Trivia #3 Saturday Bonus (5/3/2014)

[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!
.
Who used the Prichard House in Kernstown, Virginia as their headquarters in 1864?
.
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

 

[Grateful Southerner]

Albert tolbert

 

[Eagle eye]

Union Gen. Albert Tolbert, Sheridan's cavalry commander, used the Pritchard home as his headquarters late in 1864

 

[Dbersh]

Union Gen. Albert Tolbert

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

General Albert Torbert

 

[Karlos63]

General Torbert

 

[Nathanb1]

Torbert.

 

[C.S.M 1861]

"Later that year, after the terrible destruction of the Valley resulting from Sheridan's Valley Campaign, the Pritchards' home was utilized as a headquarters by Sheridan's cavalry chief, Gen. Albert Torbert, while the Pritchard farm and countless other farms in the valley for miles around were turned into a massive Union camp."

http://www.kernstownbattle.org/kernstownhistory/thepritchardhousestory.html

 

[truthckr]

General Albert Torbert, chief of Sheridan's Cavalry

 

[chellers]

Pritchards' home became a headquarters for Sheridan's cavalry chief, Gen. Albert Torbert.

http://www.shenandoahatwar.org/The-History/The-Stories/The-Pritchard-Family

http://www.kernstownbattle.org/kernstownhistory/thepritchardhousestory.html

However, according to Civil War Trust the correct name of Sheridan's cavalry chief was Gen. Alfred Torbert, and this is my answer.

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/alfred-torbert.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Thomas_Archimedes_Torbert

Edit - Indeed, that is what Civil War Trust says.

All the players who answered Alfred can thank you for posting those sources to support the answer.

Hoosier

 

[godofredus]

Sheridan's cavalry chief, Gen. Albert Torbert,

 

[Littlestown]

Gen. Albert Torbert

 

[Bob Owen]

General Albert Torbert

 

[adisciu9]

Albert Tolbert

 

[DickWilliams]

Union forces, three divisions under George Crook, centered their defense around the Prichard House in the run up to Second Kernstown. Col. James Mulligan's small division defended the area directly in front of the house. Mulligan was killed in that action.

Edit - Mulligan defended the area in front of the house. I found a source that indicates he was carried into the house after receiving his mortal wound. But I can't find a source indicating that he ever established his headquarters in the house.

Hoosier

 

[101combatvet]

Union Gen. Philip Sheridan's cavalry chief, Alfred Torbert, used the Pritchard House as headquarters in 1864.

http://dclawyeronthecivilwar.blogspot.com/2012/06/trip-to-winchester-day-2-cemeteries-and.html

 

[Copperhead-mi]

General Albert Tolbert (US)

 

[stuart1861]

Gen. Albert Torbert

 

[AUG]

Albert Tolbert

 

[reading48]

Gen. Albert Torbert...Sheridans Cavalry Chief