Trivia 9-29-21

[Pea Shooter]

Twice, once at Balls Bluff and once at Antietam. Vaughn

 

[hoosier]

three

 

[1st New Jersey Brigade]

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

Well , I will say I know the answer . I cheated and looked it up but I will not say . I will let someone else take a shot at it . LOL .

Edit - We do keep score, so this is a competitive game, but it is also intended to be a learning tool.

Players are not only allowed, but encouraged to use any and all resources at their disposal in order to find answers to questions in the trivia game. That's how you can learn something about the Civil War you didn't know before.

hoosier

 

[Kyle Kalasnik]

He was WIA (3) times.

Ball's Bluff, Antietam Creek, and Chancellorsville.

 

[ErnieMac]

Three times - Ball's Bluff, Antietam and Chancellorsville.

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

 

[FarawayFriend]

During his enlistment in the Twentieth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, he was wounded 3 times: at the Battle of Ball's Bluff (in the chest); Antietam (in the throat); Chancellorsville (in his foot).

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/wounded-three-times-warand-longest-serving-supreme-court-john-fenzel

 

[ami]

Answer: 3

Source: https://www.newenglandhistoricalsoc...oliver-wendell-holmes-americas-deadliest-day/