Trivia 11-29-16 two for tuesday

[Trivia Master]

One Civil War historical site is located in a foreign country and is designated as such by the Civil War Preservation Trust. Three seamen are buried there on a hillside overlooking the city.

1. Name the three seamen.
2. Name the city and country in which they are buried.

credit @chellers

Edit - Despite the thread title, I intend to score this as a single question worth ten points, rather than as two separate questions worth ten points apiece.

Note that to get credit for a correct response, players will have to give five separate answers: the names of all three seamen and the name of the city and country where they are buried.

Hoosier

 

[Don Dixon]

1. Confederate seamen George Appleby and James King, and Federal sailor William Gowen.

2. Cherbourg, France.

Edit - Correct, Don Dixon. Welcome to the trivia game.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

Hoosier

 

[FarawayFriend]

Great question! A Civil War site in a foreign land, three seamen buried on a hill ...

1) The three seamen are George Appleby and James King on the Confederate side and William Gowen on the Union side
2) The city is Cherbourg, the country is France

http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.de/2014/06/an-unusual-civil-war-cemetery.html

Meanwhile there is a second site outside the US, the Wirral Maritime Heritage Trail n the United Kingdom.
http://www.civilwar.org/aboutus/news/news-releases/2006-news/civil-war-preservation-trust-5.html#

 

[Copperhead-mi]

1. Confederate Sailors from CSS Alabama are George Appleby and James King and one Union sailor, William Gowen, from the USS Kearsarge.

2. Cherbourg, France

 

[JohnW.]

One Civil War historical site is located in a foreign country and is designated as such by the Civil War Preservation Trust. Three seamen are buried there on a hillside overlooking the city.

1. Name the three seamen.
2. Name the city and country in which they are buried.

credit @chellers

1. George Appleby-USA
2. James King-CSA
3. William Robinson-CSA

Buried in Cherbourg, France in a hillside cemetery overlooking the harbor

Edit - Players have provided a source that lists William Robinson, rather than William Gowen, as one of the three seamen buried at Cherbourg, so that answer will be accepted.

It is interesting to note that the source supporting the official answer of Appleby, King, and Gowen lists Appleby as being on the Confederate side, while the source supporting Appleby, King, and Robinson lists him as being on the Union side. Since the question did not ask which side each sailor came from, the difference doesn't matter for the purposes of scoring this question.

Hoosier

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

The Foreign Burial of American War Dead: A History
By Chris Dickon
Published in 2011

I guess someone must have located the cemetery, huh?


This leads to the CW Navy trivia question of the week; what is the only official Civil War historical site outside of the U.S.? The answer is, the City of Cherbourg, France. In a cemetery on a hillside overlooking the French port city lie the graves of three seamen, two Confederate and one Union. The Confederate seamen are George Appleby and James King, killed on the Alabama during the engagement. The Union sailor is William Gowen, who was rescued adrift in the waters of the English Channel. He was brought to shore and died eight days later, of wounds he received while serving on the Kearsarge in the combat. In September 2004, the Civil War Preservation Trust designated Cherbourg and its cemetery an official site of the American Civil War. This is the only such site outside of the U.S.
http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.co.za/2014_06_01_archive.html

 

[DBF]

After searching longer than I should have, this is the only thing I could find regarding this topic. These men (3) of them all belonging to the USS St. Mary, all civil war dead and all buried at Corozal in Panama.

Thomas Collins: Private, U.S. Marine Corps, USS St. Mary's
George Fleming: Coxswain, U.S. Navy, USS St. Mary's
Joseph Whipple Harris: Boy, U.S. Navy, USS St. Mary's

https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/mexican-war-civil-war-and-spanish-american-war
https://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries-memorials/americas/corozal-american-cemetery#.WD2H1neZOt8

Edit - While these three all served in the Civil War, Corozal is not recognized by the Civil War Preservation Trust as a Civil War historic site.

Hoosier

 

[Reb]

George Appleby, James King, William Gowen
City of Cherbourg, France.

 

[ErnieMac]

1. George Appleby and James King (Confederate). William Gowen (Federal).
2. "In September 2004, the Civil War Preservation Trust designated Cherbourg [France] and its cemetery an official site of the American Civil War. This is the only such site outside of the U.S."
http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2014/06/an-unusual-civil-war-cemetery.html

 

[Stony]

The Confederate seamen are George Appleby and James King, killed on the Alabama during the engagement. The Union sailor is William Gowen.
Cherbourg, France.

 

[Brenal]

1. The three seamen are:- George Appleby and James King, (both Confederate), and William Gowen, (Union)

2. The city is Cherbourg, France.

 

[roberts]

1. George Appleby, James King, and William Gowan

2. Cherbourg, France

 

[adisciu9]

1. William (USA); George Appleby and James King (CSA)
2. Cherbourg, France

Edit - You needed to give William's last name.

