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Check your email inbox for a Club-wide email sent today! Included in that email are the following trivia questions. Feel free to post your answers here. All for fun! Let's test our knowledge.

After bloody Shiloh, the Union’s western army caught its breath and then began a slow advance toward Corinth, Mississippi. At stake was a strategically vital railroad junction. The South could ill afford to lose it and the Union wanted it. Let’s see what you know of this campaign.

1. Name the two Confederate railroad lines that crossed at Corinth.

Mobile and Ohio, and the Memphis and Charleston railroads.

2. The Union Army had a new field commander. He was?

Henry Halleck

3. What was General Grant’s new assignment?

Second in Command

4. Name the Confederate general defending Corinth.

G.T. Beauregard

5. What additional army joined the Confederates?

Army of the West under Earl Van Dorn

6. What additional army joined the Union forces?

Army of the Mississippi under John Pope. Buell's Army of the Ohio.

7. What was the Union’s strategy?

Cautious advance and then siege the Confederates out of Corinth

8. What was the Confederate strategy?

Hold Corinth, but to try and attack a portion of Halleck's force if possible.

9. What young Union cavalry officer, a major star by war’s end, took part in a successful raid on the railroad south and east of the city?

Must have been Phil Sheridan.

10. What was the determining factor in forcing the Confederates to evacuate Corinth?

Possible full investment of Corinth.

11. As a result of that evacuation, what other key points were abandoned or fell?

Memphis

12. After the withdrawal, what happened to the Confederate commander?

Beauregard left the army to recuperate from his throat ailment and was removed from command by Jeff Davis.

13. What was the Union commander’s next assignment?

Henry Halleck became the Union's commander of all armies under Lincoln in Washington... taking McClellan's position, and leaving McClellan in command of only the Army of the Potomac.

14. What did Grant select for his next objective?

Vicksburg

Author:	Blake [ Thu Nov 04, 2021 3:11 pm ]
Post subject:	Club News Trivia
Check your email inbox for a Club-wide email sent today! Included in that email are the following trivia questions. Feel free to post your answers here. All for fun! Let's test our knowledge. After bloody Shiloh, the Union’s western army caught its breath and then began a slow advance toward Corinth, Mississippi. At stake was a strategically vital railroad junction. The South could ill afford to lose it and the Union wanted it. Let’s see what you know of this campaign. 1. Name the two Confederate railroad lines that crossed at Corinth. 2. The Union Army had a new field commander. He was? 3. What was General Grant’s new assignment? 4. Name the Confederate general defending Corinth. 5. What additional army joined the Confederates? 6. What additional army joined the Union forces? 7. What was the Union’s strategy? 8. What was the Confederate strategy? 9. What young Union cavalry officer, a major star by war’s end, took part in a successful raid on the railroad south and east of the city? 10. What was the determining factor in forcing the Confederates to evacuate Corinth? 11. As a result of that evacuation, what other key points were abandoned or fell? 12. After the withdrawal, what happened to the Confederate commander? 13. What was the Union commander’s next assignment? 14. What did Grant select for his next objective?

Author:	Tex McSwain [ Thu Nov 04, 2021 8:07 pm ]
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Memphis and Charleston and the Ohio and Mobile. I done my part! Just finished a book on Shiloh so that I recalled.

Author:	Steve Griffith [ Fri Nov 05, 2021 1:53 pm ]
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Reckon I will take number two then. That would be Gen. Henry Halleck. Replaced Grant. Who then became his second in command. I guess I answered number three also.

Author:	L.P. Smith [ Fri Nov 05, 2021 6:06 pm ]
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Blake wrote: Check your email inbox for a Club-wide email sent today! Included in that email are the following trivia questions. Feel free to post your answers here. All for fun! Let's test our knowledge. After bloody Shiloh, the Union’s western army caught its breath and then began a slow advance toward Corinth, Mississippi. At stake was a strategically vital railroad junction. The South could ill afford to lose it and the Union wanted it. Let’s see what you know of this campaign. 1. Name the two Confederate railroad lines that crossed at Corinth. Mobile and Ohio, and the Memphis and Charleston railroads. 2. The Union Army had a new field commander. He was? Henry Halleck 3. What was General Grant’s new assignment? Second in Command 4. Name the Confederate general defending Corinth. G.T. Beauregard 5. What additional army joined the Confederates? Army of the West under Earl Van Dorn 6. What additional army joined the Union forces? Army of the Mississippi under John Pope. Buell's Army of the Ohio. 7. What was the Union’s strategy? Cautious advance and then siege the Confederates out of Corinth 8. What was the Confederate strategy? Hold Corinth, but to try and attack a portion of Halleck's force if possible. 9. What young Union cavalry officer, a major star by war’s end, took part in a successful raid on the railroad south and east of the city? Must have been Phil Sheridan. 10. What was the determining factor in forcing the Confederates to evacuate Corinth? Possible full investment of Corinth. 11. As a result of that evacuation, what other key points were abandoned or fell? Memphis 12. After the withdrawal, what happened to the Confederate commander? Beauregard left the army to recuperate from his throat ailment and was removed from command by Jeff Davis. 13. What was the Union commander’s next assignment? Henry Halleck became the Union's commander of all armies under Lincoln in Washington... taking McClellan's position, and leaving McClellan in command of only the Army of the Potomac. 14. What did Grant select for his next objective? Vicksburg

