Trivia Game # 49 - Week 5

[samgrant]

Game #49 - Week 5

Here are the questions for Week 5:

1. A South Carolina native, he resigned from West Point to join the Confederate army. A cavalryman who attained the rank of Major General, he was wounded in 1862, 1863 and 1864. Post war, he served as a US congressman and as a US minister in Central America. Name him.


2. Before July of 1862, according to Union regulations for volunteer regiments, how many musicians were allowed to constitute a cavalry regimental band? (Note: This question concerns band musicians only and so does not include "field musicians" such as drummers and/or buglers who went into battle with their units.)

3. Shortly after the Army of the Ohio was constituted under Gen. Don Carlos Buell, in one of it's first engagements, an 500 strong infantry regiment made up primarily of immigrants held off a 1300+ strong Confederate force which included a Texas cavalry regiment. Name the battle.

4. Operating before Vicksburg, Gen. Ulysses Grant had a floating headquarters aboard a steamboat on the Mississippi River. What was the name of the boat?

5. This general was born in Maine. When the war broke out, he organized a company and served as its captain. He was wounded at Williamsburg during the Peninsular Campaign, again at Second Bull Run, and finally once more at Opequon. He also saw action at
Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Spotsylvania. Post-war he ran a hotel. Name him.


Answers are due by 6 PM (eastern) Saturday, December 8.

Thanks for your continued participation, and Good Luck!

 

[samgrant]

Clarification #2 - Please note that I have added "according to Union regulations for volunteer regiments" to the question, to make it clear that the question is about the US army volunteer regiments.

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[Rad2duhbone53]

lets see how many I can get wrong this time

1. Pierce Manning Butler Young

2.16

3.Rowlett's Station

4.The Tigress INCORRECT (The Tigress was his HQ boat at Pittsburg Landing)

5.Joseph Tarr Copeland INCORRECT (tho he was born in Maine and did run a hotel post-war)

 

[sarladaise]

1. Pierce Manning Butler Young

2. 16

3. Rowlett's Station

4. Magnolia

5. Zebulon York

 

[Susan Sweet]

Trivia game #49 Week 5

1.Pierce Manning Butler Young (November 15, 1839 – July 6, 1896) was a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War and a post-war politician, diplomat, and four-term United States Congressman from Georgia.

2.the cavalry was limited to a 16 member band according to union regulations before July of 1862

3.Rowlett's Station : The Union forces were mainly men from the 32nd Indiana Infantry Regiment. The particularly notable Confederates were the 8th Texas Cavalry, later better known as Terry's Texas Rangers.
The 32nd Indiana Infantry, also called the "First German", was made up of German immigrants and descendants of local German settlers.


4 The Magnolia was Grant's floating headquarters Vicksburg

5 Zebulon York born in Maine but fought for the Confederacy from Louisiana. Ran a hotel in Vidalia La. after the war .

 

[texaswildcat]

1. Pierce Manning Butler Young

2. 16

3. Mill Springs, Kentucky INCORRECT (led up to Mill Springs)

4. Tigress INCORRECT (see above)


5. COPELAND, Joseph Tarr INCORRECT (see above)

 

[hoosier]

1. Pierce Manning Butler Young

2. sixteen

3. Rowlett's Station

4. the Tigress INCORRECT (see above)

5. Joseph Copeland InCORRECT (see above)

 

[sockknitter]

1. X
2. 16
3. Murfreesboro/Stones River INCORRECT
4. Magnolia
5. Joseph Tarr Copeland INCORRECT (see above)

 

[samgrant]

Answers to Week 5:

Before I give you the answers, I would like to tell you about a research source you may not be aware of. It is Google Books Search. What it does is sort of what Amazon's "Search Inside" thing does only much easier and less restrictive. If you have a question, let's say about Grant's floating headquarters, go to Google, enter "books" and click 'Google Search'. Then click on "Google Books Search", and enter your search words. In this case try "grant" "vicksburg" "headquarters" "ship" (or boat or steamer or ….) vary your clues, and you might find what you need. Sometimes books have more, or better, information than the web, and Google Books is a good research tool. Also, you can access both Generals in Gray and Generals in Blue, and Civil War High Commands, which you can't access at Amazon.



