Trivia Game # 36 - Week 5

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 5 of Game # 36.

21. Though he is thought of as a Pennsylvania man, George Meade was not born in Pennsylvania, nor even in the United States. In what country was he born?

22. What did it mean for a Civil War soldier to be “galvanized?”

23. Capt. Richard W. Dowling commanded the Confederate forces at what battle?

24. The site of John Wilkes Booth’s death was approximately 11 miles due east of the site of the death of what Confederate general?

25. (Two point question) Federal troops set fire to the University of Alabama in April 1865 but spared the home of U of A professor Deloffre because a flag other than that of the CSA flew over it. What nation’s flag was over the professor’s house?

Answers to the questions for Week 5 will be due by 6 PM EST Saturday, February 18.

Good luck!

[samgrant]

21. Spain

22. A 'galvanized soldier' was won who, typically, was captured by the opposition, and then was convinced or agreed to enlist and/or fight for that opposing army. There were 'galvanized' Yanks as well as Rebs.

23. 2nd Battle of Sabine Pass

24. Stonewall Jackson died in that area (Thornburg?), so that's my answer. I'd would not doubt that other generals may have died near there.

25. The FRENCH flag. Maybe the liked the colors!

[traveller]

21. Spain

22. Originally used to designate captured Union soldiers who turned Confederate. As the term came into general use during the war, it applied more often to those Confederates who took the oath of allegiance to the Union.

23. Second Battle of Sabine Pass

24. A P Hill INCORRECT

25. France

[Robert B. Condon]

21. Senor Meade was born in Spain.

22. A soldier, usually a POW, who switched sides and enlisted with the other side in order to avoid being interned in a prisoner of war camp was called "galvanized". (Confederates who did so where also known as traitors and turncoats while Yankees who did so were known as honorable and upright men who had realized the error of their ways.)

23. Sabine Pass.

24. "Mudwall" Jackson's cousin, Thomas J. Jackson.

25. C'est le tricolour, mon general. (France)

[sarladaise]

21. Spain
22. he changed sides
23. Sabine Pass
24. Ambrose Powell Hill INCORRECT
25. French flag

[hoosier]

Bumping the thread

[texaswildcat]

1. Spain

2. To swear the oath of allegiance to the other side

3. Sabine Pass

4. General Cobb at Fredricksburg INCORRECT

5. France

[rivrrat]

21. Cadiz Spain
22. Civil War soldiers recruited from among POWs were refered to a "galvinized" usually "Galvanized Yankees"
23. Sabine Pass
24. Stonewall Jackson
25. French

[sockknitter]

21. Spain
22. to go over to the side he formerly opposed, often to avoid imprisonment
23. Second Sabine Pass
24. Thomas Jonathan Jackson
25. France

[hoosier]

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 5.

21. Meade was born in Cadiz, Spain, on December 31, 1815.

22. A galvanized soldier was one who had begun by fighting for one side, was captured, and wound up fighting for the other side.

23. Dowling commanded a force of 43 men armed with rifles and six small cannon at the Battle of Sabine Pass, TX in September 1863. Dowling and his Confederates repelled a vastly superior Union attack force. All the men received silver medals from Jefferson Davis, the only such medals given by the CSA.

24. The Garrett farm where Booth died was 11 miles east of Guinea Station, where Stonewall Jackson had died two years earlier. Booth was attempting to make his way to Guinea Station, because he believed he could find a Confederate artillery unit there that might aid in his escape.

20. Professor Andre Deloffre, professor of French at the university, flew the flag of France over his home.

Robert B. Condon maintains his lead in the First Division. In the Second Division, Sockknitter got her answers in just ahead of the deadline and has now taken a one point lead with one week left in the game.

Scores at the end of Week 5:

FIRST DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 30
SamGrant 27
Bill_Torrens 17

SECOND DIVISION

Sockknitter 29
Sarladaise 28
Traveller 25
Texaswildcat 24
RivrRat 23
Bama Belle 19
ewc 16
MilHistBuff1 15
Tarheel 11
NBForrest 5