Trivia 3-9-18 Nickname

[Trivia Master]

The California Regiment fought at Gettysburg, but it was not from California. What state was the California Regiment from, and how did it get that nickname?

credit: @LoyaltyOfDogs

Bonus:
I was born in 1807 the son of slave parents. My name first appears in the Gettysburg census of 1840. By 1860 I lived in my home, along with my wife Elizabeth and two children, in a small white house that is just south of Gettysburg. The twelve acre farm upon which I worked yielded crops of corn, wheat, and oats. My family also had a small vegetable garden and by 1863 a barn that sheltered two horses, two cows, a pair of mules, and three pigs.

Very little is known about me. Even the proper spelling of my name is up for debate. I left future generations no clues. Being illiterate, I signed my name with a simple "X," which makes following me impossible.

Being a free black, I left my home during the Gettysburg campaign and my Farm was at the mercy of the two mighty armies. In an ironic twist of fate, my property was central in one of the most famous military charges in American history. Much of my property was destroyed and I filed a $1,028 damage claim. However I only received $15 for hay consumed by the Union Army.

Don't worry about spelling my name as I don't even know what is is. My only request is please don't use an "X". Who am I?

credit: @Wallyfish

 

[BlueNGrey]

Pennsylvania. The "California Regiment" was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast.

"You can call me Abraham Bryan or you can call me Abram Brian, or Abraham Brien, just don't call me late for dinner".
signed..... X

 

[SWMODave]

1. Pennsylvania but initially funded by West Coast citizens and called the 1st California originally

Source
Source

 

[hughes]

Pennsylvania
California Senator McDougal raised much of the money for the unit on the stipulation that it be named for the state and initially led by a Californian

Bonus: Abraham Brian

 

[Brenal]

Pennsylvania.
The regiments in the Philadelphia Brigade were originally designated as California regiments. Some residents on the West Coast wanted California to have a military presence in the Eastern army and asked Oregon Senator Edward D Baker to form a regiment to be credited to that state. Baker was able to recruit a regiment from Philadelphia, designated the 1st California. By October, he increased his command to a brigade, adding the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th California regiments, all of which were from Philadelphia. After his death at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Pennsylvania claimed the regiments as its own and renamed them as the following:
The 1st California became the 71st Pennsylvania,
The 2nd California became the 69th Pennsylvania,
The 3rd California became the 72nd Pennsylvania,
The 5th California became the 106th Pennsylvania.

Bonus.
Abraham Brian, (Bryan, Brien,)

 

[Wallyfish]

The 71st Pennsylvania was from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Early in the war, prominent California citizens wanted California to be represented in the war. They had Oregon senator Edward D. Baker lead the process to form a California regiment using east coast citizens. Baker was a freind of Lincoln's and he was granted permission to raise the regiments. Thus the name, California Regiment. If you ever visited The Angle in Gettysburg, you were near the 71st Pa monument.

Nice read on the subject here.

http://www.militarymuseum.org/CABde.html


Bonus. Credit for question submission.

 

[kholland]

The 71st Pennsylvania was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast, hence the name.

You were Abraham Brian (or was it Bryan?) and your tiny house was involved in Pickett's Charge.

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

Early in May, 1861, a number of citizens of the Pacific coast, who were in Washington, decided that California ought to be represented in the Army of the Union upon the Atlantic slope, and to that end urged Edward D. Baker, then United States Senator from Oregon, to form a regiment in the East to the credit of that distant State. Senator Baker decided to undertake the task provided that he be allowed to enlist men for three years. At the insistence of the President, the Secretary of War addressed Senator Baker as follows: "You are authorized to raise for the service of the United States a regiment of troops (infantry), with yourself as colonel, to be taken as a portion of any troops that may be called from the State of California by the United States, and to be known as the 'California Regiment'."

The Union force of actual Californians comprised eight regiments of infantry, two regiments and one battalion of cavalry and a battalion of mountaineers, all of which were engaged throughout the war in maintaining order in the Department of the Pacific.

After Baker's death at Ball's Bluff, the California Brigade was claimed as part of its quota. The "California Regiment" was designated the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry, and the brigade was named the "Philadelphia Brigade".

Bonus: Abraham Bryan, or Brian

 

[DBF]

Question
When money was raised by California U.S. Senator James McDougall to support a "California" regiment, if they were commanded by a one-time Californian then Senator from Oregon Edward D Baker, President Lincoln commissioned Baker to raise a brigade and Baker went to Philadelphia to do so. Unfortunately he would be killed during the Battle of Ball's Bluff, but after his death the regiment from the State of Pennsylvania "re-claimed" the California designation.
https://www.pe.com/2013/06/28/hunneman-the-california-regiment-at-gettysburg/
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/california-brigade

Bonus
You Are: Abram (or Abraham) Brian (or Byran or Brien)
https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2015/...-opportunity-to-explore-the-abram-brian-farm/

 

[Mark A]

The California Regiment fought at Gettysburg, but it was not from California. What state was the California Regiment from, and how did it get that nickname?

credit: @LoyaltyOfDogs

Bonus:
I was born in 1807 the son of slave parents. My name first appears in the Gettysburg census of 1840. By 1860 I lived in my home, along with my wife Elizabeth and two children, in a small white house that is just south of Gettysburg. The twelve acre farm upon which I worked yielded crops of corn, wheat, and oats. My family also had a small vegetable garden and by 1863 a barn that sheltered two horses, two cows, a pair of mules, and three pigs.

