Game 64, Week 3, Game 2

[Glorybound]

#64, Week 3, Game 2 – Saturday, 3/20/10 - answers due in by 6pm cdt, Wednesday, 3/24/10


1...... Of all the US forts, armories, depots etc. seized by the CS or state militias, which was the most expensive to the US, in dollar amount?



2........ Colonel Elmer Ellsworth of the 11th NY was killed on May 24, 1861 by an angry inn-keeper after Ellsworth removed a Confederate flag from the roof of the man's establishment. What else was Col. Ellsworth famous for?



3....... Who was the first Federal officer to occupy General Lee's house in Arlington Heights, VA., across the Potomac from Washington?



4...... What was the term that General Benjamin Butler used to refer to slaves who had escaped, or been abandoned, and who came into Union army lines?



5....... Who is this Confederate general? Hint: Most of his activity and military operations were in the trans-mississippi.

Bonus Question: Who is the person to first use the phrase, "Let the erring sisters go in peace."?




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[samgrant]

1. In dollars? -this is probably incorrect (it's probably Harpers Ferry), but on the advice of Willie Sutton, I'll go where the money is/was: and choose an 'etc.': the New Orleans Mint.

2. He was a leader of various Zouave militias, and was a personal friend of Abraham Lincoln, in early autumn 1860, Ellsworth left the Chicago Zouaves (reorganized from Chicago's National Guard Cadets), and relocated to Springfield to finish his legal studies in the Lincoln-Herndon law office, he later organized the 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

3. Charles W. Sandford (ORs: "Finding the mansion vacated by the family, I stated to some of the servants left there that had the family remained I would have established a guard for their security from annoyance; but, in consequence of their absence, that I would, by occupying it myself, be responsible for the perfect care and security of the house and everything in and about it")

4. Contribands

5. Earl Van Dorn

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[Nathanb1]

Glory: on #1 -- is that one individual fort, armory, etc. or one seizure (I'm obviously thinking Texas was among the worst losses when Twiggs surrendered)? Can you clarify the question in some way?

 

[Glorybound]

Question 1 clarification: Of all those facilities captured or seized during the secession crisis by state militias loyal to the Confederacy, there was one that was particularly costly to the US government in terms of value, dollar value. I'm thinking of one particularly expensive facility.

Lee

 

[SweetSue]

Game 64, Week 3, Game 2, Saturday, 3/20/10...current game
1. Occupation of Osceola, Missouri by Federal Troops town ceased to exist with $1,000,000 worth of property stolen or destroyed.

2.studied law in Abraham Lincoln's office, helping Lincoln with his 1860 campaign for president. Ellsworth went with Lincoln to Washington, D.C., when he was elected.
3.Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sanford
4. contraband of war

5 Earl Van Dorn

 

[Glorybound]

I've added a bonus question to the five already posted, in the first post, because Question number 1 has stumped everyone and I will admit to only finding the answer in one source, out of all the sources I've posted for members to use. In other words, I've not been able to find that answer in any other source, so I will not count question 1, unless someone happens to guess correctly between now and the 6pm deadline tomorrow. So far, nobody has gotten that one correct. I will post the answer to it tomorrow night, just to satisfy any curiosity that may have been piqued. Again, the bonus question is added up in the first post of this thread, along with the others, if you're interested in answering it.

Thanks, and my apologies for the curveball.


Lee

 

[hoosier]

1. Fort Sumter

2. He introduced the Zouave style of uniform in the United States

3. Irvin McDowell

4. contraband of war

5. Earl Van Dorn

 

[Oxkern]

1. No idea. For some reason, I'm thinking that it's in Texas or Florida, but amprobably way off...

2. Leading the 'National Guard Cadets', a pre-war touring Zouave drill display team

3. Major General Charles W. Sandford

4. Contraband

5. Earl van Dorn

Bonus - Horace Greeley

 

[Glorybound]

1...... Of all the US forts, armories, depots etc. seized by the CS or state militias, which was the most expensive to the US, in dollar amount?
Answer: Ft. Calhoun, Hampton Roads, Norfolk,VA – $1,664,000 dollars


2........ Colonel Elmer Ellsworth of the 11th NY was killed on May 24, 1861 by an angry inn-keeper after Ellsworth removed a Confederate flag from the roof of the man's establishment. What else was Col. Ellsworth famous for?
Answer: Colonel Ellsworth introduced the Zouave style of uniform to the Federal army.


3....... Who was the first Federal officer to occupy General Lee's house in Arlington Heights, VA., across the Potomac from Washington?
Answer: Major General Charles Sandford


4...... What was the term that General Benjamin Butler used to refer to slaves who had escaped, or been abandoned, and who came into Union army lines?
Answer: Contrabands


5....... Who is this Confederate general? Hint: Most of his activity and military operations were in the trans-mississippi.
Answer: Earl Van Dorn


Bonus Question: Who is the person to first use the phrase, "Let the erring sisters go in peace."?
Answer: Horace Greeley

 

[Glorybound]

Previous game scores, Week 3, Game 1:

Brass Napoleon.....14
Hoosier................23
Larry...................10
Nathanb1.............24
Oxkern................19
Samgrant.............25
Stonewall..............3

Current game scores, Week 3, Game 2:

Hoosier.....................4
Oxkern.....................5
Samgrant..................4
Sweetsue..................4

Current total points standing, Game 64:

Brass Napoleon.........14
Hoosier....................27
Larry.......................10
Nathanb1.................24
Oxkern....................24
Samgrant.................29
Stonewall..................3
Sweetsue..................4

 

[Glorybound]

PS: I counted all answers to question 1 as correct.


Lee