Trivia 4-10-15 and weekend bonus

[Trivia Master]

The company that made hardtack for the Union Army in the Civil War still produces hardtack. What is the name of this company?

Bonus Question:
What was the name given to an unusual carrier of secret information?

bonus question credit: @Northern Light

 

[GELongstreet]

G.H. Bent Company?

Edit - Correct for 10 points.

The bonus question was a real toughie.

Hoosier

 

[Mustang Cdr]

G. H. Bent Company, Bent's Cookie Factory

 

[Copperhead-mi]

G. H. Bent Co. A spy carries unusual secret information.

Edit - The first answer is correct for 10 points. The bonus question was looking for an unusual carrier of information, rather than a carrier of unusual information.

Hoosier

 

[TinCan]

1.The G.H.Bent Company

2.I haven't a clue

 

[FarawayFriend]

G. H. Bent Co

"The Bent hardtack cracker is still baked today by the Bent Company in Milton, Massachusetts; an original purveyor of hardtack provisions to the Union Army."
http://www.hardtackcracker.com/store.html

As for the bonus question, my guess is: Petticoat spy

 

[MRB1863]

G. H. Bent Company a.k.a. Bent's Cookie factory in Milton MA.

 

[Northern Light]

Bent's Cookie Factory

Edit - Correct. Bent's Cookie Factory is another name by which the G. H. Bent Company is known.

And since you submitted the bonus question, you get credit for the two points bonus as well.

Hoosier

 

[E_just_E]

G.H. Bent Co of Milton, MA. Matter of fact you can order hartack online from them here.

Bonus:
Courier

 

[Seduzal]

G. H. Bent Company, Milton, Mass.

Bonus: National Railroad Adjustment Board

 

[rhettbutler1865]

The company that made hardtack for the Union Army in the Civil War still produces hardtack. What is the name of this company?

Bonus Question:
What was the name given to an unusual carrier of secret information?

bonus question credit: @Northern Light

The company that made hardtack for the Union Army in the Civil War still produces hardtack. What is the name of this company?

Bonus Question:
What was the name given to an unusual carrier of secret information?

bonus question credit: @Northern Light

1) G.H. BENT COMPANY-- hardtack 2) SPY.....MAIL AGENT.....SECRET LINE.....SCOUT......all apply, but the obvious one is ....SPY.

 

[Stony]

G. H. Bent's Cracker Co. was a supplier of hardtack to the Union Army during the Civil War.
Bonus-Expired Image Removed rectal acorn.

 

[lelliott19]

G H Bent Co. (also known as Bent's Cookie Factory) in Milton, Mass

Bonus Q:
Not completely certain what you're looking for here? The most "unusual carrier of secret information" I know of is the elusive "rectal acorn." Apparently it was a hollow, acorn shaped vessel into which secret messages, orders, etc could be inserted. The "acorn" was then inserted into.......well you know .......where it remained until the intended destination was reached. Not sure if that's the answer you were after but its too good not to share.

 

[Pat Answer]

G.H. Bent and Company

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

The G.H. Bent Company of Milton, Mass. in business still today, since 1801.

Bonus: Black dispatches. No, wait. That can't be right as it's not "an unusual carrier".

Frank Thompson was the name of an unusual carrier of secret information and was, in reality, Sarah Emma Edmonds, author of Nurse and Spy in the Union Army.

 

[Brenal]

G H Bent Company ( Bent's Cookie Factory )

Bonus Question. Mail Agent / Mail Carrier ?.???

 

[BrrrBRRRR]

Regular question- GH Bent Company Will post answer to bonus question later

 

[hoosier]

The company that made and still makes hardtack is the G. H. Bent Company.

As for the unusual carrier of secret information, that's a toughie. Best I can come up with is "Cigar wrapper," after the document that bore Lee's orders prior to the Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg).

 

[ole]

Nabisco.

 

[theoldman]

G.H. Bent Company.
Bonus- the "rectal acorn".

Edit - You don't have to shake your head. Your answer to the bonus question is correct.

Hoosier