** General Longstreet was able to move his corps from Virginia to Georgia by rail and took Union forces by surprise which led to victory at Chickamauga.
** Improvements were made in steam engines plus safety measures.
** Smoothbore cannons were best against infantry.
** Whitworth cannons had a range of 5 miles. There were some at Fort Fisher.
** Two main Union foundries: West Point and Pittsburgh.
** Trench warfare.
--Old Secesh
Continuing with the pre-discussion quiz on Confederate general nicknames as well as decade they graduated from the USMA.
6. Pete, Old Pete
7. Parson
8. Little Billy
9. Beauty
10. Baldy
Answers below
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6. James Longstreet, 1842
7. William N. Pendleton, 1830
8. William Henry Chase (W.H.C.) Whiting, 1845
9. James Ewell Brown (J.E.B.) Stuart, 1854
10. Richard Stoddert Ewell, 1837
--Old Secesh
In August 1862, he was ordered to join General John Pope east of the Blue Ridge and he served there until 1863, when he assumed command of a brigade in Kentucky.
There, he dispersed a political convention in Frankfort which he considered to be plotting treason.
He continued in Kentucky and Tennessee until November 1863 when he became an engineer on the staff of General John G. Foster until Confederate General James Longstreet retreated at which time he resumed command of his brigade.
Colonel Gilbert's health having deteriorated by exposure caused him to resign on 20 April 1864. He was brevetted to brigadier general of volunteers, 12 March 1865.
--Old Secesh
