Time to begin a new game. New players are welcome to join at any time, but the first week of any game is always an especially good time to start.
Here are the questions for Week 1 of Game # 42.
1. What Civil War general became president of Washington College in Virginia?
2. What two American presidents saw action at the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
3. A substantial part of what Southern capital city was destroyed in a fire on February 17, 1865?
4. What noted Confederate leader graduated 23rd in the West Point Class of 1828?
5. (Two point question) The patriotic ballad “Hold the Fort” was inspired by messages interchanged between William T. Sherman and Gen. John Corse at what battle?
Answers to the questions for Week 1 will be due by 6 PM EDT on Saturday, September 30.
1. Robert E. Lee
2. Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley (both in the 23rd Ohio)
3. Columbia, South Carolina
4. Jefferson Davis
5. The Battle of Allatoona Pass
__________________ "Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage." - R. E. Lee
2- Lt Col Rutherford Birchard Hayes of 23rd Ohio & Sgt William McKinley also of the 23rd Ohio;
3- Southern capital burned- Columbia SC- tsk tsk, those zany bummers!!;
4- CSA President Jefferson Davis;
5- Allatoona GA, an important supply depot on Sherman's supply line to the North.
__________________ 'It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier, who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag'
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Trivia Game # 42 - Week 1 
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