Trivia Game # 37 - Week 6

[hoosier]

Here are the questions for Week 6, the final week of Game # 37. A new game will begin next week.

26. What was the caliber of the Colt Model 1860 Navy revolver?

27. Who resigned from the U.S. Army to become the superintendent of the West Point Foundry at Cold Springs, NY?

28. The battle at (2nd) Cold Harbor was part of what campaign?

29. Who took division command after the death of Gen. Philip Kearny?

30. (Two point question) What two CSA generals fled Columbia, SC just prior to its capture? (You must name both to get credit.)

Answers to the questions for Week 6 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, April 8.

Good luck!

[samgrant]

26. .44

27. Robert B. Parrott

28. (Grant's) Overland campaign

29. David Bell Birney

30. Hampton and Beauregard

[aggie80]

26. What was the caliber of the Colt Model 1860 Navy revolver? Cal. 44

27. Robert Parrott graduated from West Point in 1824. In 1836 he was Captain of Ordnance, but resigned to become superintendent of the West Point Foundry at Cold Springs.

28. 2nd Cold Harbor took place between 1 May - 17 June 1864 and was part of the 1864 Spring Campaign. INCORRECT

29. Major General David Bell Birney took command two days after the death of Kearny.

30. Confederate Generals G.T. Beauregard and Wade Hampton

[Robert B. Condon]

Could there be a typo in the first question? Did you mean 1861 Navy? 1860 was the Army revolver.

[Robert B. Condon]

26. The 1861 Colt Navy revolver was normally .36 caliber. The 1860 Colt Army revolver was normally .44 caliber.

27. Polly want a rifled cannon? Robert Parker Parrott.

28. It is generally called the Overland Campaign.

29. David B. Birney

30. This question could support a monograph. It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The list of suspects includes, among others, Johnston, Beauregard, Wheeler, Hampton, Matthew Calbraith Butler, Mansfield Lovell, and Robert H. Anderson. The historical evidence is full of conflicts. For example, Foote says that Beauregard left by train on the night of February 16. Another source has him riding out of the city around 10:00 a.m. on February 17. Hampton, Butler, and Wheeler are the three best candidates with a possible exception to be mentioned. Wheeler or at least some of his men were there because one source refers to their doing some looting before they left. After sifting through the evidence I would say that Butler and Hampton were the last two generals to retire, not flee. Butler is a good choice because his name has already appeared in the contest which means that the preparer of the questions likely has some obscure source material regarding him. In support of Butler and Hampton, I am relying on two sources. The first is the following statement of Butler found at page 30 of Volume VIII of the Confeterate Veteran:

It was my fortune to command a division of calvary, composed of
Butler's and Young's Brigades which constituted the rearguard of
Beauregard's retiring army.
* * *
General Hampton retired with Young's Brigade...early that
morning...and later I moved out with the other brigade.

While perhaps not in complete accord with Butler's statement I am relying on the following regarding Hampton:

By 11:00 a.m., General Sherman, flanked by three of his
generals...crossed the Broad River...and entered the city....
Lingering behind his troops at Main Street and Elmwood
Avenue,...Hampton looked northward until he saw the mayor in
his carriage carrying the white flag of surrender....Hampton then
turned...to ride eastward to join the Confederate troops as they
rode out of Columbia.
www.ces.clemson.edu/scmaps/manual/wordmanual/chap4.doc

I think that the fact that Columbia was his home adds credence to the idea that Hampton was probably the last to leave.

The possible exception referred to supra, is General James Chestnut. In the February 23, 1865, entry in her Diary, Mrs. Chestnut writes:

Letter from my husband....He came near being taken prisoner in
Columbia, for he was asleep on the morning of the 17th, when
the Yankees blew up the RR depot. That woke him, of course,
He found everybody had left Columbia and the town surrendered
by the mayor, Col. Goodwyn. Hampton and his command had
been gone several hours....[He] overtook Hampton's command at
Meek's Mill.

As I find it impossible to believe that anyone in Columbia would oversleep with Sherman at the door, I cannot credit Mrs. Chesnut's account.

Next time why not ask a simple question like who was responsible for burning Columbia.

[texaswildcat]

1 .36 caliber

2. william parker parrott INCORRECT

3. Overland Campaign

4. BRIGADIER-GENERAL JOHN P. HATCH INCORRECT

5. Joseph Wheeler, Wade Hampton

[traveller]

26. .36

27. Robert Parker Parrott resigned from the army to serve as Superintendent of the foundry for more than 30 years.

28. Overland Campaign

29. David Birney replaced the irreplaceable Phil Kearny

30. Beauragard and Hood HOOD IS INCORRECT

[ewc]

26- Colt Navy 1860- .36 cal;

27- Robert Parker Parrott;

28- 2nd Cold Harbor- Grant's Overland Campaign;

29- General David Bell Birney;

30- Generals Beauregard & Hampton.

[sarladaise]

26. caliber .36
27. Robert Parker Parrott
28. Wilderness Campaign INCORRECT
29. David B. Birney
30. P.G.T. Beauregard, Wade Hampton

[hoosier]

My apologies for any consternation caused by question 26, which asked for the caliber of the Colt “Model 1860 Navy” revolver. Robert B. Condon has given me a source showing that Colt’s Model 1860 was an Army revolver and the Navy revolver was Model 1861. I gave credit for any answer that correctly cited the caliber of either the Model 1860 or the Model 1861.

Congratulations to Sam Grant and Robert B. Condon, who further embellished their First Division credentials with perfect scores of 36 points each. And congratulations to first-time winner of the Second Division, Sarladaise, whose score of 34 led the field by a wide margin.

Here are the answers to the questions for Week 6.

26. The Colt Model 1860 Army revolver was .44 caliber and the Colt Model 1861 Navy revolver was .36 caliber.

27. Robert (not William) Parker Parrott resigned from the Army to take over the West Point Foundry.

28. The Second Battle of Cold Harbor was part of the Overland Campaign.

29. General David Bell Birney took division command after Kearny’s death.

30. The answer I was given was that P.G.T. Beauregard and Wade Hampton were the two who got out of Columbia just before the city was captured. Robert B. Condon has given me sources supporting the names of Joe Wheeler and Matthew Butler, so I will accept those answers as well. However, I don’t believe John Bell Hood is a correct response.

The final scores for Game # 37:

FIRST DIVISION

Robert B. Condon 36
SamGrant 36
Aggie80 35

SECOND DIVISION

Sarladaise 34
Sockknitter 24
Texaswildcat 24
Traveller 24
ewc 12
Bama Belle 6
Wild Rose 5
lrd89 2