Trivia Game #27 - Week 1

[hoosier]

OK, a couple of people have posted to the test run, so I'll be able to play around with editing and correcting those posts at my leisure.

Meantime, let's get the official game started.

The first five questions will appear below. Players may post responses any time between now and 6 PM Eastern Time November 13. Please put your answers to all five questions in a single post. Note that your responses will not appear on the message board until after I have reviewed and approved them.

1. What unpleasant job did John Smith Preston hold in the Confederacy?

2. What athletic feat did Adam Rankin Johnson perform to elude Federal capture in Ohio?

3. What Confederate general did Jefferson Davis consider as valuable as an army of 10,000 troops?

4. What general referred to his wife as "Mrs. Brown" (though his name wasn't Brown)?

5. (2 point question) Who was the last survivor of the crew of the Union Monitor?

Good luck!

 

[jackbluelight]

1. John Smith Preston served as an aide to General Beuregaurd until 1863 when he became head of the Bureau of Conscription in Richmond.
2. <strike>Escaped the Ohio State Penitentiary along with Gen. John Hunt Morgan and several others.</strike>
3. <strike>Robert Lee?</strike>
4. <strike>?</strike>
5.<strike><font color="ff0000">•</font><font color="ff0000">•</font><font color="ff0000">•</font><font color="ff0000">•</font><font color="ff0000">•</font> is not known for sure who the last survivor was.</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[felinelady]

George if this posts twice I am sorry ... I received an error message and the window shut down when I posted my answers. So I am reposting them.

#1 John Smith Preston held the office "Head of the Bureau of Conscription" in Richmond.

#2 Adam Rankin Johnson escaped capture in Ohio by swimming the Ohio River.

#3 Jefferson Davis considered "Albert Sydney Johnston" as valuable as an army of 10,000 troops.

#4 "Richard Stoddard Ewell" referred to his wife as "My wife, Mrs. Brown".

#5 <strike>The last survivor of the crew of the Union Monitor was ..."Francis B. Butts".</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[dawna]

1. <strike> In 1862, John Preston was appointed head of the prison camp at Columbia, C.S.</strike>

2. Adam Johnson escaped by swimming the Ohio River.

3. <strike> Robert E. Lee</strike>

4. General R.E. Ewell

5. Thomas L. Taylor

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[rivrrat]

1. He was in charge of conscription. Now known as the draft.

2. Swam the Ohio River.

3. <strike>Lee</strike>

4. Ewell

5. <strike>John J Curley</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[sockknitter]

Hope I have the procedure right, and that this post isn't too verbose to read easily. Here's my answers:

1. What unpleasant job did John Smith Preston hold in the Confederacy?

http://www.researchonline.net/sccw/bios/p623.htm
He was promoted, June 10, 1864, brigadier-general in the provisional army of the Confederate States, and placed in charge of the bureau of conscription, in which office he rendered valuable service

2. What athletic feat did Adam Rankin Johnson perform to elude Federal capture in Ohio?

http://www.cemetery.state.tx.us/pub/user_form.asp?step=1&amp;pers_id=1437
When Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his men were surrounded on Buffington's Island during Morgan's famous raid, Johnson and his men escaped by swimming the Ohio River.
[Nicknamed "Stovepipe" One of his most remarkable feats was the capture of Newburgh, Indiana, from a sizable Union garrison with only twelve men and two joints of stovepipe mounted on the running gear of an abandoned wagon. This episode won him his nickname.]

3. What Confederate general did Jefferson Davis consider as valuable as an army of 10,000 troops?

http://www.rugreview.com/cw/cwi2.htm
Albert Sidney Johnston. President Davis said that he regarded his coming as of more worth than the accession of an army of 10,000 men.

4. What general referred to his wife as "Mrs. Brown" (though his name wasn't Brown)?

http://www.rocemabra.com/~roger/tagg/generals/general49.html
LIEUTENANT GENERAL RICHARD STODDERT EWELL
In his time off, he wooed Lizinka Brown, a cousin who was the wealthy widow of a Mississippi plantation owner. When she said yes to his proposal of marriage, Ewell, who had always been of modest means, could hardly believe his luck--he was heard to introduce his new bride as "My wife, Mrs. Brown."