1. Pierce Manning Butler Young (what a great name!)

http://aotw.org/officers.php?officer_id=823

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce_M._B._Young

http://www.multied.com/Bio/CWcGENS/CSAYoung.html

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=Y000048

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11098


2. Cavalry regiments were allowed 16 musicians for band, infantry and artillery regiments were allowed 24. In July 1862 congress abolished regimental bands, but allowed brigade bands. (I thought I might get somone to say 24, but it loooks like you all read the "fine print".)

http://bands.army.mil/history/default.asp?chapter=11

http://americancivilwar.com/Civil_War_Music/civil_war_music.html

http://www.jvmusic.net/CivilWarBrassBandspage2.html

http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/genor15.htm

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordView.cfm?page=373&dir=122

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordView.cfm?page=278&dir=123

Also, for your enjoyment:






3. The Battle of Rowlett's Station (Woodsonville, Green River) December 17, 1861

http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/ky004.htm

http://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/611217.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rowlett's_Station

http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/ArticleWillich.htm

http://www.scrtc.com/~ftcraig/rowletts.htm


4. The Magnolia


Not to be confused with the USS Magnolia, as this blogger seems to have done:
http://www.maysvillexplorer.com/blog/archives.do?blogid=1&month=2006-10-01

On the USS Magnolia: http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m2/magnolia-i.htm (a side-wheeler)

I speculate that Grant's Magnolia was a stern-wheel passenger steamboat put into government service by the US …
And it may have been the Magnolia which blew up in 1868:
http://www.riverboatdaves.com/ohio/magno.html


http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordview.cfm?content=/038/0037

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordview.cfm?content=/038/0113

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordview.cfm?content=/038/0114

http://ehistory.osu.edu/osu/sources/recordview.cfm?content=/036/0437

http://www.ourstory.info/library/1-roots/Livermore/story05.html

http://www.cw-chronicles.com/blog/?p=2472

http://www.carlisle.army.mil/USAWC/parameters/01summer/meigs2.htm

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1863/june/death-van-dorn.htm

http://www.vectorsite.net/twcw_44.html

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0684849275/ref=sib_books_pg?ie=UTF8&keywords=salon%20of%20the%
20magnolia&p=S070&checkSum=ue55Sdl0DckSZHLj%252FiXU1bXIOa8VpXoh0%252BZxUQ%252FaYcU%253D


http://books.google.com/books?id=190DAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=grant+headquarters+%22steamer+magnolia%22&source=web&ots=gyHDtWkqbu&sig=R2flmaatF0HhURjgUPXZlBDHdxM

http://books.google.com/books?id=Kq1wZ3900xYC&pg=PA230&lpg=PA230&dq=grant+headquarters+vicksburg+%22the+magnolia%22&source=web&ots=WGdM3s-t32&sig=zB4lHiqIw2b8oZPQkX8OeiuEbEs

http://books.google.com/books?id=OEphWsER8QYC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=grant+vicksburg+%22the+steamer+magnolia%22&source=web&ots=GXpIy7v9sa&sig=wyHGKvoLylqSl3rYCgJjNN9xT0I

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/039474621X/ref=sib_books_pg?ie=UTF8&keywords=ladies%20cabin%20of%20the%20magnolia&p=S09E&checkSum=N4lSFoDvjy23%252BfnYPHYsRZK88OYWelNinhrpOLCZK6c%253D

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1855323532/ref=sib_dp_srch_pop?v=search-inside&keywords=magnolia


5. Zebulon York (At Opequon, a surgeon amputated his arm on the battlefield and told York they expected a counter attack, and since he had lost so much blood it would be best if the Yankees captured him. York told the doctor to get his horse because the only part of him the Yankees were going to capture was his arm.) I wonder if giving the 'Northern' names of 2 of those battles fooled anyone?

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

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

http://www.natchezcemetery.com/custom/webpage.cfm?content=content&id=79

http://www.zoominfo.com/people/York_Zebulon_578101937.aspx

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0804736413/ref=sib_dp_srch_pop?v=search-inside&keywords=zebulon+york&go.x=11&go.y=11



Two perfect scores this week. Round up the usual suspects! Susan Sweet and Sarladaise.


Here are the scores at the end of Week 5:

FIRST DIVISION

Susan Sweet - 24
Sarladaise - 22
Rad2duhbone53 - 18
ewc - 1

SECOND DIVISION

Hoosier - 15
Sockknitter - 11
Texaswildcat - 11
bgl1952 - 3
Borderruffian - 1
Blockaderunner - 0


See you next week!
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