Did anyone notice I called last week's post "game 58"? That's what losing a hard drive will do to you.
Here are the questions for Week 6:
21. The 24 hours from 6 AM Day 1 at Gettysburg saw a succession of seven Union commanders on the field. Who were they and in what order? [Submitted by ewc]
22. What regimental mascot was shot and killed at Vicksburg? [Give the regiment, the animal, and the name of the animal/mascot.]
23. In September, 1862, this man enlisted, at the age of about forty years, in the New York Mounted Rifles. Prior to the war he had run away to sea at the age of 13, shot and killed a man in a duel, survived an attempted lynching, led a mob in a New York City riot, and married four times. After the war he became acquainted with William F. Cody and allegedly with Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, and Wild Bill Hickok , for all of whom he supposedly supplied specially designed revolvers. [Give both his real name, his pen name, and the name of the revolver.]
24. During Sherman’s March to the Sea and his Carolinas Campaign, his forces consisted of two “wings”. The Army of the Tennessee made up the right wing. What was the name of left wing, and which existing army Corps were combined to make it up, and who was it’s commander?
25. This man fought the entire war in the West from Belmont to the Johnson’s surrender In April 1865. He was born in a town in Tennessee where he subsequently battled during the war, was Postmaster after the war, and in which he died and was buried. Name the man and the town.
XTRA Credit: You won’t find the answer by a simple Google search, so I’ll say it’s worth 3 points. I have found bits and pieces of the answer in some books and on one web page, so if the 3 points (or the challenge itself) are not important to you, then don’t waste your time, I just think it’s great CW trivia, so I can’t help myself. Here’s the question:
This New Jersey native was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions at Chattanooga. He was in the audience at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865 when Lincoln was shot, and he testified at the trial of the Conspirators and witnessed their hanging. Name him.
(Here’s a probably not so helpful, but interesting, hint: His grandson, having the same name, was killed in the invasion of Italy at Anzio during World War II.)
Answers are due by 6:00pm (eastern) on Saturday, November 3.
Good Luck! (and check your answers!)
By the way, while browsing when I should have been working, at the office, last week, I came across this from 2001:
"I've come up with a new feature for trivia, it starts immediately. We desperately need to recruit new players to this trivia game. I need more visitors to justify the money I am spending on this web site, and I need your help.
For 3 bonus points, I want each player to recruit 3 new players to our trivia game. (I WILL be checking IP addresses and other info to make sure you are not cheating, but you wouldn't do that would you?) To qualify for your bonus points, please tell your new recruit to post your name (Hi! I'm new here. I was recruited by....) with their first trivia game answer. I also expect them to answer more than just one question.
You need to recruit 3 people to get 3 points. If you recruit more, I'll applaud you, but it's still just 3 points. If you only manage one or two, sorry, there will be no bonus points. You have till October 15th to find 3 new recruits... so let's get moving!"
That was posted by Mike when he ran the game. Well, things haven't changed, we always need more players, so I'm going to do a version of Mike's recruitment drive.
Starting with the next game, any player who recruits a new player, (not a former player, tho we wish some of the would come back) will get an extra point for each new player recruited. It will work much like Mike did it explained above, but will not require 3 new players as a minimum. If we can get them one at a time that's swell. The other rules apply: no cheating, and the new player must tell me who recruited them in their first post.
Lets get some new blood involved at the beginning of the next game!
samgrant
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"It was a very peculiar time." - Franklin D. Cossitt
Ancestors in USA Army: 6th IA Inf, 11th IL Cav, 1st AL Cav; 122nd NY Inf; 6th MI Cav; 35th MA Inf; 100th IL Inf; 1st CO Inf/Cav; 22nd IN Inf
21. First Buford Reynolds Doubleday Howard Hancock Slocum Meade
22 Company A 43 Mississippi Infrantry had a Camel named Old Douglas killed by a miniball at Vicksburg
23 Ned Buntline pen name born Edward Zane Carroll Judson , Buntline Special a 45 caliber 6 shot pistol, 12 inch barrel 18 inch total length
24 Union Army of Georgia made up of XIV and XX Corps with Kilpatrick's cavalry under Maj. Gen Henry Slocum they had been part of Thomas ' Army of the Cumberland ( with the IV corps . They were known as Left Wing of Sherman's command
25 General Benjamin Frank Cheatham born , fought and died in Nashville Tennessee , also Postmaster there
Extra Credit
TOFFEY, JOHN J.
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, Company G, 33d New Jersey Infantry. Place and date. At Chattanooga, Tenn., 23 November 1863. Entered service at: Hudson, N.J. Birth: Duchess, N.Y. Date of issue: 10 September 1897. Citation: Although excused from duty on account of sickness, went to the front in command of a storming party and with conspicuous gallantry participated in the assault of Missionary Ridge; was here wounded and permanently disabled. NAME: 1st Lt. John J. Toffey REGIMENT: 33rd NJ Volunteers PHOTOGRAPHER: Bogardus, New York, NY Back to Civil War Carte de Visites Guide
23. Edward Zane Carrell Judson, Ned Buntline, Buntline Special
24. Army of Georgia, XIV, XX Corps, Henry W. Slocum
25. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham, Nashville, TN
John James Toffey - MOH Missionary Ridge, present at Ford's Theater, trial witness, even had a grandson (John James Toffey III) who was killed in Italy in 1944. The only problem: he was born in New York....(but at least I tried!)
