Trivia 8-3-18 & bonus

[Trivia Master]

Question - The chapel at Washington & Lee University features a statue of the university's former president, Robert E. Lee in repose. Another statue on the campus is frequently mistaken for a statue of Lee, but the statue actually depicts an industrialist, trustee, and benefactor of the school who was a contemporary of Lee.

Whom does this other statue depict?

credit: @hoosier

Bonus: Only two generals were ever promoted on the field by U.S. Grant. Who were they?

credit: @Jimklag

 

[hughes]

Cyrus McCormick

Bonus: Upton
Chamberlain

 

[SWMODave]

Question #1 - Cyrus McCormick
Source
Source

Question #2 -
Joshua L Chamberlain
Emory Upton - It appears while Grant gave this battlefield promotion, he wasn't yet entitled to do so yet - source

 

[captaindrew]

Main Question: Cyrus Hall McCormick

 

[FarawayFriend]

Regular question:

I suppose the question is referring to the statue of Cyrus Hall McCormick which at first sight indeed bears a certain resemblance to Robert E. Lee

 

[FarawayFriend]

Oops, forgot to give the source for the picture in my post above. Here it comes.
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1782_Cyrus_Hall_McCormick

 

[connecticut yankee]

CYRUS MCCORMICK (...but sure does look like Lee!)

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus: Emory Upton and Joshua Chamberlain

 

[BlueNGrey]

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Emory Upton (disputed)

Ulysses S. Grant claimed in his military memoirs that he promoted Upton on the field. In his own words:

"Before leaving Washington I had been authorized to promote officers on the field for special acts of gallantry. By this authority I conferred the rank of brigadier-general upon Upton on the spot, and this act confirmed by the President." Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume II (New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885) 224-225.

 

[connecticut yankee]

Bonus:

Grant promoted in the field:
1. Emory Upton
2. Joshua L. Chamberlain

 

[Jimklag]

1st question: The other statue is of Cyrus McCormick

Bonus: Credit for question

 

[HarlechMan]

Cyrus H. McCormick
Bonus:
Joshua Chamberlain and Emory Upton

 

[DBF]

Question
You Are: Cyrus McCormick
http://campusmap.wlu.edu/html/BLD_2013090576916.html

Bonus
Well it looks like the first was Emory Upton on May 10, 1864 - however according to my sources: "Grant later wrote that he immediately promoted Upton to the rank of brigadier general for leading this May 10 attack. Grant claimed he received this authority before leaving Washington, D.C. two months earlier, but contrary to this assertion he does not appear to have had the liberty to make battlefield promotions on the night of May 10. In fact, he did not receive that latitude until six days later." He would eventually be promoted to Brigadier General. Another reference to Emory Upton - Shelby Foote's Volume 3 - page 210 - "One of Upton's warmest admirers was the general-in-chief, who rewarded him with a battlefield promotion - subject, of course, to Washington approval."

Joshua Chamberlain - as this source claims: "It's worth noting that Joshua Chamberlain was the first officer to receive a battlefield promotion from Grant. He received a promotion to brigadier general on June 20, 1864 for his actions two days earlier when he led his brigade against the defenses of Petersburg, during which he was grievously wounded."
https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/upton-gets-his-star-eventually-part-1/
https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/upton-gets-his-star-eventually-part-2s/
Civil War High Commands, by John Eicher, David Eicher - page 32.

 

[Stony]

Cyrus Hall McCormick

bonus-
1. Emory Upton
2. Joshua Chamberlain
source-https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/upton-gets-his-star-eventually-part-2s/

 

[luinrina]

Regular question: Cyrus Hall McCormick (February 15, 1809 – May 13, 1884)
Source: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/was...rsity-lexington?select=xWAQ2A6UKArJQu4X68pwNw


Bonus question: Emory Upton and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Source: https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2015/09/16/upton-gets-his-star-eventually-part-2s/

 

[ErnieMac]

Cyrus McCormick.

Bonus: Emory Upton & Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Cyrus Hall McCormick
Bonus
1) Emory Upton
2) Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Regards
David

 

[roberts]

Cyrus McCormick



Bonus:

Emory Upton and Joshua Chamberlain

 

[Brenal]

Cyrus McCormick.

Bonus:
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
Emory Upton.

 

[amweiner]

Main Question: I think this question refers to the statue of Cyrus McCormick, who helped make the International Harvester Company famous.

BONUS: I probably have this wrong, but will cite Joshua L. Chamberlain (promoted at Petersburg June 1864) and Emory Upton (supposedly promoted on the field at Spotsylvania May 1864). There is some dispute about the Upton promotion, which I'll include below. For now, I cite the following:

"Before leaving Washington I had been authorized to promote officers on the field for special acts of gallantry. By this authority I conferred the rank of brigadier-general upon Upton on the spot, and this act confirmed by the President."
--Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume II (New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1885) 224-225.

https://npsfrsp.wordpress.com/2015/09/14/upton-gets-his-star-eventually-part-1/