American history game

Nick22 · **Reply #500 on:** August 24, 2006, 12:04:32 PM

Another question, if you please Malte...

Malte279 · **Reply #501 on:** September 21, 2006, 10:54:51 AM

Alright, alright, but after I had to come up with the whole list of barely known court members in the 1876 election I didn't expect my question to be any more difficult. Here are some more examples for the answer:

Lewis Armistead (South) and Winfiled Scott Hancock (North) had a brotherlike relationship before the war. Armistead was killed during Pickett's charge and Hancock was severely wounded in that attack.

Speaking of George Pickett, he was a friend of (believe it or not) Abraham Lincoln. His man were not allowed to abuse Lincoln in his presence.

General Longstreet (Lee's "Old Warhorse) was a very close friend to Ulysses S. Grant. Before the war he had introduced Grant to his cousin Julia Dent, who was to become Grant's wife. (While they were not "friends" Grant had been recommended for an award during the Mexican war by Robert E. Lee. Grant was given the award by John Pemperton, a Pennsylvanian who later surrendered to Grant at Vicksburg).

Another close friend of Grant's was Simon Bolivar Buckner who had lent money to the totally bankrupt Grant in 1854. During the Civil War Grant demanded Buckner's unconditional surrender at Fort Donelson. When Grant died Buckner was one of those who carried his coffin.

During the Mexican War navy lieutenant Raphael Semmes shared a cabin with John Winslow. With the C.S.S. Alabama Semmes became the best known Southern privateer during the war until the Alabama was sunk by the U.S.S. Kearsage commanded by John Winslow.

George Henry Thomas (the "Rock of Chickaumauga") was the only of his Virginia family to fight for the north while all of his brothers fought on the other side. The image of George Thomas in his family's home was turned to face the wall.

Another Southerner to fight for the north was Robert Anderson. He commanded Fort Sumter when the the shots at the Fort triggered the war. Those who fired the shots were commanded by southern general Beauregard who had been a student of Anderson at West Point.

Another friend of Beauregard from the days of the Mexican War was George B. McClellan who commanded the army of the Potomac and became notorious for his quarrels with Lincoln.

Another commander of the army of the Potomac was Joseph Hooker who fought alongside with later southern general Albert Sidney Johnson (the highest ranking officer to be killed in the Civil War).

Southern cavalry commander J.E.B. Stuart had a father in law who fought for the union. The two almost came to face each other during the peninsula campaign.

Northern general Doubleday and Southern general Archer were old colleagues. The two met briefly at Gettysburg where Archer was captured.

The list goes on.

Anyway, here is a different question you asked for. Give me six names for three battles. Many of the battles in the Civil War had different names in the North and the South (often the northerners named the battles after landmarks and southerners after the towns where their headquarters had been during the battles). Give me three battles and two different names for each of them.

Nick22 · **Reply #502 on:** September 21, 2006, 12:47:47 PM

Bull run- Madrass is one battle.

Malte279 · **Reply #503 on:** September 21, 2006, 12:56:56 PM

Make that Bull Run - Mannassas and it is indeed.
Two more with two names and the next turn is yours.

Nick22 · **Reply #504 on:** October 12, 2006, 03:24:44 PM

The Wilderness -Campign_can't recall what it was called in the South. And.. geez I have a poster at home covering the Civil War, and I can't recall the battles!

Malte279 · **Reply #505 on:** October 14, 2006, 12:10:51 PM

The Wilderness Campaign obviously was a whole Campaign, not a single battle. It was called the "Overland Campaign" too, but the different descriptions didn't originate from different names for the north respecitvely south. I don't think there were any battles through that Campaign which had different names depending on which side of the line you were. While I think there are some alternative names for the major battles of the Campaign (Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor) I don't think any of them dominated in the conscience of northerners respectively southerners. It almost seems as if in later stages of the war most battles were known by only one main name. So I recommend you to look in the earlier years of the war. Wikipedia may be helping.

Nick22 · **Reply #506 on:** November 14, 2006, 11:03:16 AM

Thanks Malte.. I'll do that..

Malte279 · **Reply #507 on:** November 20, 2006, 05:21:17 PM

^ Did you do it?

