6-14-21

[ami]

just a reminder, in order to play future games, we are now requiring players to submit one question per month.

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/trivia-rules-scores-records-archive.88120/

I was born in 1812 and From the town of Charles Town WV, was the Founder the magazine Mystery. Entered the Army in 1863 and recruited in Massachusets.

credit: @WJC

 

[hughes]

Martin Delany

 

[ErnieMac]

Martin Robinson Delany
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/collection-spotlight/rare-martin-delany-signed-document

 

[ErnieMac]

Typo in the first reply. Answer is:
Martin Robison Delany
https://www.nndb.com/people/363/000165865/
https://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/collection-spotlight/rare-martin-delany-signed-document

 

[Dusty]

Martin Delany

 

[FarawayFriend]

You are Martin Robison Delany, USCT, the only African American field officer to receive the rank of Major during the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin_Delany&oldid=1026299063

 

[stuart1861]

Martin Robison Delany

 

[gentlemanrob]

Answer: Martin R. Delany

 

[Brenal]

Martin Robison Delany.

 

[VMIKeydet]

Martin Delany https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Delany

 

[Cycom]

Martin Delany

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Delany

Edit - Correct, Cycom. Welcome to the trivia game.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[Ole Miss]

Martin Robison Delany
Regards
David

 

[streetwiseprof]

Martin R. Delany

 

[JOHN42768]

Delany, Martin R. (1812–1885)

source: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/delany-martin-r-1812-1885/

 

[JeffFromSyracuse]

Martin Delany

 

[kholland]

Martin Robison Delany

 

[sarladaise]

Martin R. Delany

 

[Pollaco]

Martin Robison Delany.

 

[hoosier]

It's a mystery to me.

There were a lot of people born in 1812 and a lot of them were from Charles Town. There were a lot of guys recruited in Massachusetts who entered the Army in 1863. And my searches for a magazine titled simply Mystery have come up empty.

Edit - Now that I see the official answer, I note that all of the sources presented describe Mystery as a newspaper, which makes it easier to understand why my searches for a magazine with that title came up empty.

Kudos to all the players who got the correct answer.

 

[ami]

Martin Robinson Delaney (1812-1885), the first Black field officer and highest-ranking Black soldier in the U. S. Army.
Source
Eleanor Stanford, "Martin R. Delaney (1812-1885)", Encyclopedia Virginia. https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Delany_Martin_R_1812-1885#start_entry
http://www.wvculture.org/history/archives/blacks/delany.html