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When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 6:59 pm
by ezzler
1. I was a Federal commander.
2, I served in the Mexican war
3. I was mighty fond of expeditions
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 4:23 pm
by Gil R.
Fremont? (I can't remember if he served in Mexico, but that will be my guess.)
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2012 5:01 pm
by ezzler
Got it in one.
Freemont 'the pathfinder' for his 1840 Mexico expeditions.
Another one. A bit harder.
Graduated last in his class from west point. His first roommate was Augustus H. Seward, son of William H. Seward.
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 12:23 am
by Stardog
Graduated last in his class from west point. His first roommate was Augustus H. Seward, son of William H. Seward.
Major General Henry "Harry" Heth, CSA
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2012 5:31 pm
by ezzler
Stardog has it. And I thought that wasn't well known!
Its your turn to pose a question Stardog.
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 2:55 pm
by ezzler
The last confederate general
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:26 am
by Gil R.
Well, I'm stumped, whether you mean the last one alive, or the last one still in command. I used to know both, in the heyday of the FOF Generals Bios Project.
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:44 am
by danlongman
All I can think of is Kirby Smith.
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:11 pm
by ezzler
Just making it cryptic as the previous questions were breezed through.
"The last confederate general - alphabetically".
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 8:27 pm
by nicwb
Zollicoffer ?
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 11:41 pm
by ezzler
Felix Zollicoffer is the right answer. the last general in the alphabet but the first to be killed in the West having got himself on the wrong side of a river.
Your turn for a question Nicwb
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 11:49 am
by Gil R.
ORIGINAL: ezz
Felix Zollicoffer is the right answer. the last general in the alphabet but the first to be killed in the West having got himself on the wrong side of a river.
Your turn for a question Nicwb
Not just the wrong side of a river, but the wrong side of his fortifications at the edge (and high above) that river. In BAB mainly for kicks we're including a map of the Beech Grove defenses 10 miles south of the battlefield for those who want to play a "what if?" scenario. (Plus that lets us have a scenario for the Union's late attack on the encampment.)
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:07 am
by nicwb
Not just the wrong side of a river, but the wrong side of his fortifications at the edge (and high above) that river.
You forgot also dreadfully nearsighted - poor old Felix !
OK - a question - who's reputed final (and unfortunate) last words were "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance".
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 1:20 pm
by JudgeDredd
Maybe I shouldn't have googled it - but John Sedgwick?
RE: When a product takes this long..there's nothing for it but QUIZ time
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 5:07 am
by nicwb
Well done JudgeDredd,
at the battle of the Wilderness - your turn !
(PS I had to check it too!)