Trivia Game # 60 - Week 2

[samgrant]

Trivia Game # 60 - Week 2



Here are the questions for Week 2 of Game # 60



1. What Civil War general was killed by being run over by a train?



2. A structure honoring Gen. George B. McClellan stands at the original main entrance of a cemetery where McClellan is not buried. On this structure are inscribed words of a poem written by what Confederate officer?



3. What trio of generals who had been each others' roommates at West Point saw action at the Battle of Chickamauga?



4. He was born in Paris and died in Stuttgart. In between these events this grandson of a famous member of the 20th U.S. Congress served as an officer in two Arkansas infantry regiments. Name him.



5. In the tradition of the pre-war 2nd U.S. Cavalry (Company "A" rode grays; Company "B" and "E" rode sorrels;, etc.), in what New York mounted unit did each company use a different kind of horse?



Answers are due by 6pm (eastern) on Saturday, April 25. Good Luck!

 

[lauren777]

week 2

1) General J H Ward
2) Theodore O'Hara
3) General James Longstreet, William S. Rosecrans., A.P. Stewart
4) Cpt. Robert H. Crockett
5) 11th New York Cavalry (Scott's Nine Hundred)

 

[natek1029]

Trivia Game 60, Week 2

1. Thomas Ewing (??) (One ? for the missing "Jr.", and one ? for: is a cable-car the same thing as a train?)
2. Theodore O'Hara
3. James Longstreet, William S. Rosecrans, Alexander P. Stewart
4. INCORRECT
5. 11th New York Cavalry

 

[samgrant]

Bumping the thread.

 

[Larry]

Trivia Answers - such as they are

1) John Henry Hobart Ward
2) Theodore O'Hara
3) Alexander Peter Stewart, James Longstreet, William Starke Rosecrans
4) Nothing yet. INCORRECT
5) " " INCORRECT
Larry Gebing

 

[samgrant]

Bump this just to inform you that week 2 is still on and answers still due by April 25.


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[sarladaise]

1. J. H. Hobart Ward
2. Theodore O'Hara, McClellan Gate, Arlington Nat. Cem.
3. James Longstreet, William S. Rosecrans, Alexander P. Stewart
4. Robert Hamilton Crockett
5. 15th NY Cav. Reg. INCORRECT Reversed

 

[Oxkern]

1. Thomas Ewing, Jr.

2. Theodore O'Hara

3. William Rosecrans (USA); James Longstreet (CSA); Alexander Stewart (CSA);

4. ? INCORRECT

5. ? INCORRECT

 

[hoosier]

1. J. H. Hobart Ward

2. Theodore O'Hara

3. James Longstreet, William Rosecrans, and Alexander Stewart

4. Robert Crockett, grandson of Davy

5. 1st NY Veteran Volunteer Cavalry INCORRECT

 

[sockknitter]

1. Brig. General John H. H. Ward
2. Theodore O'Hara
3. William Rosecrans, A.P. Stewart, James Longstreet
4. Robert W. Crockett
5. 15th New York Cavalry INCORRECT Reversed

 

[samgrant]

Answers for Week 2 of Game #60:



1. John Henry Hobart Ward


http://books.google.com/books?id=_2TOAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA356&dq="John+Henry+Hobart+ward"+train


http://books.google.com/books?id=m3h5yrudbeEC&pg=RA1-PA73&dq="john+H.+H.+Ward"+train


http://www.picturehistoryprints.com/product/id/21035


http://sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=J._H._Hobart_Ward


http://books.google.com/books?id=R026IIk34yYC&pg=PA142&dq="John+Henry+Hobart+ward"+train


http://kfmstriping.com/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&Itemid=47&article=J._H._Hobart_Ward


http://www.tripatlas.com/J. H. Hobart Ward


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._H._Hobart_Ward


http://www.antya.com/wikisearch.php?s=Ward,+J.+H.+Hobart


http://www.historic-lamott-pa.com/content/thecivilwar/theuniongenerals.cfm


I'm also accepting Gen. Thomas Ewing, Jr. who sources say was killed by a cable car which, I guess is a sort of a train. Natek1029 is walking a fine line, however, by leaving out the "Jr.", as his father was a notable figure of the era, tho not a general.



