Trivia 3-20-2020 & Bonus

[Trivia Master]

Long before the war began this future Civil War general was reputedly engaged to General Winfield Scott's daughter Virginia when he was a cadet at West Point Her parents disapproved and the engagement, if the story is to be believed, was never made public. Seventeen year old Virginia accompanied her mother to Europe in 1838 and the two were separated for five years. Both wrote to each other, but neither received the other's letters, thanks to Virginia's manipulating mother! Feeling rejected, embittered and offended the young officer soon married another woman. Virginia was converted to Catholicism, and without her parents permission entered a convent where she died in 1845. Name this young officer!

credit: @stuart1861

bonus:
In the Spring off 1862 I joined Company G of the 37th Alabama. On July 1, 1863, during the Siege of Vicksburg, I was wounded by a Union sharpshooter and spent the rest of the war in hospitals, recovering from my wound. 58 years later, an odd event occured which led to some publicity and eventually led me to meet the Union sharpshooter who shot me in 1863.

Who am I?
What was the odd event that gained me publicity?
Who was the name of the Union sharpshooter who shot me?

credit: @General Casey

 

[Wallyfish]

G. T. Beauregard
GTB source

Bonus.
Willis Meadows
Coughed up bullet that was in him for 58 years
Peter Knapp was the union soldier who shot him

Meadows Knapp coughing bullet source

 

[luinrina]

Bonus:
You are Willis Meadows. In 1921, you coughed up the bullet that took your eye on July 1, 1863 by Union sharpshooter Peter Knapp.

Sources: https://mailtribune.com/archive/-coughs-up-bullet-the-unlikely-sequel-to-a-civil-war-mystery, https://www.quora.com/What-was-W-V-...to-the-American-Civil-War-Battle-of-Vicksburg

What a story! The world is small indeed.

 

[DBF]

Question
The officer is: Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (1818–1893)
http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/P._G._T._Beauregard

Bonus
1. Who am I: Willis Meadows
2. The Publicity: when I "Coughed Up the Bullet" that was fired at me 58 years prior.
3. The Union Sharpshooter: Peter Knapp
https://mailtribune.com/archive/-coughs-up-bullet-the-unlikely-sequel-to-a-civil-war-mystery

 

[hughes]

P. G. T. Beauregard

BONUS:
Willis Meadows
coughed out the bullet that had struck him
Peter Knapp

 

[captaindrew]

Main question: P.G.T. Beauregard

 

[stuart1861]

Thanks for posting my question.

Bonus:
- Willis Meadows
- He coughed up the bullet
- Peter Knapp

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus:I am Willis Meadows, I coughed up the bullet that wounded me 58 years later, the story appeared in a Ripley's Believe It or Not cartoon. Peter Knapp fired the shot. https://mailtribune.com/archive/-coughs-up-bullet-the-unlikely-sequel-to-a-civil-war-mystery

 

[kholland]

PGT Beauregard

Bonus:
Willis Meadows coughed up a bullet that had lodged in his head since 1863. The sharpshooter was Peter Knapp.

 

[ErnieMac]

Main question:
Name this young officer! P. G. T. Beauregard.

P. G. T. Beauregard

Bonus:
Who am I? Willis Meadows.
What was the odd event that gained me publicity? I coughed up the bullet that hit me in 1921.
Who was the name of the Union sharpshooter who shot me? Peter Knapp (5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry).

'Coughs Up Bullet': The unlikely sequel to a Civil War mystery

Willis Meadows grasped his throat and began to choke.

mailtribune.com

 

[WJC]

Long before the war began this future Civil War general was reputedly engaged to General Winfield Scott's daughter Virginia when he was a cadet at West Point Her parents disapproved and the engagement, if the story is to be believed, was never made public. Seventeen year old Virginia accompanied her mother to Europe in 1838 and the two were separated for five years. Both wrote to each other, but neither received the other's letters, thanks to Virginia's manipulating mother! Feeling rejected, embittered and offended the young officer soon married another woman. Virginia was converted to Catholicism, and without her parents permission entered a convent where she died in 1845. Name this young officer!

credit: @stuart1861

P. G. T. Beauregard (1818-1893).
<Alan Axelrod, Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered. (Lanham, MD:
Rowman & Littlefield, 2011), p. 4.>

bonus:
In the Spring off 1862 I joined Company G of the 37th Alabama. On July 1, 1863, during the Siege of Vicksburg, I was wounded by a Union sharpshooter and spent the rest of the war in hospitals, recovering from my wound. 58 years later, an odd event occured which led to some publicity and eventually led me to meet the Union sharpshooter who shot me in 1863.

Who am I?
What was the odd event that gained me publicity?
Who was the name of the Union sharpshooter who shot me?

credit: @General Casey

Who am I? Willis V. Meadows.
What was the odd event that gained me publicity? After 58 years, Meadows coughed up the bullet that had entered his eye and lodged near his brain.
Who was the name of the Union sharpshooter who shot me? Peter Knapp, Company H, 5th Iowa Volunteer Infantry.
<https://www.quora.com/What-was-W-V-...merican-Civil-War-Battle-of-Vicksburg?share=1>

 

[JOHN42768]

Main: Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard (May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893)
source: "Generals South, Generals North: The Commanders of the Civil War Reconsidered"

Bonus: to follow

 

[Michigander]

1. Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Source

Bonus: Willis Meadows
2. Coughing up a Bullet that took out his right eye at the battle of Vicksburg
3. Peter Knapp
Source

 

[General Casey]

As I submitted the Bonus question, I will only answer the main question. The answer is PGT Beauregard

 

[Ole Miss]

1) P. G. T. Beauregard
Bonus
1) Willis Meadows
2) "Coughs Up Bullet"
3) Peter Knapp
Regards
David

 

[sarladaise]

The young officer was future Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard

 

[Brenal]

P. G. T. Beauregard.

Bonus:
1. Willis Meadows.
2. Gained publicity when he coughed up the bullet that had taken his eye out 58 years earlier and lodged near his brain.
3. Peter Knapp.

 

[sarladaise]

1. You are Willis Meadows
2. You coughed up a bullet, trapped in your head for nearly 58 years, that took out your right eye during the siege of Vicksburg
3. Peter Knapp was the Union sharpshooter

History Daily

historydaily.org

 

[Mike Serpa]

Bonus: Willis Meadows coughed up the bullet that had taken out his eye in the Civil War. Peter Knapp was the sharpshooter.

 

[warbird43]

Primary Question: Name this young officer ! P.G.T. Beauregard

Bonus:

1. Who am I ? Willis V. Meadows. Shot through the head in July 1863. Efforts to remove the bullet were unsuccessful (the doctors couldn't locate it). Meadows spent the rest of the war in various hospitals.

2. What was the odd event that gained me publicity ? In 1921, Meadows coughed up the bullet that had remained in his head, 58 years after he was shot.

3. Who was the name of the Union sharpshooter who shot me ? Peter Knapp, 5th Iowa Infantry. Knapp had read the account of Meadow's story (it was nationally reported) and realized he was the shooter. Knapp contacted the 78 year-old vet, and the two old veterans enjoyed considerable correspondence with each other over the incident.