Trivia 8-28-15 Identify & friday bonus

[Trivia Master]

Identify This Man:

credit: @GELongstreet

friday bonus:

A folk song created and popularized among the mixed-race (coloured) community of a South African city in the 1860s went on to become a staple of (white) boerbands in the mid-late 20th century and into today. Which American War of the Rebellion event did this song celebrate?

credit: @MajGenl.Meade

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

I think that's Ben Butler in a fright wig, All Hallows' E'en, 1862. He was trying to impress the ladies of New Orleans but removing the moustache was a big error.

At least I know the Bonus....

 

[Brenal]

Thomas W Sherman

Bonus. ??

 

[Mark F. Jenkins]

The photo is of "the other Sherman," brigadier general Thomas W. Sherman.

The think the folk song referred to is "Daar kom de Alabama," which derived from the CSS Alabama's visits to Cape Town, South Africa (particularly her first visit, before heading into the Indian Ocean).

 

[Reb]

Brevet Maj. Gen Thomas (Tim) Sherman, USA

CSS Alabama's South African Expeditionary Raid Capture of the USS Sea Bride near Cape Town.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Brig. General Thomas W. Sherman

Bonus: ??????

 

[CSA Today]

Identify This Man:
View attachment 77308

credit: @GELongstreet

friday bonus:

A folk song created and popularized among the mixed-race (coloured) community of a South African city in the 1860s went on to become a staple of (white) boerbands in the mid-late 20th century and into today. Which American War of the Rebellion event did this song celebrate?

credit: @MajGenl.Meade

A visit by the CSS Alabama.

"Daar Kom Die Alibama"

https://www. youtube.com/watch?v=7AzcvyqDaxE

Edit - No answer given for main question.

Hoosier

 

[GELongstreet]

Question (picture) submitted by me, should be rather easy.

As for the bonus question, and admitting to have never been into that topic before, I have to search and still can just guess - it it Daar kom die Alibama ... about the CSS Alabama's voyage and second visit to Cape Town / Cape Colony in 1864?

 

[StephenColbert27]

Thomas Sherman
Bonus: The Alabama visiting Capetown.

 

[James N.]

It's General Sherman! - That is, Union Brigadier General Thomas W. Sherman

Edit - No answer given for bonus question.

Hoosier

 

[nextcity]

Thomas West Sherman

Bonus: The CSS Alabama's South African Expeditionary Raid which led to the creation of the song "Daar kom die Alibama."

 

[kholland]

General Thomas W. Sherman

The song "Daar Kom Die Alabama" (Here comes the Alabama) recounted the CSS Alabama capturing a US commerce ship of Capetown.

 

[nextcity]

Article below about the CSS Alabama's South African Expeditionary Raid which led to the creation of the song "Daar kom die Alibama."

http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...eered-the-confederate-flag-a-cautionary-note/

 

[ole]

Howdy Doody?

Edit - Say kids, what time is it?

Hoosier

 

[FarawayFriend]

Hahaa, when I googled that picture and read in the hits that it was "Sherman", I thought "incredible!! When did he wear his hair so long!! I neve would have recognized him!!" But then, a closer look revealed:
This man is Union Brigadier General Thomas West Sherman
http://pth.thehardyparty.com/cmdrs/gen_sherman.htm

Bonus:
The song could be " Daar kom di Alibama" = "Here comes the Alabama" "celebrating" the visits of the Confederate raider CSS Alabama under Raphael Semmes, in Cape Town in 1863 and 1864 , probably especially the one in 1863:
"The song above was written shortly after an American confederate war trader captured a yankee ship in broad daylight a few miles off shore from Cape Town under the transfixed eyes of the local populace in the Summer of 1863. The song, translated from Afrikaans, is a permanent oral record of this slightly forgotten event in both South African and American history."
http://www.jason-stevens.com/2010/07/here-comes-the-alabama-daar-kom-die-alabama/

Another source says:
"An example is the inspiration of the visits of the southern confederate raider The Alabama to the Cape in 1863 and 1864, resulting in the folk song "Daar kom die Alibama".
http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Cape Jazz&item_type=topic&sr=100

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Bonus:

Identify This Man:
View attachment 77308

credit: @GELongstreet

friday bonus:

A folk song created and popularized among the mixed-race (coloured) community of a South African city in the 1860s went on to become a staple of (white) boerbands in the mid-late 20th century and into today. Which American War of the Rebellion event did this song celebrate?

credit: @MajGenl.Meade

Brig. General Thomas W. Sherman...BONUS: "Here Comes the Alabama"--The CSS Alabama visited Cape Town in 1863 and 1864.

 

[chellers]

General Thomas West Sherman

I'm fairly perplexed by the bonus question. A folk song is inherently evolutionary, in both lyrics and melody. If it was created and popularized in South Africa in the 1860s I don't understand how it could celebrate a contemporary event of the American Civil War.

Obviously, I truly misunderstand something here. Please enlighten me so I can smack my forehead and be appropriately embarrassed!

In the meantime, I'll take a wild guess: emancipation.

Edit - Don't be embarrassed. I assure you that you're not the only one who couldn't figure out where to look for an answer to this question.

Hoosier

 

[Northern Light]

Maj. Gen. Thomas West Sherman, also known as "Tim"

Bonus Question: The first one? What is the song?

Edit - See other players' responses.

Hoosier

 

[lelliott19]

Brig Genl Thomas W Sherman (brevet Maj Genl)

Bonus: The song is "Daar Kom Die Alibama" or "Here Comes The Alabama." The song celebrates a visit of the the CSS Alabama (commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes) to Cape Town in August 1863.
http://theslaveholderswar.blogspot.com/2012/02/daar-kom-die-alibama.html

 

[DickWilliams]

Thomas West Sherman



Bonus: the visit of the Confederate raider Alabama to Capetown, South Africa