Very little is known about me. Even the proper spelling of my name is up for debate. I left future generations no clues. Being illiterate, I signed my name with a simple "X," which makes following me impossible.

Being a free black, I left my home during the Gettysburg campaign and my Farm was at the mercy of the two mighty armies. In an ironic twist of fate, my property was central in one of the most famous military charges in American history. Much of my property was destroyed and I filed a $1,028 damage claim. However I only received $15 for hay consumed by the Union Army.

Don't worry about spelling my name as I don't even know what is is. My only request is please don't use an "X". Who am I?

credit: @Wallyfish

TRIVIA: A group of Californians asked Oregon Senator Edward Baker to go east and raise a brigade in the name of California. These soldiers were from Philadelphia, PA.

BONUS: Abraham Brian. Last name also found spelled as Bryan and Brien.

 

[Jimklag]

First Question: The "California Regiment" was actually the 71st Pennsylvania Infantry and got its name because California U.S. Senator James McDougall offered to recruit and raise the money to support a "California" regiment.

Bonus: You are Abram Brian born in Maryland to slave parents in 1807 and citizen of Gettysburg whose house is located at what is now the northern end of Hancock Ave.

 

[8thFlorida]

Pennsylvania

Edit - A belated welcome to the trivia game, 8thFlorida. You actually submitted your first answer to the trivia game a day earlier, but I didn't realize then that it was your first time as a player.

Pennsylvania is where the California Regiment came from, but you would also have needed to answer the second part of the question (how did it get its nickname) to get credit for a correct response.

Note that sometimes, especially on Fridays, one or more bonus questions are posted along with the main question. Each bonus question is worth 10 points in the scoring, so it's worth your while to answer them, if you can.

hoosier

 

[SWMODave]

Bonus - Abraham Brian

Source
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[WJC]

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The California Regiment fought at Gettysburg, but it was not from California. What state was the California Regiment from, and how did it get that nickname?
credit: @LoyaltyOfDogs

71st Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment is often called "the California Regiment".
It was the first of four infantry regiments of the California Brigade that were raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in order to represent the isolated west coast state in the military efforts in the east. They were later renamed: 1st California became 71st Pennsylvania; 2nd California became 69th Pennsylvania; 3rd California became 72nd Pennsylvania and 5th California became 106th Pennsylvania. All four regiments fought in the Battle of Gettysburg.

Bonus:
I was born in 1807 the son of slave parents.
Don't worry about spelling my name as I don't even know what is is. My only request is please don't use an "X". Who am I?
credit: @Wallyfish

Abraham Brian (aka Bryan).

 

[William G Hendry]

"First California Regiment"
The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment lost 14 officers and 147 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded and 1 officer and 98 enlisted men to disease during the Civil War. It is honored with the Philadelphia Brigade on a monument at Antietam, and by a monument at Gettysburg. The regiment's nickname came from being raised by California's U.S. Senator Edward Baker from men on the east coast and accepted for Federal service as part of California's quota. Baker's command was later expanded to a brigade. After he was killed at Ball's Bluff, the State of Pennsylvania claimed the regiments for their quota, and they became known as "The Philadelphia Brigade."

 

[sjw83071]

71st Pennsylvania from Pennsylvania
The regiment was organized in August 1861 by Oregon Senator Edward D. Baker, composed of 15 companies instead of the standard 10. Although raised from residents of Philadelphia, it was initially designated the 1st California in deference to Baker's wishes.

Abraham Bryan

 

[Schwallanscher]

regular:

it was raised in philadelphia by senator edward dickinson barker and in accordance to his wishes named 1st california infantry. after his death in november 1861 it was renamed to 71st pennsylvania infantry.

bonus:

abraham brian (also bryan or brien) - source

 

[Northern Light]

The California regiment was from Philadelphia. It was raised by Edward Baker st the request of a group from California who wanted to show support for the Union in the war.
When the Civil War broke out, residents of the west coast wanted to have a presence in the eastern theater. However, with nearly 3,000 miles separating the state of California and the Army of the Potomac and no railroad connecting the west coast to the east, sending a brigade of infantrymen across the wild country would be an ambitious goal. Instead, a group of Californians asked Oregon Senator Edward Baker to head east and raise a brigade in the name of California.

Oregon Senator Edward Baker went to Pennsylvania to raise a brigade in the name of California.
Library of Congress
In April 1861, Baker was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln to raise a California brigade in Philadelphia. The first regiment Baker organized, the 1st California, consisted of Philadelphians and was placed under immediate charge of Colonel Isaac Wistar, who had been a ranger in California during the 1850s. By October Baker's brigade had grown to its full size, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th California Infantry.

The 3rd California had another name at the time of conception. Known as the Philadelphia Fire Zouaves, the men of the 3rd California were easily recognizable by their uniforms, which were inspired by the Zouaves of the French army. Dressed in light blue pants cut wide with red stripes and a cut away jacket with a row of bright blue buttons, the Philadelphia Fire Zouaves drew considerable attention as they marched through the streets of Philadelphia. (Daniel Landsman,@ Civil War Trust)

 

[FarawayFriend]

Regular question:
That was the 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers - from Pennsylvania. It was also known as the "California Regiment" as it was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast.

http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.co...ania/pennsylvania-infantry/71st-pennsylvania/

Bonus question:

You are Abraham (or Abram) Brian (or Bryan, or Brien).

http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.com/battlefield-farms/brian-bryan-farm/

https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2015/...-opportunity-to-explore-the-abram-brian-farm/

 

[davidh26]

71st Pennsylvania, originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast.

Bonus: Abram Brian