Trivia Game # 50 - Week 1

[hoosier]

1. Christopher “Kit” Carson

2. William Holland Thomas

3. Vaught’s Hill, TN (aka Milton, TN), March 20, 1863 – 63 CSA killed, 300 wounded

4. Edward “Ned” Burke INCORRECT

5. Snicker’s Gap

[sockknitter]

1. Kit Carson
2. William Holland Thomas
3. Vaught’s Hill (Milton TN)
4. Edward G. Eggeling
5. Snickers Gap

[samgrant]

Here are the answers for Week 1 of Game #50:

1. Christopher “Kit” Carson was brevetted Brigadier generals for his actions at the battle of Valverde, New Mexico Territory.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Carson

Carson, Christopher: Biography and Much More from Answers.com

http://www.mastermason.com/Millennium382/KitCarson.pdf

http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Carson_Kit.html

http://www.nmculturenet.org/heritage/civil_war/sketches/kitcarson.html



2. William Holland Thomas

History and Culture of the Cherokee North Carolina Indians

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070520180358AAmoRBF

http://www.thomaslegion.net/thomas.html

http://thomaslegioncherokee.tripod.com/

http://ncmuseumofhistory.org/exhibits/civilwar/explore_section4m.html

http://fax.libs.uga.edu/text/be19atxt.txt



3. The Battle of Vaught’s Hill (or Milton)

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/tn014.htm

http://www.southernhistory.net/index.php?
name=News&file=article&sid=1090

Paths of the Civil War

http://www.tngenweb.org/dekalb/chapter-18.htm

http://www.tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/morgan.htm

http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/BattleView.cfm?BID=667&WID=2

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1564...t%252Be5M%253D

(My trivia: In this battle, my 1st cousin, 4 times removed, a Confederate Captain with the 9th Tennessee Cavalry, was killed.)




4. Edward G. Eggeling (I haven’t used the ’curveball’ hardly at all till now. Watch out for them in the future.)

http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/va/richmondcity/bios/eggeling16gbs.txt

http://genealogyinstlouis.accessgenealogy.com/Eggeling.htm

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:PY4Ul6J2DMYJ:missouricivilwarmuseum .org/eggeling.htm+jefferson+%22davis%27+personal+secret ary%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us

http://books.google.com/books?id=EeMncSk2hWgC&pg=PA341&lpg=PA341&dq=%22eg+ eggeling%22&source=web&ots=8PYO9i60vn&sig=8auIqr0k YIbMDPMkta__bepCttc

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Eggeling&GRid=13157392&

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/He_Edward_1079587660.aspx

RootsWeb: VAHENRIC-L Confederate White House - Richmond



5. Snicker’s Gap

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snickers_Gap

http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Geology/geomorph/Structure.html

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/watersheds/3wgap.html

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/snicker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snickersville_Turnpike

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluemont%2C_VA


While my post to recruit new players was not a great success, we are happy to welcome back veteran player, Aggie80, who is grandfathered in to the First Division by virtue of having 2 or more perfect scores under the old rules.

Here are the scores after Week 1:

FIRST DIVISION

Sarladaise - 5
Susan Sweet - 4
Rad2duhbone53 - 4
Aggie80 - 4

SECOND DIVISION

Sockknitter - 5
Hoosier - 4
Borderruffian - 2


See you next week!

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