Time to begin a new game. New players are welcome to join the game at any time, but the first week of any game is always an especially good time to join.
Here are the questions for Week 1 of Game # 55:
1. When General Harry Heth was struck in the head on the first day at Gettysburg, it is said that his life was saved by the folded newspaper that he had stuffed into the hat band to make the hat fit. Where was General Heth’s hat acquired?
2. A certain command was frequently given to troops who were to march across a bridge (especially a pontoon bridge) so that they would not upset the stability of the bridge. What was the command?
3. The site of an early 1862 battle on the Mississippi River no longer exists. What was it?
4. During the Civil War, an infantry regiment usually consisted of how many companies, and by what letters were the companies designated? (you must answer both parts.)
5. During the March to the Sea, at whose house did General Sherman stay on the night before entering the capital of Georgia?
Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, September 20. Good Luck!
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1. Cashtown
2. Troops were told to march out of step (route step?)
3. Island Number 10
4. 10 companies, designated A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K
5. Howell Cobb's
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4. There were 10 companies, designated A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, and K. The letter J was not used because, in the handwritten orders of the day, it could be difficult to distinguish a script capital I from a script capital J.
5. On the night before he entered Milledgeville, Sherman stayed in Howell Cobb's house, though it wasn't the house where Cobb himself lived. The house was an overseer's house on Hurricane Plantation, which Cobb owned.
1. Cashtown, Pa.
2. "Route Step"
3. Island No. 10
4. 10 companies, letters from alphabet, except the letter "J" (too much like "I")
5. Howell Cobb's house
Wanted to look up some of this but frittered away the day having some time with Dear One.
1. When General Harry Heth was struck in the head on the first day at Gettysburg, it is said that his life was saved by the folded newspaper that he had stuffed into the hat band to make the hat fit. Where was General Heth’s hat acquired? Gettysburg.INCORRECT
2. A certain command was frequently given to troops who were to march across a bridge (especially a pontoon bridge) so that they would not upset the stability of the bridge. What was the command? Break stride. INCORRECT
3. The site of an early 1862 battle on the Mississippi River no longer exists. What was it? Island No. 10.
4. During the Civil War, an infantry regiment usually consisted of how many companies, and by what letters were the companies designated? (you must answer both parts.) Usually 10: a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, and k.
5. During the March to the Sea, at whose house did General Sherman stay on the night before entering the capital of Georgia? Howell Cobb.
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