Trivia 7-7-17 Date with Destiny

[lelliott19]

Maj Gen James Birdseye McPherson and Maj Gen William Henry Talbot Walker both killed at the Battle of Atlanta on July 22, 1864.

BONUS:
A Squibb Pannier is a wooden box that served, during the Civil War, as a "medicine chest supplied by the hospital department of the U.S. Army" produced by Dr. Edward R Squibb. He developed medicines of consistent quality and sold them in a kit for $100 each. The kit came complete with the prescribed inventory of 52 medicines packaged in a system of numbered tins. The kit also included a graduated measuring glass, glass irrigating syringes, tin bottles for light sensitive chemicals such as Aether and Chloroform which couldn't be placed in glass bottles, etc. The inventory was matched to a numbered paper label inside the lid which served as a sort of checklist for the desired contents. When fully stocked, the kit in its wooden box (pannier) weighed 88 pounds and was carried by a pack mule or in a medical wagon. Surgeons replenished their field kits from the contents. http://www.medicalantiques.com/civilwar/Articles/Squibb_E_R.htm

 

[chellers]

Major General James McPherson
and
Major General William H. T. Walker

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James_B._McPherson&oldid=787296478
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=William_H.T._Walker&oldid=788693929

Bonus:
Squibb Army Medical Pannier - The army needed a way to get medical equipment, in a usable order, to the wounded. This compact medical chest, designed by pharmaceutical manufacturer Edward R. Squibb of Brooklyn New York, and sold to the United States at a cost of $100 each. It was made out of wood with an iron frame and had the medicines packed in an orderly fashion. There was a chart glued to the inside lid which showed where each of the numbered medicines was located in the box.

http://uniondb.com/products/squibb-army-medical-pannier

 

[adisciu9]

James McPhearson and William H.T. Walker
bonus: medical box with compartments and a chart showing where medicines are located

 

[FarawayFriend]

Bonus:
Forgive my awkward wording: it's a kind of medical chest with unbreakable tin containers, invented by a pharmacist named E.R. Squibb.

"E.R. Squibb, provided a medical pannier for field use to the U.S. Army with 52 standard medicines all packaged in Japanned Tin containers at a cost of $100.00 per pannier. This item allowed the field surgeon access to necessary medicines protected in a bound chest and packaged in unbreakable tins. Large numbers of surviving tins clearly illustrate the popularity of this form of packaging.
Bottles, however, remained a popular form of container for medicines throughout the war. The Army used both plain civilian bottles and the rarer Hospital Department bottle."
http://www.medicalantiques.com/civilwar/Articles/Squibb_E_R.htm

 

[ErnieMac]

William H. T. Walker & James B. McPherson.
Bonus: A wooden chest containing medicines for use by Union Army surgeons. Named for Edward Robinson Squibb, a formal naval surgeon who provided the boxes.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Regular question:

I think that would be Union Major General James McPherson, first in his West Point class of 1853 and Confederate Major General William Henry Talbot Walker, who finished West Point standing 46th in a class of 59.
Both were killed July 22nd, 1864 in the Battle of Atlanta, GA.
Source:
http://blueandgraytrail.com/event/Generals_Who_Died_In_the_Civil_War

and Wikipedia entries for both generals

 

[hoosier]

Main question: For the first part, I can name at least two things the men had in common: they were both West Point graduates and they both attained the rank of Major General. There are probably a number of other things they had in common as well.

For the second part, I think I can identify the city that became its state's 5th capital in 1868 as Atlanta. The two major generals who were killed on the same day (July 22, 1864) were William H. T. Walker and James Birdseye McPherson.

Bonus: The Squibb pannier, developed by Dr. E. R. Squibb, was a wooden chest filled with 50 medications used to treat battlefield casualties.

http://www.drugdangers.com/manufacturers/bristol-myers-squibb.htm

 

[GELongstreet]

I had considered the "What do they have in common?" to be rhetoric as possible answers to that are given directly afterwards.

