Trivia #24 Friday Bonus (1/24/2014)

[Trivia Master]

Tonight's Civil War Trivia Question Value: 2 points.
.
This question will be open until Monday at about 9:30am EDT
New Questions are Posted Every Night at 9:30pm EDT
.
Please do not post your answers anywhere but in this forum! This includes you FACEBOOK users!
.
What does the song "O Canada" have in common with Rhode Island Civil War Regiments?
.
Post your answers BELOW. Good Luck!
.
If you have a Civil War book, or perhaps some other interesting Civil War product you'd like to promote by giving it away as a trivia prize, contact the Webmaster, Mike Kendra!

 

[Karlos63]

Oh canada's composer fought with the rhode island regiment at Antietam.

 

[sockknitter]

The composer of "O Canada" was Calixa Lavallee, born in Canada but moved to the United States in 1857 and enlisted in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers, where he attained the rank of lieutenant.

 

[Stony]

Calixa Lavallee, the man who wrote the music for O Canada In 1860, back in the United States, he signed up for a Rhode Island regiment of the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War as a cornet player. Shot in battle, he was honourably discharged in October, 1862, aged 19. After a few years recovering in Quebec, he returned south, first to Boston and then New York, where he became director of the Grand Opera House. Lavallee composed an opera, but alas, the opera house's owner was assassinated on the night of the opening, and the opera never took the stage

 

[chellers]

Calixa Lavallée, a French-Canadian, moved to the United States where he enlisted in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers of the Union army during the American Civil War; he also composed the music for "O Canada."

 

[Littlestown]

Calixa Lavallée, who composed "O Canada", served in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers of the Union army during the, attaining the rank of lieutenant.

 

[Dbersh]

Calixa Lavallée served in the 4th Rhode Island Volenteer Infantry, signed up to receive the $300.00 bounty, was wounded in the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg), and in 1880 wrote the music to go with "O Canada"

 

[Albert Sailhorst]

The website http://www2.canada.com/shareit/voic....html?id=7aa253e1-520b-4f0b-943b-38f1693d3f55 states:

"Calixa Lavallee, the man who wrote the music for O Canada.....signed up for a Rhode Island regiment of the Union Army in the U.S. Civil War as a cornet player. Shot in battle, he was honourably discharged in October, 1862, aged 19."
Specifically, he signed on as a musician in the 4th Rhode Island Regiment and was injured in the Battle of Antietam in 1862.

 

[Custers Luck]

the composer of the song was a french Canadian american he served as a lieutenant in the 4th Rhode Island volunteers
Calixa Lavallee

 

[adisciu9]

Calixa Lavallee, the man who wrote the music for O Canada, fought in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers

 

[stuart1861]

Calixa Lavallée who composed the music for O Canada was a lieutenant in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers

 

[reading48]

Franco Americans an Important Catholic group was estimated between 20 to 40 thousand volunteers.
Answered Lincolns 1st call to defend the Nation. The 2nd Rhode Island infantry were 3 year enlistments.
Elisha Hunt rhodes was among them

Edit - Unfortunately, none of these has anything to do with "O Canada."

Hoosier

 

[Bob Owen]

Calixa Lavallee composed the music "O Canada" was a Union Officer and it became the National Anthem of Canada.

 

[101combatvet]

Calixa Lavallee, the composer of the Canadian anthem joined a Rhode Island regiment of the Union Army.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Calixa Lavallee, the composer of "O Canada," had been a member of the 4th Rhode Island Infantry during the Civil War.

 

[truthckr]

The music to "O Canada" was composed by C. Lavallee who was a Lt. in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers.

 

[Eagle eye]

Calixa Lavallée was a French-Canadian musician and Union officer during the American Civil War who later composed the music for "O Canada", which officially became the national anthem of Canada in 1980. In 1857, he had moved to the United States and lived in Rhode Island where he enlisted in the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers of the Union army during the American Civil War, attaining the rank of lieutenant.

 

[Seduzal]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_American_Civil_War

Calixa Lavalle'e musician and Union officer, composed music for "O Canada" in 1857 moved to US
Lived in Rhode Island enlisted in 4th Rhode Island Volunteers attaining rank of lieutenant.

 

[FarawayFriend]

I don't know if there is a connection between the hymn and more than one RI regiment but at least I found a connection between O Canada and one particular regiment:
The Canadian born composer of the Canadian National Anthem "O Canada", Calixa Lavallee (born Calixte Paquet dit Lavallee) moved in 1857 to Rhode Island and served during the Civil War as Lieutenant of the 4th Rhode Island Volunteers.

 

[sarladaise]

Calixa Lavallee, composer of "O Canada" was a veteran of the battle of Antietam as a 4th Rhode Island Reg. Volunteer