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[lorrierivette]

Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke.

 

[eopfrank]

I am going to say General Marmaduke...

-Frank

 

[rebrick]

It was while surving as a private in company D,Third Iowa Cavalry,that James Dunlavy performed a deed which entitled him to recognition as a brave and gallant soider,and proved him equal to the demands of war as well as of peace.On the 25th day of Oct.1864 single handed and alone, while suffering from a wound in the right arm caused by a missile thrown off from a bursting shell,and while riding a horse which had had been wounded by the same said shell,Dunlavy captured and received the surrender of the Confederate Major General,John S.Marmaduke at Osage,Kansas.
This feat is unique in that it is probably the only instance in recorded history of the capture of a Major General by a private soldier on the field of battle.Medal of Honer awarded to him by Congress in January 1865

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Well, it's Saturday finally, and I'm off to go on another day trip at Gettysburg. Got my camera all warmed up. Yip Yip Yahoo!

Yesterday's Question: Why did Union Private James Dunlavy of the 3rd Ohio Cavalry receive the Medal of Honor for capturing one Confederate prisoner at the Battle of Mine Creek, Kansas? Who did he capture? He was awarded the Medal of Honor on October 25, 1864 at Osage, Kansas for gallantry in single-handedly capturing Confederate Major General John S. Marmaduke.

Here is Today's Question, Worth One Point:

What was unusual about Confederate Lieutenant Harry Buford, a company commander under General Barnard E. Bee at First Manassass?

Expect the next trivia question to be posted tomorrow at about 9am EST. Please post your answers to this question before that time. Thank you!

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GOOD LUCK!

 

[ivan]

Harry Buford was actually a woman - Loreta Velazquez, the Cuban granddaughter of Diego Velazquez, a famous Spanish painter.

 

[aggie80]

Confederate Lieutenant Harry Buford was actually Loreta Velázquez, born in Cuba,was the granddaughter of world-renowned Spanish portrait painter, Diego Velázquez.

 

[hoosier]

"Harry Buford's" real name was Loreta Velazquez, and she was a woman.

 

[rebrick]

Lieutenant Harry Buford was a women,
AKA-Loreta Janeta Velazquez.

 

[belletraveler]

Harry Buford was a she- Loreta Velaques.

Belle

 

[crowbar]

He/She Was a woman named: Loreta Janeta Velaques

 

[skirmishgirl]

He was a she. Loreta Velázquez posed as Lt. Buford.

HOWEVER, if you read parts of her "memoir" of the war, it becomes extremely suspect. She claims to have taken part in the battle of Ball's Bluff, in October of 1861. BUT, none of her facts match up with anyone else's account of the battle...

 

[lorrierivette]

At First Bull Run or First Manasssass Lieutenant Harry Buford was really a woman named Madame Loreta Velazquez.
Lorrie

 

[chamberlain20me]

Harry Burord was also known as Loreta Velázquez and SHE was born in Cuba,was the granddaughter of world-renowned Spanish portrait painter, Diego Velázquez.

 

[snoopy]

Harry was a woman, in disguise as a man. She was really Loreta Janeta Velaques. She was not discovered until 1863 and then became a spy.

 

[stonewall89]

Harry Buford was really a women.


Josh

 

[raggedrebel]

He was a woman; Loreta Janeta Velasquez.

RR

 

[connyankee]

Lt. Harry T. Buford was a woman - Loreta Velasquez

 

[CivilWarTalk]

Yesterday's Question: What was unusual about Confederate Lieutenant Harry Buford, a company commander under General Barnard E. Bee at First Manassass? Harry Buford was actually a woman - Loreta Velazquez, the Cuban granddaughter of Diego Velazquez, a famous Spanish painter.

Here is Today's Question, Worth Two Points:

Fort Pulaski, built by the U.S. Army before the war, and occupied by Confederate troops in April of 1862, is located near the mouth of the Savannah River, blocking upriver access to Savannah. Fortifications such as Fort Pulaski, called third system forts, were considered invincible until the advent of what weapon during the Civil War? What Union engineer officer was in charge of the siege in April 1862, at Fort Pulaski?

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GOOD LUCK!

 

[CivilWarTalk]

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[aggie80]

Fortifications such as Pulaski, called third system forts, were considered invincible, but the new technology of rifled artillery changed that. On February 19, 1862, Brig. Gen. Thomas W. Sherman ordered Captain Quincy A. Gillmore, an engineer officer, to take charge of the investment force and begin the bombardment and capture of the fort.