fredericksburg, two Union generals, John Newton and John Cochrane, traveled to Washington in late December 1862 for the purpose of complaining to their Congressmen about Burnside’s conduct of the battle. When they arrived, they found that their Congressmen weren’t available because Congress was in the midst of its customary holiday break. Why was it particularly remarkable that Cochrane failed to anticipate that this would be the case?
Cochrane had been a congressman himself. You think he would have known the legislative calender
20. (Two point question) Visitors to Gettysburg can find a monument to Union artillery Lt. Alonzo Cushing, who was killed at the Angle during Pickett’s Charge. What was the result of the secret mission undertaken by Cushing’s brother in October 1864?
In April 1864, William Cushing sank the ironclad Albemarle with a small topedo boat. He was the only survivor
Answers to the questions for Week 4 will be due by 6 PM Saturday, June 11
19. He used to be a US Congressman himself; term ended in March 1861.
20. Destruction of ironclad CSS Albemarle. "Congress commended Cushing for his bravery and enterprise, and promoted him to Lieutenant Commander. Edward J. Houghton, the only other man to escape death or capture, was awarded the medal of honor." from navychronology1864b
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16. Confederate general Leonidas K. Polk, a bishop in the Episcopal Church, was known as the “Battling Bishop.”
17. Nashville, TN was captured by Union troops in March 1862, making it the first state capital to be captured by enemy troops. Baton Rouge was captured later that year.
18. Buckner was the only one of the four to be captured at Fort Donelson. Pillow and Floyd slipped away by boat before the fort surrendered. There was a Johnston captured at Donelson, but it was Bushrod Johnston, not Albert Sidney, who was not at the fort during the course of the siege.
19. Cochrane was a former two-term Congressman from New York, so he should have known that Congress normally took a break at that time of year.
20. Alonzo’s brother, Navy Lt. William B. Cushing, led a mission that resulted in the sinking of the ironclad CSS Albemarle with a hand-controlled torpedo.
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