Other things in common, or at least featuring both, were the Vicksburg Campaign where, if I´m not mistaken, they faced each other during Johnston's relief attempts. And of course Atlanta itself where they were killed by units linked to the other. It wasn´t Walker's but Cleburne's division that killed McPherson but both belonged to the same corps; and Walker was killed by the XVI Corps which belonged to McPherson's command. Apparently both while on close reconnaissance - Walker by a picket, McPherson by a skirmisher. Nowadays both have upturned cannons as death markers.

 

[hickmantn]

The Confederate is MG William H. T. Walker and the Union is MG James B. McPherson. They were both killed in Atlanta on July 22, 1864, at the Battle of Bald Hill (also commonly known as the Battle of Atlanta).

And yes, Atlanta would become the 5th capital in 1868. This Georgia native can also identify the prior capitals as Savannah, Augusta, Louisville, and Milledgeville, which was the capital during the Civil War. Sherman's troops would occupy and trash the state capitol building on the March to the Sea. The building is still there and is a part of Georgia Military College today.

 

[hickmantn]

Oh, the Bonus: I think that is a medicine chest.

 

[MRB1863]

Union Major General James B. McPherson and Confederate Major General William H. T. Walker. Both were mortally wounded while conducting reconnaissance before the actual battle had begun. The memorials to the two men still stand where each officer fell. The monuments are both upturned cannons on pedestals.
*******************************************************************************************
Bonus: A compact medical chest, designed by pharmaceutical manufacturer Edward R. Squibb of Brooklyn New York, and sold to the United States at a cost of $100 each. It was made out of wood with an iron frame and had the medicines packed in an orderly fashion. There was a chart glued to the inside lid which showed where each of the numbered medicines was located in the box.

 

[General Casey]

The men where James B. McPherson and William H. T. Walker. They were both killed at the battle of Atlanta July 22, 1864.

The Squibb Pannier was a compact woosen medicine chest developed by Dr. Edward Robinson Squib that held about 50 medicines for use on the battlefield

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Friday Question - James Birdseye McPherson, USA and William Henry Talbot Walker, CSA. Both men have a cannon placed at the location of their death. McPherson has an upright Union cannon at his location while Walker has according to some sources, an upturned cannon at his location while other sources claim a mortuary cannon or a cannon barrel.

Friday Bonus - A Squibb Pannier was a medicine chest that carried 52 tins containing various medications and anesthetics. Designed and produced by Dr. Edward R Squibb, it weighed approximately 88 lbs. and was designed to be carried by pack mules or a wagon.

 

[amweiner]

I feel pretty certain that the two generals are William H.T. Walker and James B. McPherson. As for things in common, both taught at West Point, both were shot while on horseback, and both died on July 22, 1864.

Bonus: A Squibb Pannier is a portable medical chest holding a variety of medicines, usually with an identification chart on the lid.
http://www.medicalantiques.com/civilwar/Articles/Squibb_E_R.htm

 

[ErnieMac]

Add that both men were instructors at West Point to my answer as to what they had in common.

 

[ami]

Major Generals James B. McPherson & William H.T. Walker during the Battle of Atlanta - July 22, 1864.


Source: http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/atlanta/atlanta-history-articles/death-of-mcpherson.html

http://www.zocalopublicsquare.org/2...scussion-race-history/chronicles/who-we-were/

http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/georgias-historic-capitals

bonus: Answer: A compact medical chest. Edward Robinson Squibb (1819-1900) was a Navy doctor who saw the need to improve the quality of medicines available on ships during the Mexican War. In 1858 he founded his own pharmaceutical laboratory to produce uniform, high-quality medicines. /p> Squibb made these medicines available to the Union Army during the Civil War with the invention of the Squibb pannier which was filled with some 50 medicines to enable doctors to treat casualties on the battlefield. It sold for about $100, and included ether, chloroform, quinine, whiskey, and herbal treatments for dysentery. The chest included a chart glued to the inside lid which showed where each of the numbered medicines was located in the box.

(He was the founder of present day Squibb Pharmaceutical, later known as Bristol/Myers Squibb)

Source: civilwarstudies.org

Edit - It is apparent that I was incorrect in believing that the question "What do they have in common?" was intended as a question for the players to answer. The question was only a one-parter, asking for the names of the two major generals, and will be scored as such.

Hoosier