5. (2 point question) Who was the last survivor of the crew of the Union Monitor?

http://connecticut.2havefun.com/freedomtrail.shtml
Thomas Taylor Grave - Grove Street Cemetery, Putnam, CT
The resting place of the African American who served with the U.S. Navy on the ironclad ship U.S.S. Monitor when it fought the confederate ironclad Merrimac during the Civil War. He was the last survivor of that famous battle. He died in 1932

ADDITIONALLY: http://www.cw-book-news.com/release%20info/03-04/veterans.html
Civil War Veterans in the 20th Century
Extracted from the Elizabeth Daily Journal, Elizabeth, NJ
by Harry George Woodworth
This book is about those who fought the Civil War.
The final Gettysburg Blue &amp; Gray Reunion shows how time mellowed war hatred. …A fascinating controversy developed between 1900 and 1939 on who was the last survivor of the USS Monitor. As a "last survivor" passed, others claimed the position, with some giving in-depth descriptions of the battle. This book poses the question, was the last survivor a former slave?}

 

[traveller]

1.John Smith Preston served as an aide to General Beauregard and later (1863–65) headed the bureau of conscription at Richmond, being promoted to brigadier general in 1864.
2.When Gen. John Hunt Morgan and his men were surrounded on Buffington's Island during Morgan's famous raid, Johnson and his men escaped by swimming the Ohio River.
3.Albert Sidney Johnston
4.Richard Ewell was heard to have introduced his new bride as "My wife, Mrs. Brown."
5.<strike>Siah Carter</strike>

Traveller

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[raggedrebel]

1) He was chief of the Confederate Bureau of Conscription.
2) He swam across the Ohio River to the Kentucky side.
3) <strike>Nathan Bedford Forrest</strike>
4) Richard S. Ewell
5) Thomas Taylor

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[cindyscoops]

1. headed Bureau of Conscription at Richmond
2. swimming across the Ohio River into KY
3. <strike>Nathan B. Forrest</strike>
4. Gen. Richard S. Ewell
5. Thomas Taylor

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[bill_torrens]

1. According to Ezra J. Warner's "Generals In Gray" he was in charge of both prison camps &amp; the Bureau of Conscription at different dates. Both are "unpleasant".

2. He swam across the Ohio River.

3. <strike>J.E.B. Stuart?</strike>

4. Richard S. Ewell.

5. <strike>Charles H. Holt.</strike>

(Message edited by hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[aphillbilly]

1. In charge of the Bureau of Conscription

2. Swam the Ohio River

3. <strike>Just a guess. Jackson</strike>

4. Ewell

5. <strike>Once again, just a guess but it would not happen to be the ex-slave Carter would it?</strike>

(Message edited by Hoosier on November 13, 2004)

 

[hoosier]

OK, thanks to everybody for playing this first week.

The correct answers, as given to me by our esteemed webmaster, are as follows:

1. John Smith Preston was Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription.

2. Johnson swam across the Ohio River.

3. Davis considered Albert Sidney Johnston as valuable as an army of 10,000 troops.

4. Richard Stoddert Ewell referred to his wife as "Mrs. Brown."

5. The last survivor of the Monitor crew was Thomas L. Taylor, who died on March 7, 1932 at the age of 84.

A couple of notes.

Felinelady posted her response twice, because she said she got an error message the first time. Both posts made it through (I deleted one of them), but I've noticed a similar problem from time to time when I try to make posts myself. If anyone isn't sure whether their post made it through, go ahead and post it again. Better to have the same post go through twice than to have no post go through at all.

Sockknitter went above and beyond the call of duty by posting not only her answers, but the sources. (I guess we'll have to award her an extra ration of virtual salt pork and hardtack.) It is not necessary to post your sources. HOWEVER - this goes for all players - if I have marked one of your answers wrong and you can find a source that says it is correct, please either send me a personal message or make another post, citing the source that supports your answer, and I will give you credit if I agree that your answer is adequately supported.

Aphillbilly, I'm very, very glad that you waited until late in the day on Saturday to post your responses. Apparently, because you are an official CivilWarTalk moderator, your post appeared on the board immediately, instead of being sent to the queue with the responses of the other contestants. Had you posted earlier in the week, your answers would have been visible to all players. I'll have to ask Mike if some adjustment can be made so that doesn't happen again.

Here are the scores after the first week:

Sockknitter 6 points
Raggedrebel 5
Cindyscoops 5
Felinelady 4
Dawna 4
Traveller 4
Rivrrat 3
Bill_torrens 3
Aphillbilly 3
Jackbluelight 1

I'll be posting the questions for week 2 shortly in a new thread.