Trivia 3-9-18 Nickname

[James N.]

Col. Edward D. Baker was the first commander of the 71st Pennsylvania, known as the California Regiment in honor of Baker's one-time residence in that state; supposedly it included some actual Californians. Abraham Lincoln's friend and former Illinois law associate Baker was an early "martyr" to the Union cause, killed Oct. 21, 1861 at the mis-managed Battle of Ball's Bluff, after which his body lay in state at the White House before being returned for burial to Oregon from where he had been a U. S. Senator before the war. For more about the battle: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-battle-of-balls-bluff-october-21-1861.118672/

Below, the Brien/Brian/Bryan barn on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg, occupied during Pickett's Charge by members of Hay's Division of Hancock's Second Corps; fortunately for them, the owner and his family had left prior to the battle.

 

[sarladaise]

The "California Regiment" was from Pennsylvania
The 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers got their nickname because they were originally sponsored and funded by
citizens on the West Coast.

Bonus: Abraham Brian

 

[lelliott19]

71st Pennsylvania Volunteers - the regiment was originally sponsored and funded by citizens on the West Coast http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.co...ania/pennsylvania-infantry/71st-pennsylvania/

BONUS:
Abraham Bryan (Brian) http://civilwarwiki.net/wiki/Brian_Farm_(Gettysburg)

 

[hoosier]

Main question: The California Regiment was from Pennsylvania. California Senator Edward Baker raised the regiment, and even though the regiment consisted of men who came from Pennsylvania, the senator requested the War Department to credit it to the state of California.

Bonus: Abraham Bryan

 

[AnnaLee]

The California Regiment was from Pennsylvania.

"Wanting to do his part in the East, California U.S. Senator James McDougall offered to raise the money to support a "California" regiment to be made up of men recruited from Pennsylvania. McDougall requested the regiment be commanded by another Senator, and one-time Californian, Edward D. Baker of Oregon. In total, four regiments of Pennsylvanians were recruited and dubbed the "California Brigade." The men fought at the Battle of Ball's Bluff in 1861 in Virginia where Baker was killed, ending any connection between California and the brigade."

Bonus: Abraham Brian (Bryan).

 

[MC44]

72 PA "Philadelphia Fire Zouaves" aka 3rd California Regiment, part of the California Brigade. Californians asked Senator Baker to head east to raise a brigade to name for them.

bonus: Abraham Brian

 

[chellers]

The California Brigade was from Pennsylvania.
Instead of travelling 3,000 miles to the battlefront, a group of Californians asked Oregon Senator Edward Baker to head east and raise a brigade in the name of California. In April 1861, Baker was commissioned by Abraham Lincoln to raise a California brigade in Philadelphia.
https://www.civilwar.org/learn/articles/california-brigade

Bonus:

Abraham Brian (or Bryan)

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

 

[Iron Brigade]

The California Regiment was made up of recruits from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was called the California Regiment at the request of Oregon senator Edward Baker, who organized the regiment and commanded until he was killed at Ball's Bluff. After his death it was renamed 71st PA regiment and was part of the Philadelphia Brigade.

Bonus: Abraham Brian (Bryan)

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Friday Question - The California Brigade, also known as the Philadelphia Brigade, consisted of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 5th California Infantry regiments as well as a later added 4th California, composed of cavalry and artillery, which was detached from the brigade. The brigade was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and "was unique in the history of the Civil War as the only organization of its kind coming from a single city of the North."
"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."
President Lincoln authorized formation of the unit and appointed Baker as its commander and he remained as such until his death at the Battle of Ball's Bluff.
Source - The California Brigade

Friday Bonus - Abraham Brian aka Abraham Bryan
Source - Brian Farm (Gettysburg)

 

[ami]

Source: Stone Sentinels website- http://gettysburg.stonesentinels.co...ania/pennsylvania-infantry/71st-Pennsylvania/


bonus Answer. I am Abram Brian.

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

Edit - The main question was a two-parter, asking players to name the state that the California Regiment was from and to explain how it got its nickname.

Addressing the second part of the question first - various sources give various versions of how it got its nickname. I accepted all the different variations.

As for the first part of the question - the correct answer was "Pennsylvania." A surprisingly large number of players answered by identifying the regiment (71st Pennsylvania - 72nd Pennsylvania is also acceptable) or by naming the city (Philadelphia) where the soldiers were raised, rather than simply naming the state.

Rather than mark so many answers wrong, I decided to accept all answers that mentioned Pennsylvania or PA anywhere along the way. The only answer I didn't accept was the one that said the regiment came from Philadelphia and never mentioned Pennsylvania at all. My Rand McNally World Atlas lists places named Philadelphia in six different states.

One final comment - the official answer given for the question, which consists solely of a link, is a prime example of how not to answer a question in the trivia game. See Post # 5 in the Trivia Rules, Scores, and Records Archive thread.

hoosier