21. Winchester, VA alternated between Confederate and Union control many times during the war. In what month and year did it change hands for the final time?
22. What Confederate naval commander was nicknamed the “Pathfinder of the Seas”?
23. Who was the only person to die at the Confederate White House in Richmond during the war?
24. Where was the Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley built?
25. (Two point question) Who both preceded and succeeded Lincoln’s former Secretary of War Simon Cameron as U.S. Minister to Russia during the Civil War years? (Hint – he had the same name as a man who would become Olympic light heavyweight boxing champion)
Answers to the questions for Week 5 will be due by 6 PM EDT Saturday, March 24.
22- Pathfinder of the Seas- CSA Commander Matthew Fontaine Maury of Virginia, considered the Father of modern Oceanography;
23- CSA White House- the Davis's son, Joe Davis, fell from a balcony 5 '64;
24- The Hunley was built in Mobile Alabama;
25- US Senator and Major General as well as friend of Mr Lincoln's Cassius Marcellus Clay.
__________________ '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'
Congratulations to all who played this week, as everyone got all five answers correct.
Sarladaise has maintained her lead in the First Division and ewc and Rad2duhbone53 continue to share the lead in the Second Division, all with perfect scores of 30 points each.
The answers to the questions for Week 5:
21. Winchester changed hands for the 73rd and final time in September 1864, specifically on the 19th of that month, when Philip Sheridan’s troops drove Jubal Early south from the city.
22. Matthew Fontaine Maury, a nationally renowned oceanographer both before and after the war, was known as the Pathfinder of the Seas.
23. Joe Davis, five-year-old son of Jefferson and Varina Davis, died as the result of a fall from a White House balcony.
24. Though best remembered in connection with Charleston, SC, the Hunley was built in Mobile, AL.
25. Cassius Clay, a staunch abolitionist, was nominated as minister to Russia in 1861 and served until Cameron’s appointment in 1862, and was renominated in 1863 and served until 1869. Cassius Clay, the Olympic light heavyweight champion in 1960, later changed his name to Muhammad Ali and went on to become professional heavyweight champion.
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