Trivia 10-23-19

[Trivia Master]

The three Confederate Navy vessels Charleston, Fredericksburg and Georgia were purchased with funds raised
1. by which organisation - AND
2. by what nickname were these ships often referred to?


credit: @sarladaise

 

[hughes]

1. Ladies Gunboat Association
2. Ladies Gunboats

 

[hughes]

ADDENDUM:

2. aka Petticoat gunboats

 

[stuart1861]

- The Ladies' Gunboat Association
- Ladies' Gunboats aka Petticoat Gunboats aka Ladies' Rams

 

[gentlemanrob]

1. Ladies Gunboat Association also called Ladies Defense Association and Ladies Aid and Defense Society
2. Petticoat Gunboats

 

[captaindrew]

Ladies' Gunboat Association they were nicknamed the "Ladies' Gunboats" The Georgia was also nicknamed the "Ladies' Ram"

 

[Brenal]

The Ladies' Gunboat Association
Guessing......Ladies' Rams??

 

[FarawayFriend]

1) The Ladies Gunboat Association" - also known as the "Ladies Defense Association" - and the "Ladies Aid and Defense Society"

2) Petticoat gunboats (some sources say "Ladies' gunboats")

Source: (btw, a very interesting read, written by our former(?) co-member @BonnieBlueFlag, and referring to the Trivia question from Jan.7th, 2006!)

Petticoat Gunboats - CivilWarWiki

civilwarwiki.net

 

[kholland]

1 Ladies' Gun-boat Association
2 "Ladies gunboat"

 

[Kurt G]

1.Ladie's Gunboat Association
2.Ladie's gunboats. Sometimes called the petticoat gunboats.

 

[Stone in the wall]

Ladies Gunboat Association
Ladies Gunboat or Ladies Gunboats

 

[Wallyfish]

Ladies' Gun-boat Association
Ladies Gunboats (-see prior CWT talk trivia question) or Petticoat Gunboats -Sources for both names found below.

A similar question was asked on game 40 July 2006. Here was the question.
4. Why were the Confederate ironclads Georgia, Fredericksburg, and Charleston called "ladies' gunboats?

One answer.
Though not true "gunboats," the Georgia, Fredericksburg, and Charleston
were jokingly referred to as "petticoat Gunboats" or "ladies Gunboats." Money raised by ladies selling quilts enabled the purchase of the these vessels.
2006 CWT trivia question on what is Ladies-Gunboats

Apparently that question sparked further interest and a piece was done below further discussing this subject.
Bonnieblueflag used this at footnote 2. Ladies Gunboat Association Papers, Southern Women's History Collection, Museum of the Confederacy.

November 3 - 7, 1861, Port Royal, South Carolina was captured by the Union navy, which had few problems fighting against 2 poorly supplied forts and 4 privately owned ships, 3 of which were converted tugboats on loan from Georgia!(1) The women of New Orleans saw trouble headed for their port so they formed an association to raise money to construct ironclad gunboats. This became the first of many Gunboat Societies. Ironclad ships or any vessel paid for in part or whole by these societies and associations became jokingly referred to as "Petticoat Gunboats".(2)
Article based on the CWT trivia question

 

[DBF]

1. "Ladies' Gun-boat Societies", although my source claims they were called several different names, in the South they were generally referred to as my answer.
2. The Petticoat Gunboats"
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/pe...ladies-gunboat-societies.155964/#post-2011120

 

[General Casey]

The boats were purchased with money raised by the Ladies Gunboat Association.

The boats were nicknamed "Petticoat Gunboats" or "Ladies Gunboats"

Source: http://www.civilwarroundtableaugustaga.com/common/Content.asp?PN=/news-articles&PAGE=406&CONTENT=80

 

[Stony]

1. city's "Ladies' Gun-boat Association",
2. the "Ladies' Gunboat"

 

[ErnieMac]

1. Ladies' Gunboats Societies or Ladies' Gunboat Associations.
2. Ladies Gunboats or Petticoat Gunboats.

Articles | Civil War Round Table of Augusta

Civil War Round Table of Augusta, Articles, The Ladies Gunboat Associations

www.civilwarroundtableaugustaga.com

"Petticoat Gunboats": The Wartime Expansion of Confederate Women's Discursive Opportunities Through Ladies' Gunboat Societies

<p>This study represents a feminist historiographical recovery of the discursive practices of Confederate women in Ladies' Gunboat Societies in the Civil War South, with particular attention to the rhetoric of club formation, epistolary writing, and networking through national newspapers. A turn...

trace.tennessee.edu

 

[Michigander]

1. Ladies Gunboat Association, also known as the Ladies Defense Association and the Ladies Aid and Defense Society
2. Petticoat Gunboats
Source 1
Source 2

 

[JOHN42768]

1) the Ladies Gunboat Association
2) "Petticoat Gunboat"
source: civilwarwiki.net/wiki/Petticoat_Gunboats

 

[WJC]

The three Confederate Navy vessels Charleston, Fredericksburg and Georgia were purchased with funds raised
1. by which organisation - AND
2. by what nickname were these ships often referred to?


credit: @sarladaise

1. The Ladies' Gunboat Association or Ladies' Gunboat Society. The names varied in different communities.
2. "Ladies' Gunboats".
<Vandergriff, Cara, "Petticoat Gunboats": The Wartime Expansion of Confederate Women's Discursive Opportunities Through Ladies' Gunboat Societies." Master's Thesis, University of Tennessee, 2013. https://trace.tennessee.edu/utk_gradthes/1691>

 

[hoosier]

1. Ladies' Gunboat Association
2. Ladies' Gunboats (This seems like an answer that is too obvious to be correct, but it's the only nickname I can find.)