Nick22 · **Reply #508 on:** November 29, 2006, 02:05:39 PM

Shiloh (pittsmans Landing)
Leesburg(can't remember the Southern name)
There's the other two

Malte279 · **Reply #509 on:** November 29, 2006, 02:14:53 PM

Shiloh - PittsBURG landing

Leesburg - (Funnily you named the least known of three names under which this battle is known. A different name was finally widely accepted on both sides of Mason Dixie. Knowing one name however will make it VERY easy for you to find out at least one of the other names).
Give me one alternative name for the battle of Leesburg and the stage is yours.

Nick22 · **Reply #510 on:** November 29, 2006, 05:40:26 PM

Ball's Bluff...

Malte279 · **Reply #511 on:** November 29, 2006, 06:45:44 PM

Correct. Ball's Bluff is the name most frequently used for this battle. Harrison's landing is another one.
Here are a few more Civil War battles with more than one name (I write the US name first and then the CS, but in some cases the various names were used on either side. In some cases the US name became more frequently used, in some cases the CS name is dominating. In a few cases neither is generally favored):

Antietam - Sharpsburg
Stones River - Murfreesboro
Fair Oaks - Seven Pines
Logan's Cross Roads - Mill Springs
Chaplin Hills - Perryville
Opequon Creek - Winchester
1st Cold Harbor (this name came up only after a second battle was fought here in 1864, while the battle this name refers to took place in 1862) - Gaines Mill
Glendale - Frayser's Farm (this one is also known as Nelson’s Farm, Charles City Crossroads, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop, but the first two names clearly dominate).
Wilson's Creek - Oak Hills
Pea Ridge - Elkhorn Tavern
Malvern Hill - Poindexter’s Farm
Beaver Dam Creek - Mechanicsville

Your turn.

Nick22 · **Reply #512 on:** November 29, 2006, 06:52:19 PM

Of the 4 assinated U.s presidents, list them in order of how long they survived after being shot, from shortest period, to longest.

Malte279 · **Reply #513 on:** November 30, 2006, 02:07:36 AM

John F. Kennedy - was declared dead about an hour after the shooting.
Abraham Lincoln - died in the morning of April 15th (about nine hours after Booth's shot).
William McKinley - was shot on September 6th 1901 (4:07pm) and died on September 14th (2:15 am).
James Garfield - lived for almost three months after the assassination. He was shot on July 2nd 1881 and died on September 19th. He might have survived if only the doctors had left him alone rather than rummaging through his whole body in search for the bullets.

Nick22 · **Reply #514 on:** December 04, 2006, 02:37:53 PM

correct. Mckinley and Garfield would have survived with modern treatnment. Lincoln and Kennedy would have been lost causes though.

Malte279 · **Reply #515 on:** December 04, 2006, 04:07:17 PM

Who invented the name "America", when did he invent it, after whom was America named and why was it named after that person?

Nick22 · **Reply #516 on:** December 04, 2006, 04:13:26 PM

Amerigo Vespucci, was an Italian mapmaker who claimed to have visited America. On this claim(which was spurious) the region was named America, in his honor, by the time ist was discovered that he had lied, the name had stuck.

Malte279 · **Reply #517 on:** December 04, 2006, 04:33:39 PM

Not quite.
Amerigo Vespucci is indeed the man after whom America was named. He did participate in several expeditions to the New World (never as the "leader" of the expedition though), while he really didn't participate in every expedition he was later given credit for.
Amerigo Vespucci never claimed the name "America" for the new discovered land. The name was invented by somebody else (who indeed later tried to "correct" the name, by which time the name had stuck already). There is however one particular discovery Columbus never made for which Amerigo Vespucci is given credit. This discovery was the reason for another man to name the new continent America.
Who invented the name, and what was the discovery Amerigo Vespucci made (that discovery is not some kind of land or territory as such) that caused America to be named after him?
I'll stroke the negligible point of when the name was invented from the sequence of questions I put up. The name "America" was used in 1507 for the first time.

Nick22 · **Reply #518 on:** December 04, 2006, 04:38:55 PM

I get it he found South america.?..

Malte279 · **Reply #519 on:** December 04, 2006, 04:48:13 PM

Columbus too had reached continental South America. It was not a particular territory or land that was the discovery of Vespucci. Here is a helping hint: When he died, what did Columbus think he had found?