Here are the questions for Week # 6, the final week of Game # 33.
26. Who was the only Union general to win a battle in which Stonewall Jackson commanded the other side?
27. During the Battle of Gettysburg, Gen. George Meade set up headquarters set up headquarters in a farmhouse belonging to Lydia Leister (who had prudently left town). What road ran next to the Leister house?
28. What Confederate soldier, a private in the 2nd Virginia, was killed on his own father’s farm during the Battle of Gettysburg? (I’m looking for last name only. You may cite both his first and last name if you wish, but if you do that and get the first name wrong, you will not receive credit.)
29. Who was the Kansas U.S. Senator who served simultaneously as a U.S. brigadier general? (A word of warning on this question – this man’s name does not appear on the list of Union generals in the Resource Center here on CivilWarTalk. Thanks to RivrRat for supplying this question.)
30. (Two point question) In the cavalry, what was a picket pin used for?
Answers to the questions for Week # 6 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, September 24.
26. This would be our old friend and would-be dualist from wk. 2 #10: James J. Shields, was credited with the win at Kernstown, Va. (tho in baseball parlance, Col. Nathan Kimball would get the save as he finished the battle after Shields was injured) (also in that battle was our other old non-french-horn playing friend: Col. Turner Ashby from wk. 3 #14.
27. The Taneytown Road.
28. I'll call him 'Culp' since we are not on a first name basis (why not?). (The story of 'What's-his-name' Culp is disputed in the book These Honored Dead by Thomas A. Desjardin, and by others.)
29. James H. Lane (Jim) (Grim Chieftan), not to be confused with the other James Henry Lane who was a Confederate general.
30. A picket pin was a sort of a spike (about a foot long) with a ring at the end opposite the pointed end. It was driven into the ground and the cavalryman would teather his horse to it while in the field.
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26. Who was the only Union general to win a battle in which Stonewall Jackson commanded the other side?
Nathan Kimball
27. During the Battle of Gettysburg, Gen. George Meade set up headquarters set up headquarters in a farmhouse belonging to Lydia Leister (who had prudently left town). What road ran next to the Leister house?
Taneytown Road
28. What Confederate soldier, a private in the 2nd Virginia, was killed on his own father’s farm during the Battle of Gettysburg? (I’m looking for last name only. You may cite both his first and last name if you wish, but if you do that and get the first name wrong, you will not receive credit.)
Wesley Culp
29. Who was the Kansas U.S. Senator who served simultaneously as a U.S. brigadier general? (A word of warning on this question – this man’s name does not appear on the list of Union generals in the Resource Center here on CivilWarTalk. Thanks to RivrRat for supplying this question.)
Samuel Crawford INCORRECT
30. (Two point question) In the cavalry, what was a picket pin used for?
A picket pin was an iron spike with a iron ring attached to its flat end to tie the horse to when not in use.
26) James Shields (1st Kernstown)
27) Taneytown Rd.
28) Wesley Culp
29) James Henry Lane
30) It was somewhat like a ten peg except it had a loop at the top. It would be driven into the ground and used to tie up horses like a hitching post would do.
RR
26. Well, it's First Kernstown, March 23, 1862, the only battle Jackson lost in which he commanded. The answer should be James Shield with the caveat that Shield was wounded the previous day and Colonel Nathan Kimball actually commanded Shield's division on the field. Kimball was not commissioned a brigadier general until April 16, 1862, after the battle.
27. Taneytown Road
28. JOHN Wesley Culp Source: Pfanz, Gettysburg - Culp's Hill and Cemetary Hill, pp. 328-29
29. James Henry Lane
30. The picket pin was approximately 14" long and made of iron. It was somewhat like a tent stake with a ring on top. One end of the trooper's lariat was tied to the ring and the other to the horse. The pin was driven in the ground and held the horse in the area when it was picketed. I guess this was more humane than hobbling the horse.
To borrow from the NBA, I love this game, but sometimes a particular question will bring to mind the words of Winston Churchill, "It is a riddle wrapped in mystery inside and enigma."
26- Battle of Kernstown- US Brig Genl Nathan Kimball took over Shields's division when Shields's was wounded by Ashby's cavalry the day before and defeated Jackson's rash attack.
27- Meade's HQ at Gettysburg, Leister house on the Taneytown Road.
28- Culp of Culp's Hill.
29- Kansas Senator and general of the Jayhawkers James Henry Lane.
30- A picket pin's primary purpose is to aid in tethering a horse. It is also a handle to intrenching tools a cavalryman carries and can be used as a shoeing hammer and a clinching iron.
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30. Picket pins were used to picket/tether the horse and hold it in one area while not in use. When a picket pin was driven into the ground like a tent stake, the lariat could be tied through the ring at the top.
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