Author:	Tex McSwain [ Fri Nov 05, 2021 8:40 pm ]
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I think the bad water caused them to abandon Corinth. That and the stank of Yankees.

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Author:	Blake [ Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:10 pm ]
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Well done, sirs. Below are the answers from my Civil War Round Table Quiz Book: 1. Name the two Confederate railroad lines that crossed at Corinth. 1. The railroad crossings in Corinth were the Memphis & Charleston and the Mobile & Ohio. The former connected the East Coast to the Mississippi River. The latter connected the Gulf Coast with the Mississippi and the Ohio Rivers at Columbus, Kentucky. The Corinth crossroad was a strategically vital point for both armies. 2. The Union Army had a new field commander. He was? 2. The new field commander was Henry Halleck. “Old Brains” was the commander of all the Union forces in the West. Shocked by the thirteen thousand casualties in Grant’s near disaster at Shiloh, Halleck took field leadership of the Union armies under Grant and Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell. 3. What was General Grant’s new assignment? 3. Grant was named second in command to Halleck. In other words, Grant was on the shelf with nothing much to do unless Halleck left or was incapacitated. It almost drove him crazy, and he considered resigning. 4. Name the Confederate general defending Corinth. 4. Confederate forces were commanded by Pierre Beauregard. He took command when Gen. Albert S. Johnston was killed at Shiloh. 5. What additional army joined the Confederates? 5. Brig. Gen. Earl Van Dorn’s Confederate Army of the West joined Beauregard’s army. It marched in from western Arkansas. Johnston hoped to use these troops at Shiloh, but they were too late in arriving. 6. What additional army joined the Union forces? 6. Halleck was reinforced by John Pope’s Army of the Mississippi. Coming from a victory at Island Number 10. These fresh troops brough Halleck’s army to about 120,000 men, or double the number Beauregard commanded. 7. What was the Union’s strategy? 7. Halleck’s strategy was to move slowly and entrench at each stop. After Shiloh, Halleck was being super careful so that the Confederates would not have the chance to catch his army in the open. As a result, the army moved at a snail’s pace. 8. What was the Confederate strategy? 8. Beauregard hoped to catch a part of Halleck’s army isolated from the rest and destroy it. Halleck’s strategy, while painfully slow, prevented this. 9. What young Union cavalry officer, a major star by war’s end, took part in a successful raid on the railroad south and east of the city? 9. Col. Phil Sheridan struck the railroad south and east of the junction. He commanded the Second Michigan Cavalry. Along with the Second Iowa and under the command of Col. Washington Elliot, the raid tore up a lot of railroad and telegraph equipment and destroyed important Confederate supplies. 10. What was the determining factor in forcing the Confederates to evacuate Corinth? 10. The Confederates abandoned the town because it lacked good water. The shortage of good drinking water and the disease that spread among the men when they drank the bad water forced Beauregard to give up Corinth. 11. As a result of that evacuation, what other key points were abandoned or fell? 11. The loss of Corinth led to the loss of Fort Pillow and Memphis, Tennessee. The loss of Corinth flanked Fort Pillow, which had to be evacuated. With Fort Pillow no longer guarding the river, Memphis fell soon afterward. 12. After the withdrawal, what happened to the Confederate commander? 12. Beauregard went on sick leave without permission and was sacked. Davis disliked Beauregard. When he left the army without Davis’s permission, Davis relieved him and selected a worse general, Braxton Bragg, to replace him. 13. What was the Union commander’s next assignment? 13. Halleck was called to Washington to become general in chief. He replaced George McClellan, who was bogged down on the Virginia peninsula. Ironically, when the administration replaced Halleck, it chose Grant, his former subordinate. 14. What did Grant select for his next objective? 14. Grant decided to take Vicksburg. With the railroads in hand, Grant began his long campaign to capture the city and control the Mississippi River.

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