Trivia Game # 49 - Week 3

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 49 - Week 3

I have recently noticed that sometimes some of the links I have provided with the answers do not go exactly where I had expected they would. I apologize for that, but the vagaries of the HTTP world are a mystery to me.

Clarifications of questions: In the past 2 weeks I have had players asking for clarifications to my (sometimes ineptly worded?) questions. I encourage this, please don't hesitate to ask if you are not certain about what the question is asking for. However, should you need a clarification, please submit it before 6pm (eastern) on the Tuesday following the Saturday posting of that week's questions. (new rule #9) You can remember this as it is also the cutoff time for appeals of the previous week's answers. Please review the week's questions as soon as possible after they are posted.
Early posters, check for updates/clarifications after Tuesdays.
Finally, I would advise all players to check the thread for any clarifications before submitting their answers.
Many of these things probably should go without saying, but I want to call it to your attention because I hate to see a player miss a question because of some misunderstanding.

Here are the questions for Week 3:

1. A veteran of the colorfully named battles Scary Creek and Droop Mountain, this Confederate officer died in September of 1864; after having been severely wounded in battle, he refused amputation of his wounded leg. Name him.


2. This childhood friend of Thomas Jonathan Jackson attained the rank of Brigadier General. He saw action at Missionary Ridge, Kennesaw Mountain, and around Atlanta. Name him.

3. On September 25, 1861, separate engagements between Union and Confederate forces occurred more than 1300 (air) miles apart. Name both of these engagements. (Hint: there may be more than one correct answer to this 2 part question. If you find more than one answer, post only the one you think best answers the question. If you post more than one pair of engagements, and any one pair is incorrect, you will not get the point.)

4. The Name Game, Part 2

These two Confederate generals had a lot in common, including Last names. They both started the war as Colonels (from adjacent states). They were both sometimes referred to by nicknames. Both were born in the 1820's and both served in the Mexican war. During the Civil War both saw action at Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness. Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor. Name these two generals.


5. Brothers in Arms, Part 1

These generals were brothers; they were Colonels at Shiloh. Name them.


Answers are due by 6:00pm (eastern) on Saturday, November 24.

Good Luck!

 

[Susan Sweet]

trivia *49 week 3

1. Colonel George Smith Patton At the battle of Scary Creek July 17th 1861, he led the Confederates to a victory.The 22nd Virginia's high tide of the war was the Battle of Droop Mountain, West Virginia on November 6, 1863.During the third battle of Winchester, Virginia Colonel Patton was wounded and taken prisoner. The wound from his leg would take his life on September 25,1864 because he would not have his leg amputated, Patton was only 32 years of age. Colonel George Patton is buried at the Stonewall Cemetery in Winchester, Virginia. The marker states " here asleep in one grave, the Patton brothers".

2 Union General Jospeh Andrew Jackson Lightburn (Jackson beat him out for the West Point appointment)

3. Canada Alamosa New Mexico Territory , Kanawha Gap.West Virginia battles fought on September 25, 1961. about 1,600 miles apart .

4.Richard "Fighting Dick" Anderson born South Carolina , George "Tige" Anderson born South Carolina (Georgia)
. 5.ALEXANDER MCDOWELL MCCOOK (1831-1903), and in April 1861 became colonel of the 1st Ohio Volunteers. colonel at Shiloh, and that of brigadier-general at Perryville,
DANIEL McCOOK, JR., a brother of Alexander McDowell McCook, . He began the war as a captain of the 1st Kansas Volunteers, became colonel of the 52nd Ohio, and soon commanded a brigade. He took part in the battles of Shiloh, . INCORRECT (Daniel was not a Colonel at Shiloh)
http://www.cincinnaticwrt.org/data/ohio%20in%20the%20war/barnett_forty_for_the_union/barnett_article.html

 

[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

 

[Rad2duhbone53]

1. Colonel George Smith Patton

2. Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn

3. On Sept. 25th 1861 the USS Jacob Bell and the USS Seminole engages with a Confederate Battery at Freestone Point Va. On the same day on the Northeast coast of South America the American ship Joseph Park was captured by Commander Semmes of the CSS Sumter. INCORRECT (if the Joseph Park were a US Navy ship, I could accept it, but it was a merchant ship and I can find no evidence that "Union forces" were involved)

4. a. George Thomas "Tiger" Anderson
b. Richard Heron "Fighting Dick" Anderson

5. a. Daniel Weisiger Adams
b. William Wirt Adams

 

[samgrant]

Question #5 - clarification:

One player may be pulling my leg by asking for the following clarification, but maybe not:

"Question 5 of the latest trivia.......Im asking clarification. Were these brothers from the same Father, or are they brothers under a belief or religion? (hmmmmmmmm)"

I can assure the players that these were true brothers by birth, and had not only the same father, but also the same mother.

