Trivia 1-26-18 & Bonus

[Trivia Master]

What legendary western gunfighter was a conscript in the Georgia State Militia at the age of 13 during the Siege of Atlanta?

credit: @Desert Kid

bonus:
Who said the following: "Here's to Jeff Davis and the Southern Confederacy. May the South always maintain her honor and her rights."

credit: @amweiner

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hoosier

 

[hughes]

John "Doc" Holliday

Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[Jimklag]

What legendary western gunfighter was a conscript in the Georgia State Militia at the age of 13 during the Siege of Atlanta?

credit: @Desert Kid

bonus:
Who said the following: "Here's to Jeff Davis and the Southern Confederacy. May the South always maintain her honor and her rights."

credit: @amweiner

1st question: John Henry "Doc" Holliday

Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[Brenal]

Can only guess John Henry "Doc" Holiday as he would have been 13 at the time and was born in Georgia.

Bonus:
Pauline Cushman

 

[adisciu9]

Doc Holliday
Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[BlueNGrey]

After spending an inordinate amount of time searching, I decided to analyse the question. The question was posed by an Arizonan. Therefore, my hunch is that this "legendary gunfighter" was in Arizona. The most famous gunfighters were those at Tombstone and famous for the shootout at the OK Corral. The only one from Georgia that fits the description would have been "Doc" Holliday.

John Henry "Doc" Holliday, was born in Georgia in 1851. This would have made him 13 during the siege of Atlanta. I can find no extant documentation that he was a conscript. However, his father was a Confederate soldier, rising to the rank of Major, but he resigned his commission in 1862, and moved his family to the Florida/Georgia border during Sherman's raid through the South. Although John Henry "Doc" Holliday grew up in Georgia during the Civil War as the son of a Confederate officer, the closest he got to the action himself was seeing troops marching through his hometown of Griffin, location of two Confederate training camps. I would like to see some proof other than some "account" (which I can't find) that this is a true.

Pauline Cushman, born Harriet Wood.
http://www.readex.com/readex-report...l-war-going-undercover-belle-boyd-and-pauline

 

[gentlemanrob]

Question: John Henry "Doc" Holliday
Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[connecticut yankee]

My wild guess is DOC HOLLIDAY. I know his father, six uncles and various cousins all served. Most if not all were from Lowndes County Georgia. Doc would have been about age 13 during the war, so that's my guess...

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[Tom Elmore]

John Henry "Doc" Holliday?

 

[connecticut yankee]

Bonus Question:

PAULINE CUSHMAN

Later Years
As interest in the war faded, so too did Cushman's notoriety. She married August Fichtner in 1872, but he died within a year. She then married Jere Fryer and operated a hotel in Casa Grande, Arizona. Their marriage didn't withstand the death of their adopted child, however, and Pauline was soon on her own. Suffering from arthritis and rheumatism, she self-medicated with opium and eventually became addicted. Though she received a meager pension from her first husband's military service, it didn't last long.

Nearly destitute, Pauline Cushman moved to San Francisco, a town she had always loved, and worked as a seamstress and charwoman. Suffering from pain and poor health, she died of an opium overdose on December 2, 1893, at the age of 60. She is buried in the officers' section of Golden Gate Cemetery at the Presidio. Her simple gravestone reads, "Pauline C. Fryer, Union Spy."

https://www.biography.com/people/pauline-cushman

 

[Waterloo50]

What legendary western gunfighter was a conscript in the Georgia State Militia at the age of 13 during the Siege of Atlanta?

credit: @Desert Kid

bonus:
Who said the following: "Here's to Jeff Davis and the Southern Confederacy. May the South always maintain her honor and her rights."

credit: @amweiner

Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[MaryDee]

Friday: Very wild guess here! Doc Holliday (of Tombstone fame). He was in Georgia and was the right age, but I can't find anything that says he was in the Georgia Militia or at the Siege of Atlanta. I can't find anyone else who at that age was anywhere near Georgia in 1864, though. I'm really curious about the right answer and the documentation for it!

Bonus: Pauline Cushman (part of her cover as a Union spy)
http://www.civilwar.com/index.php/people/21-union-women/148416-miss-major-pauline-cushman.html

 

[Waterloo50]

What legendary western gunfighter was a conscript in the Georgia State Militia at the age of 13 during the Siege of Atlanta?

I think perhaps it's Doc Holliday, he would have been about 13 years old during the Siege of Atlanta and he was from Georgia.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

This trivia question has been a head scratcher for me. My first instinct was Doc Holliday. I found documentation that his father served, but couldn't find anything directly about Doc. My next guess was Dallas Stoudenmire due to the source below, but he was born in Alabama. Of course that's mighty close to Georgia.

Source: https://www.officer.com/training-careers/article/10233369/legendary-lawman-dallas-stoudenmire
"At the tender age of 15 the nearly six foot tall Dallas Stoudenmire enlisted in the Confederate Army. When his commanding officer learned of his age he was discharged."

I'm going with (drum roll please) Doc Holliday because he was "legendary" and he was born in Georgia.

Bonus: Pauline Cushman

By the way, I love how folks who participate in trivia "like" the answers others give. That makes me feel a lot better when I get it wrong.

 

[William G Hendry]

Bonus
Pauline Cushman
Her Best Role
1833 – 1893
The theater was packed for the performance of Seven Sisters. Word had passed through the Confederate sympathizers all afternoon—something unexpected was about to happen on stage.

Everyone in the audience leaned forward as Pauline walked out in her role as a fashionable gentleman. She lifted a wine glass as if to drink with a friend. Then, she stepped forward and surveyed the audience. Her clear voice rang out: "Here's to Jefferson Davis and the Southern Confederacy. May the South always maintain her honor and her rights!"

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

John Henry "Doc" Holliday

Bonus: Pauline Cushman

 

[JOHN42768]

Bonus: Pauline Cushman was born Harriet Wood on June 10, 1833
source: http://www.readex.com/readex-report...l-war-going-undercover-belle-boyd-and-pauline

Main: Guessing John Henry "Doc" Holliday (August 14, 1851 – November 8, 1887. Georgia boy of the correct age and his father served in the Confederacy
source:

 

[mofederal]

https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Heck Thomas

Heck Thomas

http://www.readex.com/readex-report...l-war-going-undercover-belle-boyd-and-pauline

Pauline Cushman onstage during a play, Seven Sisters at Wood's Theater in Louisville, Ky. She was a Spy for the Union.

 

[ErnieMac]

I'm assuming John Henry 'Doc' Holliday is the intended answer, but I've never seen a source stating he served.

Bonus: Federal spy Pauline Cushman.