21. Of the four candidates to receive votes in the Electoral College for the U.S. Presidential election of 1860, which failed to survive to the end of the term for which he was running?
22. Following his death, Stonewall Jackson’s horse, Little Sorrel, was stuffed and mounted. Where is Little Sorrel on exhibit today?
23. What prominent Confederate general began the war as captain of the “Raccoon Roughs”?
24. What were niter beds? (Hint – they were not desirable sleeping accommodations at Southern bed and breakfasts.)
25. (Two point question) In the movie “Gone with the Wind,” who is the only character who says the words “I’m a Confederate”?
Answers to the questions for Week 5 will be due by 6 PM EDT Saturday, May 12.
24. A large bed surrounded by an earthwork and filled with composing vegetable matter and animal waste. This was used to produce Nitre (potassiun nitrate), a constituent of gunpowder.
25. Belle Watling
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21. Stephen Douglas
22. Jackson Memorial Hall, VMI
23. John Brown Gordon
24. accumulation of human waste to obtain niter for gun Powder
25. Belle Watling
21- Senator Stephen Douglas died in Chicago June, '61;
22- Little Sorrel now stands in the Virginia Military Institute next to Stowall's bullet-riddled tunic;
23- CSA Lt Genl John Brown Gordon;
24- Head of the Confederacy's Niter Bureau- Col George Rains met the absolute lack of powder and powder making ability in the South by digging out caves and by salvaging the output of outhouses and chamberpots throughout the South to redeem the nitrogen from urine to make potassium nitrate (nitre) in 'nitre beds' where these ''donations' were gathered;
25- Tough one!! I believe it is Big Sam- Scarlett's old field hand whom she came across one day on his way to work digging entrenchments around Atlanta. INCORRECT
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21. Stephen A Douglas
22. VMI, Lexington, Virginia
23. John Brown Gordon
24. Polite answer: compost of urine, manure, animal parts
On a related note (please forgive me because somewhat related to question #25): http://archives.stupidquestion.net/sq6800.html “Such sacrifices are, thankfully, no longer necessary. Today, most saltpeter for gunpowder is made from nitric acid, which is made from nitrogen extracted from the air. If the South had better chemists, it could have forgone urine collection and simply gone with the wind.” 25. Rhett Butler INCORRECT
21. The Little Giant, Stephen A. Douglas, died on June 3, 1861. Had he been elected, he would have rivaled William Henry Harrison as America’s shortest-tenured president.
22. Little Sorrel can be seen at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA.
23. John B. Gordon, who became brigadier general by 1862 and major general by 1864, entered Confederate service as captain of a company of volunteers from the Georgia mountains who called themselves by this name.
24. Niter beds were trenches or holes outside communities, set aside as places for people to deposit urine. The deposits were used in the making of niter, needed for gunpowder. I’m not sure these were common in the North, but they were used in the South. (When those people said they didn’t do anything without thinking about the Cause, they meant it!)
25. Belle Watling, proprietress of a house of ill repute, says these words while contributing money to help the Confederate cause.
One of our players posted a link to a source supporting his answer that no one said these words. I have dinner reservations for Mother's Day and I don't really have time to look through that source right now. My own recollection is that Belle Watling did say them, but I'll look through the source later and if it does support that contention, I'll give credit for that answer.
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