6. What personal tragedy befell Confederate President Jefferson Davis on April 30, 1864?
7. What Union general co-authored (with J. Owen Moore) a play called “Allatoona,” whose theme was about West Point cadets in the Civil War?
8. Union general Joseph Hooker was known by the nickname “Fighting Joe.” What Confederate general had the same nickname?
9. Fort Sill, OK, is named for Union Brig. Gen. Joshua Sill, who was killed at the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) on Dec. 31, 1862. The general under whose command Sill was serving at the time of his death was appointed a military governor in the West after the war and took the opportunity to name the fort in Sill’s honor. Who was the general/military governor who chose the name for the fort?
10. (Two point question) The Union enjoyed success in an amphibious campaign in eastern North Carolina in early 1862, led by Gen. Ambrose Burnside. Who was the Flag Officer who commanded the fleet of ships on which Burnside’s troops were transported?
Answers to the questions for Week 2 will be due by 6 PM on Saturday, November 19.
6) His young son Joe died from a fall from a balcony on the Confederate White house.
7) Hugh Judson Kilpatrick
8) Joseph Wheeler
9) Philip Sheridan
10) Louis M. Goldsborough
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6. His five year old son, Joseph Evan Davis, died after falling from a porch at the Confederate White House. (Personal note - I have visited his grave numerous times and the sense of history is palpable - the tombstone is inscribed "Erected by the Little Boys and Girls of the Southern Capital".
7. Hugh Judson "Kill-Cavalry" Killpatrick. (Too bad Farnsworth was not around to see the play.)
8. Joseph Wheeler, whose sobriquet was earned and not the result of a broken headline.
9. Philip H. "The only good Indian is a dead Indian" Sheridan.
10. Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough
__________________ "Up men and to your posts, and remember today that you are from Old Virginia."
6. What personal tragedy befell Confederate President Jefferson Davis on April 30, 1864?
7. What Union general co-authored (with J. Owen Moore) a play called “Allatoona,” whose theme was about West Point cadets in the Civil War?
8. Union general Joseph Hooker was known by the nickname “Fighting Joe.” What Confederate general had the same nickname?
9. Fort Sill, OK, is named for Union Brig. Gen. Joshua Sill, who was killed at the Battle of Stones River (Murfreesboro) on Dec. 31, 1862. The general under whose command Sill was serving at the time of his death was appointed a military governor in the West after the war and took the opportunity to name the fort in Sill’s honor. Who was the general/military governor who chose the name for the fort?
10. (Two point question) The Union enjoyed success in an amphibious campaign in eastern North Carolina in early 1862, led by Gen. Ambrose Burnside. Who was the Flag Officer who commanded the fleet of ships on which Burnside’s troops were transported?
Answers to the questions for Week 2 will be due by 6 PM on Saturday, November 19.
Good luck!
6. son fell off balcony and died.
NO ANSWER FOR QUESTION 7
8. Joe Wheeler
9. Phil Sheridan
10. Goldsborough
__________________ Up men, and to your post! And let no man forget today that you are from old Virginia!
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