War Between the States trivia thread

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Milkman

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Savannah.

No, it wasn't Savannah either, but there was a similarity between the city I am thinking of and Savannah. The Confederate forces abandoned it like they did Savannah.
 

RBM

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Most Southern cities were sieged during or at the end of the WFSR. The trick is to know which ones were sieged by the British either during the Revolutionary War or the War of 1812. But if it was 81 yrs. before the WFSR, then it is the Revolutionary War. Richmond for example was burned by the British (actually by Benedict Arnold) but not sieged until the WFSR.
 

Milkman

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Yorktown, Va.

We have a winner. Yorktown it is. !!!

In the spring of 1862 Union forces under General McClellan laid out an elaborate and massive array of artillery east of Yorktown. They got started on their artillery siege but many of the weapons never got to be used. General Joseph Johnston pulled his forces out, and moved westward to set up for battle at Williamsburg.

At the 1862 siege there was an elderly slave still living in the Yorktown vicinity that could remember hearing the cannons during the siege of 1781.
 

Resica

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We have a winner. Yorktown it is. !!!

In the spring of 1862 Union forces under General McClellan laid out an elaborate and massive array of artillery east of Yorktown. They got started on their artillery siege but many of the weapons never got to be used. General Joseph Johnston pulled his forces out, and moved westward to set up for battle at Williamsburg.

At the 1862 siege there was an elderly slave still living in the Yorktown vicinity that could remember hearing the cannons during the siege of 1781.

Wow. That's pretty impressive.
 

Milkman

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What Union officer received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Missionary Ridge 20 years after the war. His son went on to become the most decorated officer in World War 1.

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Milkman

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How did the "Battle of Seven Pines" come to be named that ?
 

Milkman

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How did the "Battle of Seven Pines" come to be named that ?

Because the crossroads at "Seven Pines" is where the heaviest fighting occurred?

Close enough..... I was kinda fishing for why the spot was named that. From what I read there were 7 very large pines at this crossroads or triangle or whatever it is, and hence the name.
 

JustUs4All

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Sounds like Sedgwick at Spottsylvania CH, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
 

JustUs4All

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What was the rifle most likely to have made the shot on Sedgewick?
 

JustUs4All

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Yes, and in .45 cal with a hexagonal bore that fired a hexagonal bullet with a higher rate of spin than was common in the day. Very accurate for its time, but very expensive also.
 

westcobbdog

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I foolishly gave the order to attack at Picketts Mill Ga. and got many blue coats slaughtered that day in some wicked terrain as the Rebs raked us with musketry and grape relentlessly for hours.
 
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