Hoosier

 

[Wallyfish]

William Gowin
George Appleby
William L Gowen


City is Cherbourg in the country of France. Cherbourg Old Communal Cemetery.

Note Cherbourg has had several names, Cherbourg-Octevill in 2000 and in January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin.

William Gowin, Ordinary Seaman, USS Kearsarge, was born in Michigan and died June 27, 1864, of wounds received on June 19, in the naval battle with the CSS Alabama, off Cherbourg, France. He is buried at the old cemetery in Cherbourg

George Appleby, Yeoman, CSS Alabama born in New Brunswick, resided in Liverpool; reduced in rank to Seaman on May 21, 1863; killed in action, June 19, 1864, during the engagement with the USS Kearsarge, off Cherbourg, France.

Expired Image Removed
In Memory
of WILLIAM L GOWEN
seaman who died on the 27th of June 1864
from wounds received on board
the United States sloop of war,"KEARSARGE"
during her engagement
with the Confererate privateer"ALABAMA"
off this port on the 19th of June 1864

Source.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GSsr=1&GScid=2264767&


Of interesting note, one additional Civil War veteran is buried in this same cemetery.


Name: James J Allingham
Rank Information: Assistant Surgeon, Passed Assistant Surgeon
Service Dates: 21 Dec 1861
Military Branch: US Navy Officers (1798-1900)
Death Date: 14 Oct 1865

Passed Assistant Surgeon James J. Allingham, USN, (ca. 1838-1865)

James J. Allingham was born in Ireland, later becoming a citizen of New York state. He received a Navy commission as Assistant Surgeon in December 1861 and spent most of the Civil War serving in the gunboat Conemaugh. Allingham was promoted to Passed Assistant Surgeon in May 1865. He was then assigned to USS Frolic, which began a European cruise in July 1865. Passed Assistant Surgeon James J. Allingham died at the age of 27 years at Cherbourg, France, on 14 October 1865.

In 1865 James J. Allingham, assistant surgeon of the United States ship "Frolic" having died in Cherbourg, at the hospital, his remains were buried in the local cemetery nearby the place where the victims of the Alabama-Kearsarge encounter were resting and a monument was erected to his memory.

These graves are honored and decorated with flowers and American flags on Memorial Day each year by the American colony, French local officials, and war veterans associations.


Click link below to see all US Navy Officers: 1798-1900 I've Found:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=vcsr&GSvcid=261793

Edit- William Gowin and William Gowen are one and the same person, so you have named only two of the three seamen the question asked for.

Hoosier

 

[UCVRelics]

George Appleby
James King
William Robinson
Cherbourg France

 

[Tennessee_Mountainman]

1. The seamen are George Appleby, William Gowen, and James King.

2. Cherbourg, France.

The seamen are from both the U.S.S. Kearsarge and C.S.S. Alabama, when the two fought in French waters.

One of my all time favorites:

"When the Alabama's keel was laid

Roll, Alabama, Roll

Twas laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



Twas laid in the yard of Jonathan Laird

Roll, Alabama, Roll

Twas laid in the town of Birkenhead

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



Down the Mersey way she rolled then

Roll, Alabama, Roll

Liverpool fitted her with guns and men

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



From the Western Isle she sailed forth

Roll, Alabama, Roll

To destroy the commerce of the North

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



To Cherbourg port she sailed one day

Roll, Alabama, Roll

To take her count of prize money

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



Many a sailor lad he met his doom

Roll, Alabama, Roll

When the Kearsarge it hove in view

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



Til a ball from the forward pivot that day

Roll, Alabama, Roll

Shot the Alabama's stern away

O Roll, Alabama, Roll



Off the three mile limit in sixty-five*

Roll, Alabama, Roll

The Alabama went to her grave

O Roll, Alabama, Roll"

 

[CheathamHill]

City of Cherbourg, France. In a cemetery on a hillside overlooking the French port city lie the graves of three seamen, two Confederate and one Union. The Confederate seamen are George Appleby and James King, killed on the Alabama during the engagement. The Union sailor is William Gowen
http://civilwarnavy150.blogspot.com/2014/06/an-unusual-civil-war-cemetery.html

 

[sarladaise]

1. George Appleby - CSA
James King -CSA
William Gowen -USA
2. Cherbourg, France

 

[Mike Serpa]

George Appleby, James King, CSA; William Gowan, USA
Cherbourg, France

 

[JLBristol]

St George, Bermuda.
I couldn't find the sailors' names.

Edit - One other player indicated that there is a site in Bermuda recognized as a Civil War historic site by the Civil War Preservation Trust, although I was unable to verify this by following the link that was provided.

Without the names of the three seamen, I can't give credit for a correct answer.

Hoosier