Trivia Game # 54 - Week 6

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 54 - Week 6



Here are the questions for Week 6 of Game # 54



1. Identify this friend of West Point cadets who died in May, 1877.




2. After holding out under siege for two days a Union colonel entered his enemy’s lines under a flag of truce and asked the Confederate commander’s advice as to whether or not to surrender. The Confederate commander, a brigadier general, allowed the colonel to inspect the Confederate position and decide for himself. After touring the camp and counting the guns, the colonel surrendered. At what battle did this unusual episode take place?

3. This Civil War surgeon who was captured in April 1864 and exchanged in August of that year, was awarded the Medal of Honor. That honor was subsequently rescinded and also restored in the 20th century. Name the surgeon.

4. At what Civil War battle was General Grant was wounded in the head?

5. This Indiana native was a major of the regiment which was the first unit of the Army of the Ohio to arrive at and take part in the first day of the Battle of Shiloh. Later that year he was promoted to colonel and led a regiment in XIII Corps from Memphis thru the fall of Vicksburg. By the end of the war he was a brevet brigadier-general. Post-war he was elected mayor of a town in his native state. He was then appointed a territorial governor by President Grant, and served one term in the House of Representatives. Name him.



Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, August 23. Good Luck!

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[samgrant]

Trivia Moderator needs another vacation before the Summer is gone. No trivia next week. Game 55 will commence on Saturday, September 13. (Answers for Week 6 of Game #54 are due by August 23.)

[natek1029]

1. Benjamin Havens
2. Munfordville, KY
3. Dr. Mary E. Walker
4. Brig. Gen. (Bvt. Maj. Gen.) Lewis A. Grant, wounded April 2nd, 1865 at Petersburg
5. Thomas W. Bennett

Oh, and about the numbers in my handle, they're nothing special, just something I use to separate myself from the surprising number of other natek's out there.

[Rad2duhbone53]

1. Benjamin J. Havens
2.Battle of Munfordville (Green River)
3.Mary E. Walker
4.Petersburg
5.Thomas Warren Bennett

[Oxkern]

1. Benjamin J. Havens

2. First Battle of Murfreesboro , 13 July 1862 INCORRECT

3. Mary Walker

4. Shiloh INCORRECT

5. Thomas W. Bennett

[hoosier]

1. Benny Havens

2. --- INCORRECT

3. Mary Edwards Walker

4. General Lewis Addison Grant was wounded in the head at Petersburg.

5. --- INCORRECT

[sockknitter]

1. Benny Havens
2. Munfordville
3. Mary Edwards Walker
4. Shiloh INCORRECT
5. Thomas W. Bennett

[samgrant]

Here are the answers for week 6 of game #54:



1. Benjamin J. (Benny) Havens

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=19021404

http://www.west-point.org/greimanj/west_point/songs/benny_history.html

http://lastintheirclass.com/Benny.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200606/ai_n17176999



2. Munfordville (or Green River)

http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Battle_of_Munfordville

http://www.battleforthebridge.org/Munfordville.html

http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/khc/mun.htm

http://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/620914b.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=mBTHxoaz--0C&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=munfordville+wilder+buckn er+++%22deceive%22&source=web&ots=eDw8hmuQ1z&sig=K rIfuaEmZp6illcUXfX_0MrfBlE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_resu lt&resnum=1&ct=result

http://books.google.com/books?id=vOf...um=5&ct=result



3. Mary Edwards Walker

http://www.lkwdpl.org/wihohio/walk-mar.htm

http://www.medalofhonor.com/TheOnlyWoman.htm

http://www.mnwelldir.org/docs/history/biographies/mary_walker.htm

http://www.northnet.org/stlawrenceaauw/walker.htm

http://www.essortment.com/all/marywalker_rbry.htm

http://gutsywomen.blogspot.com/2005/...walker-md.html

http://americancivilwar.com/women/mary_edwards_walker.html

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



4. General Lewis Addison Grant was wounded in the head at the Assault on Petersburg on April 2, 1865.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_A._Grant

http://iagenweb.org/history/debannals/Annals6.htm

http://files.usgwarchives.org/mn/hennepin/bios/1923/grantla.txt

http://books.google.com/books?id=epbbg1CA4CAC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=wounde d+head+%22lewis+addison+grant%22&source=web&ots=d-0AOupDKt&sig=nIUZK7l3N7fg7JKqGYCzrlx0ud4&hl=en&sa= X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result

http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/Biographies/BiosLewisAddisonGrant.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=Fs0Ajlnjl6AC&pg=PA263&dq=lewis+addison+gr ant++wounded+petersburg&sig=ACfU3U193TJ9ZUDnoDbyL-W2PoltNVFgFg



5. Thomas Warren Bennett

http://civilwarindiana.com/biographies/bennett_thomas_warren.html

http://shilohnick.blogspot.com/2008/08/36th-indiana.html

http://www.union-county.lib.in.us/Web%20pages/thomas_warren_bennett.htm

http://www.mrlinfo.org/history/biography/bennetttw.htm

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5993508

http://books.google.com/books?id=8agcHIRvVscC&pg=PA105&lpg=PA105&dq=%22fir st+regiment+of+the+army+of+the+ohio%22&source=web& ots=O-2hQBgiVY&sig=nSEIE67rW0SLiHiLrPHNRNp6BZM&hl=en&sa= X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result

http://books.google.com/books?id=2PSgcaLic-AC&pg=PA192&lpg=PA192&dq=first+shiloh+%2236th+Indi ana+Infantry%22&source=web&ots=M6LIEDAn6p&sig=bJO4 ***OwIlxmhrsB7falVCjHo4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result& resnum=2&ct=result

http://shilohnick.googlegroups.com/web/36Indiana.pdf?hl=en&gda=GJVgUz4AAADf5oK3QB2-AGyww_b1ooiWidPzqwVAlRTB-y4uEhBYEWG1qiJ7UbTIup-M2XPURDTEfUv1IgE2thDMIZuxU2xX

http://american_reflections.home.mchsi.com/shiloh-hornets-nest.html

http://www.infoplease.com/biography/us/congress/bennett-thomas-warren.html

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordView.cfm?Content=010/0328


Congrats to Rad2duhbone53 and natek1029 who led their respective divisions.

Our prize winner for Game 54 is natek1029, who by virtue of being high scorer for the game also will move up to the First Division. (I'll PM you the current prize list, shortly.)



Here are the final scores after Week 5 of game #54:

FIRST DIVISION

Rad2duhbone53 - 28
Sarladaise - 20
Gay Mathis - 0
Susan Sweet - 0

SECOND DIVISION

natek1029 - 29
Sockknitter - 27
Hoosier - 21
Oxkern - 21
Borderruffian - 4
Ol'WarHorse - 1


Thanks for playing! Game #55 will begin on Saturday, September 13. Keep your powder dry.

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