Trivia Game # 59 - Week 6

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 59 - Week 6



Here are the questions for Week 6 of Game # 59


1. In 1864, a Union force of two USCT regiments repulsed an attack of 2500-3000 Confederate cavalry at what fort?


2. What two distinctions were held by West Point cadet Hezekiah Garber?


3. In an 1861 battle, Confederates attacking a Federal earthworks fort improvised by using moveable breastworks from which they fired and then advanced by rolling them closer and closer to the fort. What were the rolling breastworks made of?


4. In the aftermath of the Emancipation Proclamation, what regiment recruited primarily from southern Illinois, had by April 1863, lost nearly 700 men to desertion?


5. Spurned by his war time love, what General married post-war and fathered eleven children in ten years of marriage?



Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, April 11. Good Luck!


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[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

 

[traveller]

1. Fort Pocahontas


2. INCORRECT


3. large bales of marijuana


4. The Fifteenth Texas Infantry INCORRECT



5. John Bell Hood

 

[lauren777]

Here goes...have mercy it's my first time

1)Fort Tupelo INCORRECT
2)Last in class of 1852 and Lincoln wrote secretary of war nominating Garber to West Point
3)Hemp bales
4) 128th Illinois
5)General John Bell Hood

 

[sockknitter]

1. Fort Pillow INCORRECT
2. He was the goat of the class of 1852; his tombstone survives as the only known one from Fort Hoskins, Oregon. His name is misspelled. At the time of his death, he was imprisoned for insubordination related to an affair he was having with an Indian woman.
3. Bales of hemp
4. 128th Illinois
5. John Bell Hood

 

[Oxkern]

1. Fort Pocahontas

2. Nominated for West Point by Congressman Abraham Lincoln in 1848; was the 'Goat' of 1852 (last in class)

3. Hemp

4. 128th Illinois Infantry

5. John Bell Hood

 

[sarladaise]

1. Fort Pocahontas (Wilson's Wharf)
2. He was nominated to West Point by Abraham Lincoln
graduated last in his class of 1852
3. Hemp bales soaked in water
4. 128th Illinois Inf. Reg.
5. John Bell Hood

 

[hoosier]

1. no answer INCORRECT

2. Garber was the goat of his class (1852), graduating last in the class. He was also the only cadet at West Point named Hezekiah. INCORRECT

3. They were gabions – wicker cylinders filled with stone, earth, or anything else that could protect the troops moving behind them. INCORRECT

4. no answer INCORRECT

5. John Bell Hood

 

[samgrant]

Answers for Week 6 of Game #59:


1. Fort Pocahontas


http://www.nps.gov/history/hps/abpp/battles/va056.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Wilson's_Wharf

http://www.fortpocahontas.org/

http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=9520

http://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/640524b.htm

http://www.fortpocahontas.org/CivilWarTimes.html



2. A) He was the only cadet nominated for appointment to the academy by Illinois Congressman Abraham Lincoln
B) He graduated last in his class (1852)

Those are the distinctions I was looking for. Tho the question suggested distinctions as a cadet, it did not specifically state that, so I'll accept the terrific set of distinctive facts about Garber which sockknitter brought to our attention. I cannot accept having a unique name as meriting distinction; in Garber's class there were a half dozen graduates having unique first names (Newton, Milo, and Sylvester among them).

http://books.google.com/books?id=WrJ1AAAAMAAJ&q=%22hezekiah+H.+Garber%22&dq=%22hezekiah+H.+Garber%22&lr=&pgis=1

http://www.lastintheirclass.com/GoatList.html

http://www.thelincolnlog.org/view/1848/4/20

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=lincoln;rgn=div1;view=text;idno=lincoln1;node=lincoln1%3A481

http://books.google.com/books?id=siW5AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA87&dq=%22hezekiah+H.+Garber%22

http://lincoln.lib.niu.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.3942:7:39.lincoln



3. Bales of hemp.

http://www.mycivilwar.com/battles/610913.htm

http://www.gametec.com/hemp/BattleHmpBales.htm

http://www.missouridivision-scv.org/baug1998.htm

http://civilwarmissouri.blogspot.com/2007/12/lexington-battle-of-hemp-bales.html

http://www.boogieonline.com/revolution/body/drugs/effects/hemp/bales.html



4. 128th Illinois Infantry Regiment (Williamson County)

http://civilwar.ilgenweb.net/history/128.html

http://www.our-richardson-web.com/sam_rankin_war_records.htm

http://books.google.com/books?id=s320QL2TlxAC&pg=PR14&lpg=PR14&dq=%22860+to+161%22&source=bl&ots=svAv7o3gbu&sig=lhnC8WSVCQ5b4wyHSXq14uZNXTo&hl=en&ei=Wr3XSYbLLYS0NZSt8PEN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3

http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unilif10.htm

http://www.civil-war.net/searchdyers2.asp?reg=128th%20REGIMENT%20INFANTRY&searchdyers=Illinois

http://books.google.com/books?id=qqkaAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA565&lpg=PA565&dq=%22860+to+161%22&source=bl&ots=ENgGFfannq&sig=IjRb8Fn8P22GF_zZrEHocQpssew&hl=en&ei=Wr3XSYbLLYS0NZSt8PEN&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1



5. John Bell Hood (included 3 sets of twins, but still!)

http://www.johnbellhood.org/bio-05.htm

http://ngeorgia.com/ang/John_Bell_Hood

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4418

http://www.longstreet.org/Hood.htm

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


Please welcome our new player lauren777 making a respectable debut!


Here are the final scores for game #59:

FIRST DIVISION

Sarladaise - 29
Rad2duhbone53 - 0
natek1029 - 0
Susan Sweet - 0


SECOND DIVISION

Oxkern - 23
Larry - 20
Sockknitter - 18
Hoosier - 13
lauren777 - 4
traveller - 5
EMPOWERS - 0
hurryuphill - 0

Sarladaise once again tops the scores, while Oxkern led the 2nd division. Congratulations to all.

I'll post our prize winner later as I need to review my records.


Thanks for playing. See you next week!

 

[Larry]

Please, do check. My answers seem to have gotten lost somewhere along the line. I sent them in rather early.
Larry

 

[samgrant]

I don't understand it. I did re-check cause I was surprised there was nothing received from you this week.

Now the same thing happened to sockknitter last week, so it now appears not be be just a fluke.

I'll notify Mike. We can't have this happening.

 

[samgrant]

Upon review of my records, the regular player with the highest score in Game #59 who has not yet been awarded a prize in the current cycle is: Hoosier.

I will PM Hoosier shortly with the updated "Fabulous Prizes" list.

A new prize cycle will commence with Game #60.


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