Trivia Game # 49 - Week 4

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 49 - Week 4


Sorry I'm late. tried to get my wire-less connection working. Failed, and screwed up my cable connection.


Here are the questions for Week 4:

1. A Civil War general for less than a year before his death, he had three forts later named for him. Name the general, and the locations of the three forts.


2. Early in the war John C. Fremont recruited a specialized regiment from the Western states. It was known by several different names. Initially it was distinguished by its’ unusual headgear. Give 3 different names by which this regiment was known.

3. In 1861, how many men who had been national presidents were living in the Confederacy? Name them.
(submitted by ewc)

4. In 1864, while in command of a Military District, he had arrested the Lieutenant Governor of the state. Name the commander.

5. . Brothers in Arms, Part 2

This Confederate general had a nephew (the son of a general) who was killed along with Custer at Little Big Horn. Name the Confederate general, and what distinctive feature of the nephew helped to identify his body.



Answers are due by 6:00pm (eastern)on Saturday, December 1.

Good luck!

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[hoosier]

Question 3 asks for the number of men who "had been" national presidents.

Should we assume that the correct answer does not include anyone who was a national president in 1861?

[samgrant]

Originally Posted by hoosier

Question 3 asks for the number of men who "had been" national presidents.

Should we assume that the correct answer does not include anyone who was a national president in 1861?

No, do not assume that!

[Rad2duhbone53]

1. Joseph Gilbert Totten; the forts were Queens New York, Washington D.C. and North Dakota INCORRECT (Brig. Gen. USA 3 Mar 1863, d. 22 April, 1864)

2. a) Western Sharpshooters
b) Birges Sharpshooters
c) Squirrel Tails

3.John Tyler who lived in Virginia INCOMPLETE

4.Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge

5.The Confederate General was George Crittenden. The nephew John J. Crittenden's body was identified by the glass eye he had due to a previous injury.

[Susan Sweet]

1.Jesse L. Reno killed September 14, 1862

• Fort Reno Park, in Washington, D.C., established 1862 (originally Fort Pennsylvania)
• Fort Reno (Oklahoma), in present-day Oklahoma, established during the Indian Wars, July 1865
• Fort Reno (Wyoming), in present-day Wyoming on the Bozeman Trail, established August 1865

2. The SIXTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY was organized at Benton Barracks, near St. Louis, Mo., during the months of September and October 1861. It was originated under the special patronage of Major General John C. Fremont, and was designated as a Regiment of Western Sharp Shooters to be used as skirmishers. " The "Squirrel Tail" nomenclature came from the unusual headgear of the Sharpshooters which had attached three squirrel tails, knotted at the top. " J. W. Birge's Regiment of Western Sharpshooters

3. 1861 John Tyler was living in Virginia , The only former president of United States of America but David G. Burnet President of the Republic of Texas

Sam Houston President of the Republic of Texas

Ignacio Comonfort former president of Mexico was living in Texas in exile til 1862.

Jefferson Davis , President of the Confederacy

Total of five National presidents living in the Confederacy
[color="DarkSlateBlue"] [color="Navy"] (This is more than ewc or myself would have expected!)

4 Stephen G. Burbridge For the sake of ensuring Lincoln was reelected, Burbridge tampered with the 1864 election in Kentucky. Burbridge arrested candidates and campaign participants he considered objectionable as well as people he thought might vote for someone other than Lincoln. Even Lieutenant GovernorRichard Taylor Jacob was arrested and taken away
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5. George Bibb Crittenden Major General in Confederacy Uncle of

John Jordan Crittenden, United States Army Officer. Served as a Lieutenant temporarily attached to Company L in the 7th United States Cavalry. He was killed on Calhoun Hill during the Battle of Little Big Horn on June 25, 1876. He had suffered an eye wound less than a year before, and had to have his eye replaced with a glass one. It was this prosthetic eye that helped identify his remains after the battle. His father was Thomas Leonidas Crittenden brigadier general in the Union army

[sarladaise]

1. Joseph Gilbert Totten INCORRECT (Brig. Gen. USA 3 Mar 1863, d. 22 April, 1864) Washington, DC - Queens,NYC - North Dakota

2. Birge's Western Sharpshooters, a.k.a. "Squirrel Tails"
14th Missouri Volunteers,
66th Illinois Infantry

3. John Tyler, Jefferson Davis INCOMPLETE

4. Stephen G. Burbridge

5. George Bibb Crittenden's nephew John Jordan Crittenden had a glass eye.

[sarladaise]

correction:

3. John Tyler (pls.disregard Jefferson Davis, hoosier's question and your answer had me confused)

(Confused me too. Those double negatives will drive one nuts!)

[hoosier]

1. Philip Kearny – Fort Phil Kearny (Wyoming), Fort Kearny (Nebraska), Fort Kearny (Washington, DC) INCORRECT (Brig. Gen. USV 17 May 1861, d. 1 Sept. 1 1862)

2. Birge’s Sharpshooters, Western Sharpshooters, Squirrel Tails (http://www.michiganinthewar.org/westhist.htm)

3. (The dreaded multiple answer)
The correct answer to this question could be either three or four. By the time I realized this, it was too late to ask for a clarification as to whether we should count an interim president.

So, if you’re not counting an interim president, my answer is three – Jeff Davis (CSA), John Tyler (USA), Sam Houston (Republic of Texas).

If you are counting the interim president, then my answer is four, because David Burnet (interim president of Republic of Texas) can be added to the above list. My source for Burnet is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_G._Burnet

4. Don’t know INCORRECT

5. Don’t know INCORRECT

[texaswildcat]

1. Fort Reno, Washington D.C, Fort Reno Oklahoma, Fort Reno Wyoming INCOMPLETE


2. Jennison's Jayhawkers, 7th Kansas Cavalry

Mound City Sharp’s Rifle Guard INCORRECT

3. John Tyler INCOMPLETE

4. Stephen G. Burbridge

5. . W.W. Cooke, his rather large sideburns INCORRECT

[sockknitter]

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2. Birges’s Western Sharpshooters, Squirrel Tails; 66th IIllinois
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