Trivia Game # 35 - Week 6

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 6 of Game #35.

26. Four years to the day after pulling down the U.S. flag to surrender Fort Sumter, in what ceremony did Robert Anderson participate?

27. What was the difference between “horse artillery” and “mounted artillery?”

28. What Confederate general was the son of a U.S. president?

29. The last meeting of Jefferson Davis’ Confederate cabinet was held at the home of the mother of a Confederate general. Who was the general at whose mother’s home the meeting was held?

30. (Two point question) The first Confederate monument on the Gettysburg battlefield was erected in 1886. Which regiment does it honor?

Answers to the questions for Week 6 will be due by 6 PM EST on Saturday, December 17.

This will be the last set of questions for Game 35 and also the last set of questions for 2005. I’m going to give all the players (and myself) a few weeks off for the holiday season. Trivia games will resume in 2006.

[samgrant]

26. Re-raising that U.S. flag over Ft. Sumter (April 14, 1865 - the event probably did not make "front page" news as other incidents of that day overshadowed it)

27. ((Different sources have varied explanations about the difference between these.
My first source, The Encyclopedia of Civil War Usage by Webb Garrison has an explanation which most varies with the other sources I have found; (it says nothing about the travel methods of the gun crews, but distinguished between artillery drawn on limber (horse) and artillery which did not use limbers, but was able to be disassembled and carried by pack animals (mounted); so tho seemingly authoritative, I discarded that one.
Most sources agree on some basics, but vary in the details. Most say horse artillery supported cavalry with gun crew all mounted, but mounted artillery supported infantry with gun crew not all mounted.))

I'll go with an unimpeachable source (?) which I hope will be accepted.

That said, here is my answer:

Horse and mounted artillery are defined by the way the soldiers who manned the cannons travel. Both horse and mounted artillery draw their cannons and caissons by horses. The difference is that the crew of horse artillery batteries all traveled by horse, making them very mobile and specially adapted for use with cavalry. Mounted artillery crews walked, and, depending on conditions, ran alongside their pieces. Mounted artillery was far more common than horse artillery during the Civil War. It's interesting to note that mounted artillery crews were under strict orders to walk with their guns, rather than ride on the limbers and caissons. It may seem natural for tired artillery men to grab a ride, but this practice was dangerous to say the least, and it caused worn-down horses even more trouble drawing their burden.

Source:

http://civilwartalk.com/cwt_alt/reso...arty_faq.htm#6 THAT'S AS UNIMPEACHABLE A SOURCE AS THERE IS


28. Richard Taylor

29. Martin Witherspoon Gary (tho apparently Davis had several "last cabinet meetings")

30. The monument honors the 2nd Maryland Infantry (volunteers), (tho it was originally intended to be for the 1st Maryland ... another long story I don't wish to go into)

(Seems to me you saved some of the toughest questions for week 6!)

[Robert B. Condon]

26. He raised the same flag that had been lowered four years before.

27. "Horse Artillery" was the official term for those field batteries assigned to work with the cavalry. Horse artillerymen were mounted and often cross-trained as cavalrymen.
"Mounted Artillery" was the official term for those field batteries assigned to operate with the infantry. The "mounted" artillerymen were not mounted, like the infantrymen with whom they worked, they walked. The drivers would obviosly ride but except for occasionly mounting the limbers where speed was required, the cannoneers walked. When the cannoneers were cross-trained as drivers, they would be of course be "mounted' when they were driving.

28. Richard Taylor

29. Martin Witherspoon Gary

30. De jure or de facto? The 1st MD Battalion but the monument says 2nd MD Infantry but chiseled above 2nd MD Infantry is the inscription "1 MD changed to"

[Robert B. Condon]

Hoosier: I recently read a somewhat obscure book titled "Flight into Oblivion" by Alfred J. Hanna, Johnson Publishing Company, (2d edition, 1938). It tells the story of the flight of the Confederate Cabinet which is an interesting story. With regard to Question 29 I thought you might be interested in the following from the author:

