1. What general commanded the Army of the Potomac at the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas)?
2. This 3 month unit’s only known activity took place in late April, 1861 as part of a combined force under the command of Gen. Richard Kellogg Swift. (Also designated Co. “C“, they may have been invited along in order to serve lunch?). Name the unit.
3. This Georgian, born in 1839 and who served under Stonewall Jackson, was a Captain when mortally wounded at Chancellorsville. His letters to his wife were compiled into a book, and his writings are frequently quoted in books about the war. Name him.
4. This Confederate mounted unit was organized by members of Virginia landed gentry in 1859. It first gained fame for a charge at first Manassas and it served as bodyguard, scout, and escort for both Joseph E. Johnston and Stonewall Jackson. Apart from it’s official designation in the Confederate army, what was the name of the unit?
5. This general’s battle cry might be paraphrased as “Give them strong winds and heavy blowing snow!”? Name the general.
Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, April 12. Good Luck!
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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
1. P.G.T. Beauregard
2. Cairo Sandwich Company
3. Ujanirtus Allen, Co F, 21st GA
4. Black Horse Cavalry
5. William Starke Rosecrans (!)
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"I will not lead my men in another such charge if Jesus Christ himself should order it!" -- Captain Thomas E. Barker, (acting) CO, 12th New Hampshire, Cold Harbor, Virginia June 3rd, 1864
1. Joseph E. Johnston INCORRECT (by virtue of seniority, when Johnston reached the field of battle, he became the overall commander, but his direct command was of the Army of the Shenandoah, while Beauregard was in direct command of the (Confederate) AoP.)
1. No one commanded the Army of the Potomac at that battle, because the Army of the Potomac did not exist. The first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) took place on July 21, 1861. The Army of the Potomac was not formally created until August 15 of that year. INCORRECT
1. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard 2. Cairo Sandwich Company 3. Ujanirtus Cincinnatus Allen 4. Black Horse Troop 5. William Wing Loring ************************ Gay
1.Brigadier General P G T Beauregard
2.Cario Sandwich Company Co. "C," 10th Illinois Infantry
3.Captain Ujanirtus Allen
4.Black Horse Cavalry
5. General Sherman INCORRECT
1. P. G. T. Beauregard
2. 10th Illinois Infantry (Co. C) aka Cairo Sandwich Company or the Sandwich Guards
3. Ujanirtus Allen
4. The Black Horse Troop
5. William Wing Loring
5. William Wing Loring was the general I was looking for, as he was famous for the quote "Give them blizzards, boys! Give them blizzards!", and was from then on known as "Old Blizzards". However, since Rosecrans has been quoted, tho less famously, with a similar statement, ‘Battle cry’ or not, ("Men, do you know how to be safe? Shoot low! But to be safest of all, give them a blizzard, and then charge with cold steel!"), I think it is fair to accept this answer.
I figured Swift went to Cairo in April 1861 and the Cook County volunteers also went to Cairo early in the war. While the article on the Cook County volunteers did not specify the precise month when they went to Cairo nor did it say they were a 90-day unit, there seemed to be a logical connection between lunch and someone to cook it. That's why I gave the answer I did.
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