Here are the questions for the fourth week of Game # 34.
16. What personal service did Leonidas Polk perform for John Bell Hood at Dalton, GA late on the evening of May 11, 1864?
17. On Nov. 21, 1864, Lincoln wrote a famous letter to Mrs. Lydia Bixby, consoling her on the death of her five sons; however, the reports on which he based his letter were inaccurate. How many of Mrs. Bixby’s sons were actually killed during the Civil War?
18. What Civil War general is buried at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello?
19. What were chevaux-des-frises?
20. (Two-point question) Who was the only Cabinet officer appointed during Lincoln’s second term?
Answers to the questions for Week 4 will be due by 6 PM on Saturday, October 22.
17. 2, Charles and Oliver (the others were discharged, desereted and/or captured, according to various accounts). (See CWT 05-23-02)
18. George Wythe Randolph
19. These were obstructions built to place in front of fortifications or entrenchments - made usually of tree trunks into which holes were bored and sharpened spike-like poles were inserted (resembling a line of XXXXXXXXXs placed parallel to each other).
20. Hugh McColloch (Treasury)
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"It was a very peculiar time." - Franklin D. Cossitt
Ancestors in USA Army: 6th IA Inf, 11th IL Cav, 1st AL Cav; 122nd NY Inf; 6th MI Cav; 35th MA Inf; 100th IL Inf; 1st CO Inf/Cav; 22nd IN Inf
16. In his role as an Episcopal clergyman he performed the Rite (Sacrament) of Baptism. Some sources state that he also perfromed the Rite (Sacrament) of Confirmation).
17. The whole Bixby letter incident was FUBAR. Only two of her sons, Charles and Oliver, were killed in the war.
18. Brigadier General George Wythe Randolph. On Confederate Memorial Day,
when visiting his grave, be sure to also visit that of Brigadier General Carnot
Posey, who is buried on the grounds of the University of Virginia.
19. "A cheval-de-frise consists of a horizontal piece of scantling of a square, or hexogonal form, termed the body, about nine feet long, which is perforated by holes two inches in diameter, and five inches apart; round staffs, ten feet long and two inches in diameter, termed lances, shod with iron points, and inserted into the body, so as to project equally from it. At one end of the body a ring and chain are attached; at the other a hook and chain; for the purpose of attaching several together, forming a chevaux-de-frise."
D. H. Mahan, Treatise on Field Fortifications (Third Edition, 1861), p. 47.
20. Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury.
__________________ "Up men and to your posts, and remember today that you are from Old Virginia."
16- Bishop General Polk baptized General Hood at Dalton;
17- Governor Andrew wrote Lincoln that Mrs Bixby had lost 5 sons in battle for the Union, however it appears two were actually KIA while another may have died in a Confederate prison camp; CAN'T TELL WHETHER ANSWER IS TWO OR THREE
18- CSA General & at one time Secy of War, Jefferson's grandson George Wythe Randolph, born and buried as well at Monticello;
19- Chevaux- de- frise were logs studded with sharpened spikes used to defend forts, trenches, and earthworks;
20- Hugh McCullough replaced WPFessenden as Secy of the Treasury in March, '65.
__________________ 'It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag'
19. (plural) Logs with sharp, projecting spikes diagonally pierced in two rows on horizontal beam and bound together with others to form a chain of these. Often used as a defense against cavalry charges or advancing infantry; and to protect breastworks.
20. Hugh McCulloch
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__________________ "It is well Trivia is so painful, else we should grow too fond of it."
16) Baptised him
17) 2
18) George Wythe Randolph
19) Logs with protruding spikes used to protect brestworks. aka "Sheep Racks".
20) Hugh McCulloch (Secretary of the Treasury)
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