Trivia 10-2-2020 First Call & Bonus

[Trivia Master]

Question: what northern sate issued the first call for black troops in the civil war?

credit: scone
This is Steven's last submitted trivia question


Bonus:
I was built in New York in 1853 originally designed to be a commercial steamer. My shallow draft and steam power enabled me to navigate in shallow and coastal waters. My sturdy build also enabled me to carry heavy cargo which came in handy as I worked one mile off the coast of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts in the years before the war.

During the war I was assigned a very special duty with the Union Navy and became an integral part as they worked to combine 2 of the 4 classical elements. It was said by many that I had the "heart of a lion".


1. What Was My Original Name?
2. What was the new name I was given during the war years?

credit: @DBF

 

[hughes]

Kansas

BONUS: 1. USLHTS Van Santvoort
2. USS Coeur de Lion

 

[stuart1861]

- Kansas

Bonus: 1) Lighthouse Tender Van Santvoort; 2) Coeur de Leon

 

[captaindrew]

Main Question: Kansas https://www.nps.gov/articles/1stkan...he first Northern,combat during the Civil War.

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus: 1.built as the Lighthouse Tender "Van Stantvoort" 2. USS Coeur de Lion https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2018...-tender-and-warship-with-the-heart-of-a-lion/

 

[NFB22]

I believe it was Massachusetts that issued the first official call for troops as the 1st Kansas was organized without authorization.

Bonus:

USS Coeur de Lion, the only other name I can find for the vessel was when it was known as the Alice

 

[Ole Miss]

Massachusetts
Bonus
1) Van Santvoort
2) USS Coeur de Leon
Regards
David

 

[Pollaco]

The VAN SANTVOORT was later changed to the USS COEUR DE LION.
Bonus Question: KANSAS was the first northetn state to call for colored troops.

 

[WJC]

Question: what northern sate issued the first call for black troops in the civil war?

credit: scone
This is Steven's last submitted trivia question

Massachusetts, in February 1863.
Source: "Black Civil War Soldiers", History.com, April 14, 2010. https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/black-civil-war-soldiers

Bonus:
I was built in New York in 1853 originally designed to be a commercial steamer. My shallow draft and steam power enabled me to navigate in shallow and coastal waters. My sturdy build also enabled me to carry heavy cargo which came in handy as I worked one mile off the coast of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts in the years before the war.

During the war I was assigned a very special duty with the Union Navy and became an integral part as they worked to combine 2 of the 4 classical elements. It was said by many that I had the "heart of a lion".


1. What Was My Original Name?
2. What was the new name I was given during the war years?

credit: @DBF

1. What Was My Original Name? Van Santvoort.
2. What was the new name I was given during the war years? USS Coeur de Leon.
Source: William H. Thiesen, "The Long Blue Line: Lighthouse tender and warship with the heart of a lion", Coast Guard Compass, August 30, 2018. https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2018...-tender-and-warship-with-the-heart-of-a-lion/

 

[Brenal]

Massachusetts

Black Civil War Soldiers

On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation: “All persons held as slaves within any States…in rebellion against the

www.history.com

.

bonus:1. Lighthouse Tender Van Santvoort.
2. Coeur de Leon.

 

[kholland]

Kansas

First to Serve-1st Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment (U.S. National Park Service)

www.nps.gov

.

Bonus :

1 Lighthouse Tender Van Santvoort
2 Coeur Dr Leon

 

[Kurt G]

Kansas
Bonus;
1. Van Sanvoort
2.Couer de Lion

 

[DBF]

On January 13, 1863 Kansas Senator James Henry Lane recruited and mustered in the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry, however he did so without federal authority nor the approval of secretary of War Edwin Stanton. The first Governor of a State, John Andrew issued a call from his state of Massachusetts the following month.

My 3rd source states Governor Andrew had authorization and issued his order on January 26, 1863 - I'll go with Massachusetts since I presume a governor with approval trumps a senator without.

https://www.nps.gov/articles/1stkansas.htm
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/the-54th-massachusetts-infantry
https://www.sec.state.ma.us/mus/pdfs/Fire-and-Thunder.pdf

 

[JOHN42768]

Main: Kansas was the first Northern state to recruit, train, and send black soldiers into combat during the Civil War. Fort Scott served as the home base for both the 1st​ and 2nd​ Kansas Colored Infantry
source: https://www.nps.gov/articles/1stkansas.htm


Bonus: (1) Lighthouse Tender Van Santvoort
(2) USS Coeur de Leon
source: https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2018...-tender-and-warship-with-the-heart-of-a-lion/

 

[Poorville]

Question
Massachusetts
https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/black-civil-war-soldiers
God bless

Bonus
1. Lighthouse Tender Van Santvoort
2. U.S. Steamer Coeur de Lion (ex-USLHS Tender Van Santvoort)
https://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2018...-tender-and-warship-with-the-heart-of-a-lion/

 

[FarawayFriend]

Regular question:

Massachusetts

"Early in February 1863, the abolitionist Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts issued the Civil War's first official call for black soldiers. "

Black Civil War Soldiers - Facts, Death Toll & Enlistment | HISTORY

After President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, Black soldiers could officially fight for the U...

www.history.com

 

[streetwiseprof]

1. Van Santvoort.
2. Coeur de Lion.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Bonus:

1) [Alfred] Van Santvoort
2) USS Coeur de Lion

"On 10 November 1861 the "Coeur de Lion" towed the barge USS George Washington Parke Custis (1861) the first de facto aircraft carrier. "

USS Coeur de Lion - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

"The USS Coeur de Lion, an 110-ton (burden) side-wheel gunboat, was built in 1853 at Coxsakie, New York, as a civilian steamer. Later becoming a U.S. Light House Tender, she was loaned to the Navy soon after the outbreak of the Civil War and began her commissioned Navy service in early October 1861. 'Coeur de Lion' was active thereafter on the rivers tributary to Chesapeake Bay. In November 1861 she was tasked to tow the barge 'George Washington Parke Custis during Thaddeus Lowe's observation balloon operations over the Potomac River. During 1862-1864 'Coeur de Lion' captured or destroyed several would-be blockade running schooners and participated in a number of engagements with Confederate forces. Returned to the Lighthouse Board in June 1865, she was sold in 1867. As the commercial steamer 'Alice' she lasted until about 1873, when she was removed from shipping registers."

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Source:
Civil War Navies, 1855-1883 / by Paul Silverstone, page 61

Source:

Van Santvoort, 1857

Van Santvoort, 1857later-Coeur de LeonA former name retained (Van Santvoort). Coeur de Leon is French for "lion-hearted."Builder: Length: 100

www.history.uscg.mil

 

[Rick Richter]

Question: what northern sate issued the first call for black troops in the civil war?

credit: scone
This is Steven's last submitted trivia question


Bonus:
I was built in New York in 1853 originally designed to be a commercial steamer. My shallow draft and steam power enabled me to navigate in shallow and coastal waters. My sturdy build also enabled me to carry heavy cargo which came in handy as I worked one mile off the coast of the towns of Cohasset and Scituate, Massachusetts in the years before the war.

During the war I was assigned a very special duty with the Union Navy and became an integral part as they worked to combine 2 of the 4 classical elements. It was said by many that I had the "heart of a lion".


1. What Was My Original Name?
2. What was the new name I was given during the war years?

credit: @DBF

1. Massachusetts
2. Van Santvoort
3. Coeur de Lion

 

[General Casey]

Massachusetts

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