Answers to Frank's Questions from Yesterday-- Part 2

1.  Adelbert Ames--  Last Union general to die.  (Also Benjamin Butler's son-in-law.)

2.  Edward Kerrigan--  Of the 16th Illinois Cavalry.  Supervised the hangings of the six Raiders at Andersonville.

3.  Sgt. Harry Reese--  Of the 48th Pennsylvania.  Volunteered to enter tunnel to what became the Crater at Petersburg to see why it hadn't ignited.

4.  C. C.. Banks--  Of the U.S. Christian Commission.  Informed Lincoln's son Robert that his father had been shot.

5.  Elizabeth Queseberry--  Involved in John Wilkes Booth's escape into Virginia.

6.  Martin Reuben Merritt Wallace-- 4th Illinois Cavalry.  Brother of General Wallace.  Drowned at Cairo, Illinois, in 1862, while embarking for the attack on Fort Henry.

Hard enough there, Frank.

OK, Frank, here's one for you:  Who was James Reilly, Sgt. U.S. Army, Major C.S. Army and what was he noted for?

--Old Secesh

MCCWRT Discussion Group, Jan. 26, 2019: Hood's 1864 Tennessee Campaign / Frank's Six-- Part 1

So far this has been the 15th Illinois' month, starting from the first day.  But back to the discussion group meeting now.

One other off-topic thing we discussed (there is a whole lot of  off-topic discussion in the group for some reason) was that Frank Crawford sent in another six trivia questions; evidently not satisfied with the difficulty of his last trivia questions from December.  This time on specific people.  Well, at least I knew the first one, but that was from his Fort Fisher involvement.  But Frank had him in for something else.

FRANK'S SIX

1.  Who was Adelbert Ames?

2.  Who was Edward Kerrigan?

3.  Who was Sergeant Harry Reese?

4.  Who was C.C. Banks?

5.  Who was Elizabeth Quesenberry?

6.  Who was Martin Reuben Merritt Wallace?

Do You Know?  Answers Tomorrow.   --Old Secesh?

General Adebert Ames, USA

From the March 19th Green Integer Blog which was doing a review of the book "Redemption: The Last Battle of the Civil War" by Nicholas Lemann. This was mostly about Reconstruction and was based a lot on the letters between Adebert Ames and his wife Blanche.

US Grant appointed Ames the provisional governor of Mississippi, but his wife hated the place and refused to go, staying at her family's home in Massachusetts.

Adebert Ames was a commander at Fort Fisher of my personal interest and Blanche was the daughter of Benjamin Butler who led the army in the first attempt to take the fort,

Lehmann described Ames as "...handsome, high-browed, large pupil-eyes...replete with Custer-style beard and mustache, was a Civil War hero who captured Fort Fisher, at the mouth of Cape Fear, North Carolina, during the war."

Alfred Terry actually led the forces in the second battle which led to the fort's capture.

Great Description. --Old B-R'er