Trivia 9-29-21

[Trivia Master]

Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a prominent family. He enlisted in the 20th Massachusetts Regiment unit during his senior year at Harvard. During his three year enlistment how many times was he wounded?

credit: @kholland

 

[bayouace]

3 times. Ball's Bluff (chest near the heart), Antietam (neck), and Chancellorsville (heel).

 

[Brenal]

Three Times ( at the Battles of Balls Bluff, Antietam and Chancellorsville)

 

[streetwiseprof]

Three times, at Balls Bluff (1861), Antietam (1862), and Chancellorsville (1863).

 

[DBF]

3 times - shot in the chest at Ball's Bluff; shot in the back of his neck at Antietam; shot in the heel in May, 1863 just outside of Fredericksburg
https://www.essentialcivilwarcurriculum.com/oliver-wendell-holmes-jr.html

 

[kholland]

My question.

 

[Pat Answer]

Three times:

Ball's Bluff (chest)
Antietam (neck)
Chancellorsville (heel)

 

[Fairfield]

Three times.

 

[stuart1861]

3 times

 

[sarladaise]

Three times: Ball's Bluff, Antietam, Chancellorsville

 

[gentlemanrob]

Three times.

 

[warbird43]

Oliver Wendell Holmes was wounded 3 times during the war; at Ball's Bluff, Antietam and Chancellorsville. This in addition to a nearly fatal bout of dysentery.

 

[WJC]

Three: Holmes was wounded at the Battles of Ball's Bluff, Antietam, and Chancellorsville.
Source: "Touched With Fire- Oliver Wendell Holmes and America's Deadliest Day", New England Historical Society, https://www.newenglandhistoricalsoc...oliver-wendell-holmes-americas-deadliest-day/

 

[Mike Serpa]

Three

 

[JOHN42768]

Three, suffered wounds at each listed the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Antietam, and Chancellorsville, and suffered from a near-fatal case of dysentery
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Wendell_Holmes_Jr.

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Three times.

Wounded at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Antietam, and Chancellorsville

 

[Nick Armage]

wounded three times

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[Ole Miss]

Three times
1) Balls Bluff October 1861
2) Antietam. September 1862
3) Chancellorsville May 1863
Regards
David

 

[Kathy the history sleuth]

2 times

 

[Pollaco]

Three