2. Theodore O'Hara (The Bivouac of the Dead)


http://www.cem.va.gov/hist/bivouac.asp


http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4236


http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/12/wreaths-acros-1.html


http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MmFjMmEzYjcxZWIxMzMxYjdiMDc5NjI2OTNhNDIyYTE=


http://www.taph.com/history/civil-war-famous-elegy-written-by-confederate-officer-4.html




3. James Longstreet, William Rosecrans, A. P. Stewart


http://www.picturehistory.com/product/id/19185


http://www.aotc.net/Rosecrans_home.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=hb...kLykCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1


http://www.civilwarhome.com/rosecransbio.htm


http://www.aotc.net/bios.htm


http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/rosecrans/rosecrans.htm


http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/pottery/1080/chickamauga_ga_19sep63.htm




4. Robert Hamilton Crockett


http://books.google.com/books?id=r1E1FTjEfIkC&pg=PA115&dq="crockett,+robert+hamilton"


http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/18thhis.html


http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/18thcoe.html


http://asms.k12.ar.us/armem/welch/AR_infy.htm


http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/1starinf.htm


http://pth.thehardyparty.com/ark_units/ark_units_2.htm


http://books.google.com/books?id=Ck...x-miCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1


http://www.amazon.com/dp/1425906052/?tag=civilwartalkc-20


http://books.google.com/books?id=bG...ans,+Collectors,+and+Reenactors#PRA1-PA236,M1


http://books.google.com/books?id=5UNU6br1leIC&pg=RA1-PA318&dq="r.+h.+crockett"&lr=


http://www.genealogy.com/users/k/n/i/Brenda-W-Knippers/FILE/0004text.txt


http://www.history-forums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2&page=7


http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/th/read/CREEL-MS/2004-12/1102363674


http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/River/1757/abstracts.html




5. The 11th New York Cavalry


http://www.sweezey.com/genealogy/history/elishaoverton.htm


http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/civil/elisha.htm


http://balder.prohosting.com/shissem/Hissem_Wells_Family.html


http://books.google.com/books?id=amgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA12&dq="different+companies+according+to+color"


http://books.google.com/books?id=NW..."so+arranged+amongst+the+different+companies"


The fact that two players gave the 15th NY Cavalry as an answer send me back to the Google where I searched and searched for something about the 15th's horses and companies. I finally found one thing, the best I could find was a book titled "The Honors of the Empire State in the War of the Rebellion" where I found this ambiguous single sentence: "A feature of the regiment was that each company used the same kind and color of horses." Now that may mean what was meant by the question, or, it may mean the opposite, that each company used the same kind as the other companies.

If anyone can come up with some less ambiguous source for the 15th, I will adjust the scores accordingly.


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Questions for Week 3 will be posted on or before May 2.






Here are the scores after Week 2 of Game #60:

FIRST DIVISION

natek1029 - 9
Sarladaise - 9
Rad2duhbone53 - 0
Susan Sweet - 0


SECOND DIVISION

lauren777 - 10
Sockknitter - 9
Hoosier - 8
Oxkern - 7
Larry - 7
kate_09 - 4




Thanks for playing. See you next week!


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[samgrant]

sarladaise PMed the following:

Sam,
My source
http://www.15thnewyorkcavalry.org/silas_bigelow1.htm
states that "Each member of a company of the 15th Cavalry used the same kind and same color of horse."
I don't know, if that's less ambiguous...
Regards,
Sarladaise

That is slightly less ambiguous than "A feature of the regiment was that each company used the same kind and color of horses." - it seems to suggest "within each company" as opposed to "across all the companies".

While I would expect some mention of this in Chauncey Norton's "The Red Neck Ties",

http://books.google.com/books?id=72...Tc1LUP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1

since we now have two sources which address the kind and color of the horses in regard to the companies of the 15th, I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt that the 15th qualifies as an answer to the question.

sarladise and sockknitter are given credit for their answer.

sam