Where was the last meeting of the Confederate Cabinet held? There are those who maintain that the meeting in Richmond on April 2 was the last, whereas some of the inhabitants of Danville declare the last meeting occurred in that city. Another group claims it for Greensboro and still another for Charlotte. Certain citizens of Fort Mill and Abbeville in South Carolina and of Washington, Ga., assert with surprising fervor that the last meeting was held in their respective cities. Even Shreveport, La., has lodged a claim although no member of the Cabinet was ever there! (See San Marcos Free Press, April 6, 1878.) More time and interest appear to be centered in settling this unimportant question than are devoted to acquiring information about what the Cabinet was doing. Walmsley points out in "The Mississippi Valley Historical Review" (Vol. VI, 336-349) that there seems to be no definition of a Cabinet meeting by which to be guided. "As to the facts," he writes, "Davis and a small body of men were fleeing on horseback from pursuing forces; now they were all together and planning better things, now they were scattered in the woods to prevent capture. Why not 'cabinet meetings' at Yorkville, Union, Cokesbury, or even at the lunch time which Reagan describes on the banks of the Broad River? . . . Was there then a 'last meeting'? Probably not, as a conscious, definite ending of things. By degrees the Cabinet grew smaller, pressing exigencies of personal safety took the place of public plans, and gradually meetings ceased." (p. 260-1, n. 11)

[tarheel]

26) To raise the original US flag that had been pulled down, back over Fort Sumter

27) MOUNTED ARTILLERY: Official and extremely confusing term for those field batteries assigned to operate with
infantry.It was and is confusing because "Mounted"
artillery was NOT mounted.


HORSE ARTILLERY: Official term for those field batteries
assigned to work with cavalry. In order to keep up with
the troopers, each horse artilleryman rode his own horse,
a practice devised by Frederick the Great in the mid-18th
century and formally adopted by the U.S. Army shortly
before the Mexican War. Thus, the "horse" artillery was
mounted and the "mounted" artillery was not.

28) Lt Gen Richard Taylor son of Zacary Taylor 12th US president

29) Brig. Gen. Martin Witherspoon Gary

30) 2nd Maryland Inf. CSA

[hoosier]

Bumping the thread.

[texaswildcat]

1. Major Anderson returned to raise the same flag over the ruins of Fort Sumter

2. Term of mounted artillery comes from in 1838 when company were divided into distinct groups of drivers and cannoneers. These men wore different uniforms, received different rates of pay, and were not cross-trained in each other's duties. Drivers, moreover, doubled as cavalry and were considered "mounted" troops, while cannoneers doubled as infantry and were considered "foot" soldiers. INADEQUATE TO EXPLAIN DIFFERENCE BETWEEN "MOUNTED" AND "HORSE"

3. Richard Taylor, Lieutenant General

4.Martin Witherspoon Gary, Brigadier General

5. The 2nd Maryland Infantry, though also known as the 1st Maryland

[cindyscoops]

26. Ceremony where Anderson returned to personally raise the old flag (which he had taken with him) back up.

27. Horse artillery was mounted, and the "mounted " artillery wasn't.

Horse Artillery: term used for field batteries assigned to work with cavalry. In order to keep up with the troopers, each horse artilleryman rode his own horse. Almost always carried revolvers, and frequently sabers.

Mounted Artillery: term for field batteries assigned to work with infantry. Drivers road, and men occasionally mounted limbers when speed was required, but generally they walked like the infantry they worked with. Generally did not carry pistols or sabers.


28. Richard Taylor

29. Martin W. Gary

30. 2nd Maryland Infantry CSA at Culp's Hill, which was the 1st Maryland Battalion before conflict with GBMA.
"The Board of Directors of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association granted permission to the survivors of the
1st Maryland Battalion to erect a monument indicating its position on the field. It was not accomplished without controversy, as some Union veterans steadfastly opposed their former enemy's desire to honor their own dead. One concession the unit needed to make was to use the designation "2nd Maryland" to avoid confusion with two Union regiments that fought in the vicinity with the same numeric designation." http://home.comcast.net/~d.riden/Maryland-Monument.htm

Merry Christmas,
Cindy Scoops

[bill_torrens]

26. The reflying of the same flag over the ruins of Sumter.

27. The crew of horse artillery units travelled by horse; those of mounted artillery traveled by foot.

28. Richard taylor

29. Martin W. Gary

30. 2nd Maryland Infantry

[raggedrebel]

26) The ceremony to put the flag back up at Ft. Sumter
27) Horse artillery batteries were mounted on horses and were attached to cavalry units. Mounted batteries were attached to infantry and ususally marched.
28) Richard Taylor
29) Martin W. Gary
30) 2nd Maryland inf. CSA
RR