Trivia 1-23-17 Multiple Choice Monday

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Multiple choice:

Some Civil War generals were known for their religious fervor.
Which general bore the nickname “Old Prayer Book“ ?

A: Leonidas Polk
B: Thomas J. Jackson
C: Oliver Otis Howard

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C: Oliver Otis Howard

Oliver O. Howard
(1830—1909)

“Old Prayer Book” fought for the North—and then for freed slaves.
General Oliver Otis Howard was a New England abolitionist who never drank, smoked, or swore. His troops called him “Old Prayer Book.”

Howard’s brigade was routed at the First Battle of Bull Run. He blamed the Union Army’s horrific defeat on its decision to attack on a Sabbath.

Howard, who was widely known as “the Christian soldier,” also fought at Antietam, and he was routed by Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville. After losing his right arm at the battle of Seven Pines, he mustered humor to say to General Kearny, who had lost his left arm, “I am sorry, General, but you must not mind it; … we can buy our gloves together!”

On a Sabbath rest during Sherman’s march to Atlanta, General Howard, as he occasionally did, spoke during chapel services. According to a missionary of the Christian Commission, “the General spoke of the Saviour, his love for Him and his peace in His service, as freely and simply as he could have spoken in his own family circle.”
Following the war, Howard led the Freedmen’s Bureau, a government effort to assist former slaves. He helped to found a university for blacks in 1867. Named in his honor, Howard University stands today, in The New York Times’s words, as “the largest and most prestigious black research university in America.” The general also stirred controversy when he tried to integrate a church.

Howard served as chairman of the board of the American Tract Society and as superintendent of West Point. In 1869 he presented Bibles to all incoming West Point cadets, a practice that continues today.

http://www.christianitytoday.com/hi...d-civil-war-gallery-of-fighters-of-faith.html
 
Oliver Otis Howard

Edit - Correct, richard. It appears you've been a long-time member of CivilWarTalk, but as far as I can determine, this is your first visit to this particular forum.

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O. O. Howard. Also known as "Uh oh" Howard for his cogent remarks at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg.
https://www.christianhistoryinstitu...and-civil-war-a-gallery-of-fighters-of-faith/

Apparently some wits referred to him as the "Christian General". Presumably before his promotions he was simply a Christian soldier. He was a fervent believer that his left hand should not know what his right hand was doing or indeed where it was. Phil Kearny who lost his own left, joked with Howard that at least they could shop for gloves together.

Jackson was Old Blue Light in addition to Tom Fool.
As for Polk, the suggestion that "Sewanee's Fighting Bishop" might be a practical nickname seems rather far-fetched. "Look there goes old Sewanee's Fighting Bishop" just does not roll off the tongue.
 
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