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[texaswildcat]

1. George S. Patton

2. General E. F. Paxson INCORRECT

3. Chapmansville, West Virginia

Canada Alamosa New Mexico

4. Daniel Harvey Hill, A.P. Hill INCORRECT


5. Fredrick Charles Salomon, Charles Salomon INCORRECT

 

[hoosier]

1. Col. George S. Patton

2. Union General Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn

3. One at Canada Alamosa, NM and another at Chapmansville, WV

4. George Thomas "Tige" Anderson and Richard Heron "Fightin' D*ick" Anderson

5. Daniel Weisiger Adams and William Wirt Adams (You really like guys named Wirt, don't you, Sam?) (Not that, I just didn't need to read past page 3 of Generals in Gray.)

 

[sarladaise]

1. George Smith Patton

2. Joseph A. Lightburn

3. Chapmansville, WV, Canada Alamosa, New Mex.

4. George Thomas "Tige" Anderson
Richard Heron "Fighting Dick" Anderson

5. Daniel Weisiger Adams
William Wirt Adams

 

[bgl1952]

answers for triva game week 3

1 George S. Patton

2 Joseph Lightburn

3 ??? INCORRECT

4 Richard H . Anderson George T. Anderson

5 Daniel McCook Jr Alexander McDowell McCook INCORRECT (see my note in Susan_S post above)

 

[samgrant]

Answers to Week 3:

1. Colonel George Smith Patton

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9077

http://www.emmitsburg.net/john/contents/22ndvainfantry/descendants/patton.htm

http://www.geocities.com/cok11wv/winchester.htm

http://206.212.0.47/~hughes11/other.htm#Colonel%20George%20S.%20Patton

http://www.mycivilwar.com/regiments/csa-va/va_inf_22_reg.htm

http://www.dnronline.com/civilwar/part-2/peo-mil-patton.htm



2. Joseph Andrew Jackson Lightburn

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/ung_l.html

http://www.lonesomeride.com/id41.htm

http://famousamericans.net/josephandrewjacksonlightburn/

http://www.longstreetscv.org/newsltrs/200701.htm

http://www.stonewallcountry.com/stonewalljackson.html

http://virginiagentleman.com/blog/2006_11_01_archive.html



3. At Canada Alamosa, New Mexico Territory, a skirmish occurred between a Union force under Captain John H. Minks and a Confederate force under Capt. Bethel Coopwood. Thirteen Hundred miles to the east, at Chapmansville (now West Virginia), Col. Abram Sanders Piatt with his 34th Ohio Infantry along with 1st Kentucky Infantry faced off with a Confederate force of local militia under James Ward Davis.

http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvgenweb/military/confed-all.htm

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/chapmansville_wva_25sep61.htm


http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:nZ3xg65bXBcJ:homepages.rootsweb.com/~usbios/Ohio/b010.html+chapmansville+%22a.+sanders+piatt%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us

http://www.huntel.com/~artpike/fort6g.htm

I will also accept the eastern engagements at Great Falls, Md., Freestone Point, Va., Hanging Rock (Pass), WV., Romney, WV., Kanawha Gap, WV., or Lewinsville, Va.

http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/1861.htm

http://civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/chr/calendar/calf.htm

(Note: For distance I used the distance between Santa Fe, New Mexico, very near Canada Alamosa, and Charleston, West Virginia, very near Chapmansville/Chapmanville, West Virginia; which I found at www.timeanddate.com which has a distance calculator which gives air distance as opposed to the road distance one might get at Mapquest.)



4. George Thomas "Tige" Anderson and Richard Heron "Fighting Dick" Anderson.

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/cong_a.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_T._Anderson

http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Anderson

http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=3



5. Daniel Weisiger Adams and William Wirt Adams (yes, him again)

http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/cong_a.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Weissiger_Adams

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wirt_Adams

For the benefit of those who chose Alex and Dan McCook (the McCooks are always a good try on questions like this), here are 2 sources which indicate Daniel was a Captain at Shiloh

http://www.shilohbattlefield.org/commission/Pages/introduction/organization.htm

http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/HIUS403/77pa/docs/shiloh.html

His promotion to colonel was as of July 15, 1862.




2 players with perfect scores this week: Sarladaise and Hoosier. Good work!

Here are the scores at the end of Week 3:

FIRST DIVISION

Susan Sweet - 14
Sarladaise - 14
Rad2duhbone53 - 12
ewc - 0

SECOND DIVISION


Hoosier - 10
Sockknitter - 8
Texaswildcat - 8
bgl1952 - 3
Borderruffian - 1
Blockaderunner - 0


See you next week!

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