Trivia Game # 53 - Week 2

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 53 - Week 2



Here are the questions for Week 2 of Game # 53

1. Name the first casualty of battle to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.

2. Pre-war he was a mayor of a city and a territorial governor, after the war he was the governor of a state. His statue stands on Culp’s Hill at Gettysburg. Name him.

3. This regiment, when a part of their state’s militia, refused to participate in an 1860 parade in honor of the Prince of Wales. Name the regiment.

4. When Fort Sumter was fired on, there were only four commissioned Brigadier Generals serving in the regular U.S. army. Name them. (Be careful, there is some misleading information out there.)

5. In what might be considered the last action of the Seven Days Battles, Confederate forces occupied a commanding position overlooking Union forces on the James River and, with a single artillery piece, shelled the Federals for several hours till running out of ammunition. Name that Confederate position.


Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, May 24. Good Luck!

[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

[natek1029]

1. Pvt. William Blatt, 49th PA
2. John W. Geary
3. 69th New York
4. William S. Harney, Edwin V. Sumner, John E. Wool, Joseph E. Johnston (QM General)
5. Evelington Heights

[hoosier]

1. Pvt. William Blatt

2. John White Geary

3. 69th NY

4. Joe Johnston was the only one I could find. INCORRECT (Johnston was supposed to be the hard one.)

5. Evelington Heights

[Oxkern]

1. Private William Christman, 67th Pennsylvania Infantry INCORRECT

2. John W. Geary

3. 69th Infantry Regiment

4. Not answered INCORRECT

5. Not answered INCORRECT

[Gay Mathis]

1. Pvt. William B. Blatt, USA
2. John White Geary
3. 69th New York Militia
4. William Selby Harney, John Ellis Wool, Joseph E. Johnston, Edwin Vose Sumner
5. Evelington Heights
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Gay

[Rad2duhbone53]

1. Pvt. William Blatt 49th Pa. Infantry
2. John White Geary
3. 69th N.Y. Regiment
4. a) Alexander W. Doniphan INCORRECT
b) William S. Harney
c) Henry Leavenworth
d) Joseph E. Johnston
5. Evelington Heights

[sockknitter]

1. Private William Blatt
2. John White Geary
3. 69th New York
4. John Ellis Wool, Edwin Vose Sumner, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, and Joseph Gilbert Totten INCORRECT
5. Evelyngton Heights

[samgrant]

Answers for Week 1 of Game #53:

1. William Blatt

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/chronicle-of-a-nation.htm

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8111017

http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/historical_information/military_figures.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=XvYUE6ihsPsC&pg=PA13&lpg=PA13&dq=first+bl att++casualty+battle+%22arlington%22&source=web&ot s=NSywPgmV7f&sig=2RjysE0qPKwIlGQmMnyEfzPG0mE&hl=en

http://www.pa-roots.com/~pacw/


2. John White Geary

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_W._Geary

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribunereview/news/westmoreland/s_521942.html

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1JWK

http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!113442!0#focus

http://www.civilwarhome.com/gearybio.htm


3. 69th New York (of the “Irish Brigade“)

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E1D71639F934A25750C0A9609582 60

http://civilwar.bluegrass.net/OfficersAndEnlistedMen/michaelcorcoran.html

http://www.irishabroad.com/news/irishinamerica/editperiscope/thebravestofthebrave.asp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._69th_Infantry_Regiment

http://www.historycentral.com/Bio/UGENS/USACorcoran.html


4. William Selby Harney, Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Edwin Vose Sumner, John Ellis Wool.

http://stason.org/TULARC/history/civil-war-usa/10-Who-were-the-U-S-Generals-at-the-out-break-of-the-war.html

http://www.wikifaq.com/United_States_Civil_War_FAQ#Who_were_the_U.S._Gene rals_at_the_out-
break_of_the_war.2C_and_who_were_the_first_General s_appointed_after_the_war_began.3F

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/civil-war-usa/faq/part1/

http://www.15thnewyorkcavalry.org/faq.htm#Q2.2:%
20Who%20were%20the%20U.S.%20Generals%20at%20the%20 out-break%20of%20the%20war,%20and%20who%20were%20the%2 0first%20Generals%20appointed%20after%20the%20war% 20began?

http://books.google.com/books?id=Fs0Ajlnjl6AC&printsec=frontcover&dq=civil +war+high+commands&sig=BOUioyGj6y8jEX0qXnhj22hFVL0 #PPA716,M1

http://www.aztecclub.com/bios/harney.htm

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Military-History-669/robert-e-lee.htm

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1171.html

http://www.civilwarhome.com/joejohnston.htm

http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/johnston-joseph-eggleston.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=t9YNGR_wdeoC&pg=PP1&dq=generals+in+gray&s ig=1VwqZNuZvPv5o0n3KGTiDKScbDI#PPA161,M1


5. Evelington Heights

http://southern-lady.com/evelynton.html

http://www.gallantpelham.org/articles/showart.cfm?id_art=35

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

http://www.civilwarhome.com/stuartsevendays.htm


Two perfect scores this week: Gay Mathis and natek1029. Congrats!




Here are the scores after Week 2 of game #52:

FIRST DIVISION

Gay Mathis - 10
Rad2duhbone53 - 9
Sarladaise -
Susan Sweet -


SECOND DIVISION

Sockknitter - 9
natek1029 - 9
Hoosier - 8
Oxkern - 7




Thanks for playing. See you next week!