10-15-2021

[Trivia Master]

A cavalry commander ordered his men: "Use sabers alone! I will cut down the first man that fires a shot!"
(1) Who was that commander?
(2) What was his unit?
(3) In what battle was the order given?

credit: @WJC

 

[hughes]

(1) Judson Kilpatrick
(2) 1st Ohio
(3) Monterey Pass

Edit - Response to first part of question revised in subsequent post.

hoosier

 

[JFW22]

A cavalry commander ordered his men: "Use sabers alone! I will cut down the first man that fires a shot!"

(1) Who was that commander?
Captain Noah Jones
(2) What was his unit?
Company A of the 1st Ohio Cavalry
(3) In what battle was the order given?
The Fight at Monterey Pass during Lee's retreat from Gettysburg

 

[ErnieMac]

(1) Who was that commander? Noah Jones.
(2) What was his unit? Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry.
(3) In what battle was the order given? Monterey Pass.

One Continuous Fight

A detailed history of the Confederate retreat after the Battle of Gettysburg and the Union effort to destroy the enemy during the American Civil War. The three-day Battle of Gettysburg left 50,000 casualties in its wake, a battered Southern army far from its base of supplies, and a rich...

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[stuart1861]

(1) Captain Noah Jones;
(2) Company A, First Ohio Volunteer Cavalry;
(3) Battle of Monterey Pass, Pennsylvania, July 4-5, 1863.

I AM VERY SORRY!

Edit - No need to apologize. These are the correct answers.

hoosier

 

[Brenal]

(1) Captain Noah Jones
(2) Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry
(3) Battle at Monterey Pass

One Continuous Fight By Eric J. Wittenberg, J. David Petruzzi, Michael F. Nugent

 

[JFW22]

A cavalry commander ordered his men: "Use sabers alone! I will cut down the first man that fires a shot!"

(1) Who was that commander?
Captain Noah Jones
(2) What was his unit?
Company A of the 1st Ohio Cavalry
(3) In what battle was the order given?
The Fight at Monterey Pass during Lee's retreat from Gettysburg

Source:
One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's
By Eric J. Wittenberg, J. David Petruzzi, Michael F. Nugent

 

[Johnny Shafto]

Captain Noah Jones
Company A , 1st Ohio Cavalry
Gettysburg

 

[hughes]

CORRECTION:
(1) Captain Noah Jones as we all now know

 

[NFB22]

Capt. Noah Jones of the 1st Ohio Cav @ Gettysburg. Great quote.

 

[MRB1863]

Captain Noah Jones
1st Ohio Cavalry
Monterey Pass

 

[streetwiseprof]

1. Capt. Noah Jones
2. Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry.
3. Battle of Monterey Pass

 

[DBF]

Captain Noah Jones
Company A of the 1st Ohio Cavalry
The fight at Monterey Pass (July 4-5 1863)
(Source)

 

[JOHN42768]

Union Capt. Noah Jones
!st Ohio Cavalry Co. A.
July 4,1863 attack on Lee's retreating wagon train at Monterey Pass
Source: "One Continuous Fight: The Retreat from Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee's Army of Northern Virginia"

 

[TerryB]

I don't know, but I hope they gave him a decent burial.

 

[sarladaise]

1) Capt. Noah Jones
2) Co. A, 1st Ohio Cavalry
3) Battle of Monterey Pass, Franklin County, PA

 

[kholland]

1) Captain T.K.Jones
2) Company A, 1st Ohio Cavalry
3) Monterey Pass

Retreat from Gettysburg

In a groundbreaking, comprehensive history of the Army of Northern Virginia’s retreat from Gettysburg in July 1863, Kent Masterson Brown draws on previously untapped sources to chronicle the massive effort of General Robert E. Lee and his command as they sought to move people, equipment, and...

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[bayouace]

1. Robert Minty
2. 4th Michigan/Minty's Brigade
3. Battle of Shelbyville, TN

Edit - Minty did order a saber charge at Shelbyville, but the question was about a direct quote, and I can find no evidence that Minty ever uttered those words.

hoosier

 

[Gibbon]

Captain Noah Jones
1st Ohio Cavalry co A
Monterey Pass

Edit - Correct, Gibbon. Welcome to CivilWarTalk and to the trivia game. I see you've already found your way to the Camp of Instruction for New Recruits, which is a good way to introduce yourself to lots of CivilWarTalkers.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[hoosier]

1. Capt. Noah Jones (one source lists him as T. K. Jones)
2. Co. A, 1st Ohio Cavalry
3. I will say this was the Battle of (or Fight at) Monterey Pass, which took place during the Confederate retreat from Gettysburg.