Trivia 9-9-16 Identify & Bonus

[UCVRelics]

William L Saunders.

Thanks GELongstreet for the biggest fight in this house in awhile. "I'm not going anywhere till I figure out who this is" reply "That's just fine I'll go by myself" Now I have to order pizza.

Bonus: In the Fall of 1863, the Confederate Congress selected Lieutenant W. B. Hall, Lieutenant Oscar F. Johnston, Lieutenant Thomas W. W. Davies, Lieutenant C. J. Graves, and at least a dozen other Navy men, led by Lieutenant William Harwar Parker, to establish a ________________ . What was the enterprise, which vessel was used for the endeavor, and where was it (usually) located?

Naval Academy
Confederate States Naval Academy
CSS Patrick Henry
James River

 

[Wallyfish]

Still looking for the identification question. Toughie !


Bonus question.

Establish naval school

to secure a thorough military education ... it is essential that officers should enter upon the study of their profession at an early period of life and have elementary instruction in a military school.

CSS Patrick Henry

She was typically anchored 7 miles south of Richmond

 

[MajGenl.Meade]

Statesman; Editor; Historian Colonel William Lawrence Saunders served as Secretary of the State of North Carolina during the Reconstruction era (1879-1891). During his tenure, he was arrested in his office in Raleigh and brought before the US Senate for questioning regarding his alleged connection to Ku Klux Klan activities in North Carolina. Saunders was the first person ever to invoke his Fifth Ammendment right to refuse to answer questions that could incriminate him during a US Senate investigation. "I decline to answer" is carved on his tombstone as are the words "For 20 years he exerted more power in North Carolina than any other man" also "Distinguished for wisdom, purity and courage" which is generally understood to be a reference to his years of leadership with the Ku Klux Klan rather than his tenure as NC Secretary of State. Saunders was also on the UNC board of trustees and a co-founder of the Raleigh News and Observer newspaper. He graduated from The University of North Carolina in 1854; in 1922 the building that houses Religious Studies and the Geography department - Saunders Hall- was named after him. Although minority students have staged protests in recent years asking that the name be changed - the University of North Carolina is refusing on the grounds that history cannot be changed; only studied with an eye towards better understanding in the future.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=20710466

Bonus
The enterprise was the establishment of the Confederate States Naval Academy or School. The ship was the steamship CS Patrick Henry. The vessel was usually stationed on the James River, close to Drewry's Bluff.
https://books.google.com/books?id=r...W. W. Davies, Lieutenant C. J. Graves&f=false

 

[JOHN42768]

Main: I'm thinking Musician, but still looking??
Bonus: William Harwar Parker (October 8, 1826 – December 30, 1896)
In October 1863, he became superintendent of the Confederate States Naval Academy, based on board CSS Patrick Henry in the James River, Virginia
Source:

 

[Northern Light]

Bonus: Confederate Naval Academy.
CSS Patrick Henry.
Rocketts Navy Yard in Richmond

Edit - Main question answered in subsequent post.

Hoosier

 

[ErnieMac]

William L. Saunders - Colonel, 46th North Carolina; North Carolina Secretary of State; UNC Trustee; newspaper editor; amateur historian; reported to be an organizer and leader of the KKK.

Bonus: Confederate States Naval Academy, CSS Patrick Henry, Drewry's Bluff.

 

[sarladaise]

William Laurens Saunders
Bonus: Confederate Naval Academy, CSS Patrick Henry, Drewry's Bluff

 

[Wallyfish]

I have almost 15 hours of looking through LOC photos to see who the heck that guy is.
I rejoiced when a Bing search came up with the photo. I gave a big yell, went over kissed the wife and cat.
I then came back and opened up the link and darn if it didn't take me back to this original posting.

Oh well. I give up!

