American history game

Malte279 · **Reply #180 on:** January 29, 2005, 01:18:54 PM

Which American general (and KuKluxKlan Member) gave his name to a character in a movie which deals to a good part with the topic of this thread? (Full name of the person please).

Nick22 · **Reply #181 on:** January 29, 2005, 01:22:49 PM

So he fought at Gettsyburg then?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #182 on:** January 29, 2005, 01:25:54 PM

I never said so.

Nick22 · **Reply #183 on:** January 31, 2005, 10:28:34 AM

Nathaniel Forrest comes to mind.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #184 on:** January 31, 2005, 12:23:02 PM

Right.
Nathan Bedford Forrest, a southern cavalery general and later a high ranking member of the KKK (which is sometimes "gracefully" overlooked by contemporary historicans as well as the fact that he ordered the murdering of colored Federal soldiers who had surrendered to him at Fort Pillow). He is likely to be the general of the civil war who killed most enemy soldiers himself. As he fought in the western theatre of the war he didn't take part in the battle of Gettysburg. The movie character named after him is "Forrest" Gump (they say he is named after Nathan Bedford Forrest in the movie). Forrest Gump by the way is a movie which I recomend anyone to watch who hasn't seen it already.
Your turn Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #185 on:** January 31, 2005, 02:44:58 PM

Where was the Original capital of the confederacy?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #186 on:** February 01, 2005, 03:21:44 AM

Montgomery, Alabama. Only after the shelling of Fort Sumter and the joining of Virginia to the confederacy did Richmond, Virginia become the capital.

Nick22 · **Reply #187 on:** February 01, 2005, 09:57:02 AM

Correct. Montgomery was the Capital for about 6 months, then Richmoind became the capital until the end of the Civil War. Your turn.
nick

Malte279 · **Reply #188 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:37:33 AM

What did the murderer John Wilkes Booth call after he had shot Abraham Lincoln, and what do his words mean (the words are not English)?

Nick22 · **Reply #189 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:42:49 AM

Sic Semper Tyrannus-"thus always to Tyrants!-
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #190 on:** February 01, 2005, 11:06:26 AM

sic semper tyrannis indeed. Your turn.

Nick22 · **Reply #191 on:** February 01, 2005, 11:17:20 AM

What injury did John wilkes Booth Suffer during his jump?
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #192 on:** February 01, 2005, 10:23:07 PM

A broken leg, but he still traveled to his hideout, but was caught anway.

Malte279 · **Reply #193 on:** February 02, 2005, 08:51:47 AM

^ Not really caught, but killed during the attempt to arrest him. Your turn Petrie I guess, isn't it Nick?

Nick22 · **Reply #194 on:** February 02, 2005, 09:45:31 AM

Correct. Your turn Arvens.
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #195 on:** February 02, 2005, 09:22:10 PM

What role did the "Wine Islands" play in our country's development?

(This one's pretty hard....good luck.

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Malte279 · **Reply #196 on:** February 03, 2005, 04:44:23 AM

Was it not the name given to America by the Vikings who landed in America? Vinland?

Petrie · **Reply #197 on:** February 03, 2005, 09:10:57 AM

Nope, that's not what I had in mind. I've a feeling our local historian might know the answer I'm after.

Hint: you went too far back in history as well....way too far back.

Nick22 · **Reply #198 on:** February 03, 2005, 10:22:52 AM

The Wine islands are located on the coast of British Columbia. They were first explored by the Russians , then the British, through the Hudson Bay company, laid claim to the area which later bdeecame part of British Columbia. Probably not what you're looking for though. The 'wine islands' i guess were a nickname for the Bahamas, wwhen Columbus landed there in 1492.
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #199 on:** February 03, 2005, 08:52:04 PM

*sigh* I'm scrapping the question...it's too specific and unless you by chance came across it in history, you likely aren't going to know it.

The "Wine Islands" are the islands of Madeira and what I was basically looking for in terms of how it shaped our country was the fact we wanted to be independent yet we wanted to buy the expensive foreign wine in the 1760s.

Anyhoo...new question because that one sucked.

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