I was glad to see that someone did protest #8 from last week ,though I am NOT trying to get my answer change , I was happy to see that others found many answers for that question.
Sorry to be late posting the answers this week. My son's high school graduation party took up most of the day.
Here are the answers to the questions for Week 3:
11. William Petersen owned the boarding house.
12. Walt Whitman was the subject of the exhibit.
13. Alfred Ely of New York was captured.
14. Vicksburg did not officially celebrate Independence Day again until 1945, after V-E Day in World War II.
15. Wesley Merritt of the Class of 1860 went on to a 45-year military career, including his exploits in the Philippines.
Everybody placed the date of Vicksburg's celebration in the World War II era, but an awful lot of you thought it was in 1944, so we may have some appeals this week.
My source said Wesley Merritt was the first governor-general, but Robert B. Condon thinks it was William Howard Taft. I don't have time to check that out right now, but I will do so.
I will hold off on posting the scores until after I've checked out the Taft answer.
and from Vicksburgs Long Shadow by Christopher Waldrep., on page 245, is stated: "the holiday "'would not be celebrated again in Vicksburg for 81 years'". This is attributed to Ken Burns, The Civil War, episode 5 "The Universe of battle".
Enough.
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This is the website that says Because the city fell on July 4, 1863, the people of the city did not celebrate Independence Day for the next eighty-one years, until 1944. REbuttal for question#14 week #39
Three posts and a private message have been submitted, all giving sources stating that Vicksburg celebrated Independence Day in 1944, so that answer will be ruled correct. I have re-edited the original posts and taken away my original notation of “incorrect.” Of course, the person who answered “1945” is also given credit for a correct answer, since I never penalize anybody for finding a source that agrees with my own.
Robert B. Condon is correct in stating that Wesley Merritt’s official title was U.S. Military Governor and that William Howard Taft was the first to hold the official title of Governor-General, though each of them essentially performed the duties of chief executive of the Philippines. However, as SamGrant pointed out, Taft did not graduate from West Point and was far too young to have seen military service of any sort in the Civil War. Neither did he lead the Philippine Expedition. Given the fact that those three items of information in the question clearly did not apply to Taft, I am going to rule the answer of William Howard Taft incorrect. (Sorry, Traveller. At least the Oilers won on Saturday, eh?)
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