 

[Private Watkins]

Identify this person:

View attachment 109611

credit: @GELongstreet

Bonus: In the Fall of 1863, the Confederate Congress selected Lieutenant W. B. Hall, Lieutenant Oscar F. Johnston, Lieutenant Thomas W. W. Davies, Lieutenant C. J. Graves, and at least a dozen other Navy men, led by Lieutenant William Harwar Parker, to establish a ________________ . What was the enterprise, which vessel was used for the endeavor, and where was it (usually) located?

credit: @JohnDLittlefield

Well, hate to admit it but I'm not sure who that is... but I really like his eagle head sword... beautiful piece!

 

[Northern Light]

William Laurence Saunders (1835-1891) was an American attorney, newspaper editor, historian, Ku Klux Klan chief organizer, and the North Carolina Secretary of State from 1879 until his death in 1891.
Saunders served as a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War; commanding the 46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment . He was wounded at the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Battle of the Wilderness.
(Wikipedia)

 

[Wallyfish]

I found it!

He is William Laurence Saunders.

I answered the bonus question previously.

I gave up looking for him yesterday. But a couple more hours today resulted in success. I am grinning like a butcher's dog that I found it.

Source.
http://ncpedia.org/biography/saunders-william-laurence

 

[hoosier]

Main question: No idea

Bonus: The enterprise these gentlemen were selected to establish was the Confederate States Naval Academy. The vessel used was the CSS Patrick Henry and she was usually located in the James River.

 

[nextcity]

William Saunders (Klan scum)

Bonus: Confederate States Naval Academy, CSS Patrick Henry, Fort Darling

 

[chellers]

William Lawrence Saunders

"To establish a naval school for the proper training of the younger officers of the Confederate navy"
Confederate States Naval Academy
C.S. steamship Patrick Henry, was used for the endeavor and was usually stationed near Drewry's Bluff in Virginia.

https://books.google.com/books?id=H...nston, Lieutenant Thomas W. W. Davies&f=false

 

[Montana Territory]

Colonel William Laurence Saunders, 46th North Carolina Infantry

The Confederate States Naval Academy was housed on the CSS Patrick Henry, and was usually anchored off Drewry's Bluff, Virginia. It sometimes participated in action when the midshipmen were on board, and was called "the most realistic war college that ever existed."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ William L. Saunders
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Confederate States Naval Academy

 

[GELongstreet]

Question submission bonus.

As for the bonus it was the Confederate States Naval Academy onboard of the CSS Patrick Henry, usually based on the James River at Richmond, VA.

 

[57th Indiana Infantry]

John Pope


Bonus:

Confederate States Naval Academy
Patrick Henry
Drewry's Bluff

 

[CadmusWilcox]

Confederate States Naval Academy.
It was to train Midshipmen. It was aboard the ship: Patrick Henry at Drewry's Bluff.

Edit - No answer given for main question.

Hoosier

 

[ami]

William L. Saunders

Saunders (1835-1891) was a lawyer and reporter from North Carolina. He enlisted in early 1861, quickly receiving a lieutenancy, and by 1864 he was the Colonel of the 46th North Carolina Infantry. He returned to his professions after the war though he additionally was active in the KKK and rose to lead the realm as Grand Dragon of North Carolina. He later became the State Secretary and aided history by editing and providing for the release of ten volumes of colonial records.


bonus: ANSWER: Confederate Naval Academy- Drewry's Bluff (James River) aboard Patrick Henry


ONE SOURCE (worth quoting): Scharf 1887, 773-5
While the cadets of the U. S. Naval Academy were being trained far away from the scene of hostilities, at Newport, R. I., where it had been removed during the war, those of the Confederate school received their professional education in the face of actual warfare, in which they were frequently called from their studies to engage. The Patrick Henry was usually stationed near Drewry's Bluff~ the scene of desperate fighting, and by the time they were sent to distant service they were versed in the practice as well as the theory of war.
Near the close of the war, when it became necessary to have the boys on shore pretty much all the time to stand to the guns, they occupied huts in the Drewry's Bluff batteries. It was a truly unique education for them-school-boys one hour and fighting men the next, dropping their books to take up their carbines and cutlasses.

Edit - I will accept Fort Darling, the James River, and Richmond as alternative answers for the location of the CS Naval Academy.

Hoosier