21. General John Buford
General John Reynolds
General John Newton INCORRECT [Newton was given that command by Meade in an order dated July 1, but he did not take the command till the next morning.]
Abner Doubleday
General O.O Howard
General Winfield Scott Hancock
General Gordan Meade
22. Douglas, a camel belonged to the 43rd Mississippi
23. Ned Buntline, Buntline special revolvers INCOMPLETE
24. The army of Georgia, Major General Henry w. Slocum, XIV corps and xx corps by combining 11th and 12th Army corps together
21- Union Day 1 Commanders- 1- BG John Buford, 2- MG John Reynolds, 3- MG Abner Doubleday, 4- MG Oliver Otis Howard, 5- MG Winfield Hancock, 6- MG Henry Slocum, 7- MG George Meade;
22- The 43rd Mississippi possessed a favored camel named Douglas- sadly KIA at Vicksburg;
23- Edward Zane Carroll Judson- aka. Ned Buntline- commissioned special revolvers- a modification of the Colt Peacemaker- called the Buntline Special- it had a 12- inch long barrel. the idea to improve the precision and range of the revolver; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Buntline
24- The Left Wing- The Army of Georgia- was commanded by MG Henry Warner Slocum and consisted of the XIV Corps commanded by BG Jefferson C Davis and the XX Corps under BG Alpheus Williams. The right Wing- Grant, Sherman, and McPherson's old Army of the Tennessee, was commanded by MG OOHoward- of Chancellorsville and Gettysburg infamy.
__________________ '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'
21. John Buford, William Gamble, Lysander Cutler, John R. Reynolds, Abner Doubleday, Francis Barlow, Oliver O. HowardINCORRECT
22. 43rd Mississippi, camel, [Old] Douglas
23. Edward Zane Carrell Judson ; Buntline Special; Ned Buntline
24. Army of Georgia; XIV Corps and XX; Henry W. Slocum
25. Benjamin Franklin Cheatham; Nashville
21. 1- John Buford, 2- John Reynolds, 3- Abner Doubleday, 4- Oliver Otis Howard, 5- Winfield Scott Hancock, 6- Henry Slocum, 7- George Meade.
Here is the synopsis- 1- June 30, cavalry division commander Buford on ridges west of Gettysburg with videttes and battle lines placed for the advance of APHill in the morning- 1st shot fired ~7:30 AM; 2- Left Wing and I Corps commander Reynolds arrives with I Corps in tow at 9:15; 3- Reynolds killed ~10:45, the command devolving on senior I Corps division and temporary corps commander Doubleday, 4- XI Corps arrives Cemetery Hill ~11:30, its' commander Howard is senior to Doubleday, 5- Meade sends Hancock to assume overall command, arrives Cemetery Hill 4 to 4:30 PM, 6- line stabilized, Hancock leaves Gettysburg to report in person to Meade at Taneytown, XII Corps and Right Wing commander Slocum now in charge ~ 9 PM, 7- AoP commander Meade arrives between 1 and 1:30 AM. Times used from Trudeau's Gettysburg.
24. Army of Georgia; from the XIV Corps of the Army of the Cumberland and the XX Corps (itself, made up of the former XI and XII Corps of the Army of the Potomac, sometimes referred to as Hooker‘s Corp‘s, not to be confused with McCooks‘s Corps, the other XX Corps of the AoC); Henry Warner Slocum.
To make the question more difficult, I unintentionally gave a misleading clue: Toffey was born and died in in Pawling, N.Y., not New Jersey, sorry, … again. The only player my error might have materially affected would be sockknitter, so Sock, if you tell me you really had the answer, but didn't submit it because to my error, let me know.
That aside, this wasn’t all that difficult at all, as I soon realized after I had posted the questions. Goolging “ new jersey medal of honor” one finds the 1st response which lists all MoH winners from New Jersey, by conflict. For the Civil War, there were 35. One had only to click on each to find the citation of their award. Only one of them, Toffey, got the award for Chattanooga, so he would have been a darned good bet, even if one were unable to tie him to the events surrounding Lincoln’s assassination.
That book, by the way, is something entirely different you might like to check out. It’s an unusual, unconventional, offbeat take on the war, ostensibly focused on the Battle of the Wilderness, but in fact a meditation on various human perspectives of the entire war, through the lenses of eyewitness accounts, newspapers and magazines of the time, memoirs, histories and historical narratives, fiction, and poetry. I enjoyed it.
Congradulations to Sarladaise - and tho I dred the postage, you are the Prize Winner for Game 48. I lost my prize list when my computer crashed, but will try to recreate it soon and PM it to you for you to choose your prize.
Congradulations are also in order to First division winner, Susan Sweet, who has led the First Division for two weeks in a row. Susan is a veteran player at CWI where she hones her craft with their daily game.
In the 2nd division we have two standout players for game 48. Sockknitter topped the division with her usual strong performance, and Texaswildcat, tho he tended to reply with incomplete answers, finished a close second. I think Tex may become a threat when he squares his answers with the questions. (This coming from your Trivia guy who has given at least 2 incorrect clues in this game ... !)
Thanks much to ewc who furnished several great questions which helped me get through the game while I lost alot of research due to my computer crash.
Thank to all for your participation and forbearance.
sam
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"It was a very peculiar time." - Franklin D. Cossitt
Ancestors in USA Army: 6th IA Inf, 11th IL Cav, 1st AL Cav; 122nd NY Inf; 6th MI Cav; 35th MA Inf; 100th IL Inf; 1st CO Inf/Cav; 22nd IN Inf
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