Extra Credit Questions

[AussieMick]

mate, you're supposed to make it seem difficult.
Yes, ok. You've got it in one. Would you like to tell the others the background?

No, its ok ... you are probably busy and it isnt much of a prize if you have to cut and paste lots of info,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Morton_Stanley

He had a very eventful life ... he found/met African explorer Livingstone 'Dr Livingstone, I presume?' (who was born in Blantyre)
(from wikipedia ...
"Stanley reluctantly joined in the American Civil War, first enrolling in the Confederate States Army's 6th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and fighting in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862. After being taken prisoner at Shiloh, he was recruited at Camp Douglas, Illinois, by its commander Colonel James A. Mulligan as a "Galvanized Yankee." He joined the Union Army on 4 June 1862 but was discharged 18 days later because of severe illness. After recovering, he served on several merchant ships before joining the US Navy in July 1864. He became a record keeper on board the USS Minnesota, which led him into freelance journalism. Stanley and a junior colleague jumped ship on 10 February 1865 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in search of greater adventures. Stanley was possibly the only man to serve in the Confederate Army, the Union Army, and the Union Navy."