"Stump the Yankee"

[BettyO]

For that matter, Powell must have been given Blue Mass in prison for his "little problem" as well. I have a statement/article somewhere in my files that he was given castor oil.....

It's interesting how many varid (and toxic) ointments and medications were prescribed during the Victorian era.

[RJNorton]

Dr. Norbert Hirschhorn looked into the effects blue mass had on Lincoln.

"It really was the Prozac-plus of the time, because they used it to treat a lot of conditions," Hirschhorn said. "They used it for anything they thought was related to the liver. But that was based on a faulty theory. It only poisoned you."

[LincolnToddFan]

I was born in Ohio and spent the first decade of my life there. But both sets of grandparents-paternal and maternal-were Southerners from Georgia and Tennessee respectively.

I have never traveled further south than the state of Maryland and I consider myself Yankee to the core, but I love Southern cooking(a little too much, sadly!) and accents!

Anyway this thread has me laughing my head off...hilarious!

[J. Beckert]

Rebels 19
Yankee 10

Good afternoon and welcome back to a very special GRUDGE MATCH installment of Stump the Yankee.

It appears our newest member, Paige Booth, has quickly ingratiated herself with the other nasty She Rebels! Although they have given me many problems and heartaches in the past, # 300 here appears to be meaner than a skillet full of rattlesnakes! Here's the question and the scoring rules that may finally lead to a complete Yankee annihilation...

Before the Battle of Gettysburg, a railroad existed there, what was the name of the railroad that existed in Gettysburg, before the battle? On what date, and by which side (North or South) was it destroyed? What are the names of the people responsible for destroying it? By which person was railroad work temporarily suspended in the days leading up to the battle?

For each question you get wrong, it's 5 points for we Rebs. Guess that makes this a 20 point question!

And I thought it was bad when they made up the rule that they get an extra point when Richter shows up....

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[J. Beckert]

I just thought of something. If you scored points for wrong answers, I'd be way ahead! Let's consider this like a prisoner exchange - to only award points for correct answers, one for one. Here's what I have so far.....

The Hanover Junction Line - June 27th. - destroyed by the South under the Command of Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon (but by a Battalion led by Elijah V. White).

How'm I doin' so far?

[L Verge]

I am so confused! "We Rebs:" Are you now confessing to be a Reb, Mr. Yankee? Are you also posing the questions and then answering them yourself?

Paige, this is a perfect example of how a Yankee carpetbagger works. Fiddle-de-dee...

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My humble apologies to the Yankee. I read this thread before I read Paige's questions on the next thread. Now I understand that the Yankee isn't as drunk as I thought he was. And, I know that I am going to pay for these comments...

BTW: I would have answered Hanover Junction line also, but that's the only part that I knew.

[J. Beckert]

(04-08-2014 08:47 PM)L Verge Wrote:  My humble apologies to the Yankee. I read this thread before I read Paige's questions on the next thread. Now I understand that the Yankee isn't as drunk as I thought he was. And, I know that I am going to pay for these comments...

Drunk, phooey! I think I'm heading towards a victory, but this question seems to be harder than Chinese arithmetic. I am, however, still confident of a huge point surge in my future! I also think Paige may have made a new BFF...... She'll fit right in with y'all, won't she, Laurie?

[J. Beckert]

Where'd that little Rebel go? I'm smelling a forfeit round.....

[PaigeBooth]

Well, Mr. Yankee, I would first like to say how much I enjoy your analogies; where do you come up with them all?!! I laughed when I read them! And thanks, I take these as compliments.
Regarding your answers so far:
You are CORRECT about the name of the railroad- it was the Gettysburg-Hanover Railroad= Yankee 5 points. Actually, at the time of the battle in 1863, the railroad came into town a couple of blocks north of the town square, and abruptly ended a couple of blocks west of the square. Eventually, this of course would be the railroad that Pres. Lincoln would use when he came to town in November, for his cemetery dedication/Gettysburg Address.
As far as your answer about General Gordon and June 27th for the Confederate destruction, your are PARTIALLY CORRECT. Yankee= 2 1/2 points.
The complete answer I was looking for is: Confederate General Jubal Early confined his deliberate destruction of private property into railroads. His cavalry did and efficient job of burning bridges, railroad cars, and depots on the Northern Central Railroad from Hanover Junction almost Harrisburg, while General John Gordon did similar work on the line running between Wrightsville and York. For reasons not entirely clear, Early refrained from burning the railroad buildings and two railroad car manufacturing plants in York. When he left there on June 30th, 1863, the physical appearance of the town was unaltered except for charred remains of railroad cars, torn up sections of track, and broken switches. Generals Ewall and Pickett also destroyed sections of railroad track around Chambersburg PA. They also cut down telegraph poles and wires to hinder Union communication= 2 1/2 points for the Rebels.

I am still waiting to hear your answer about what involvement, it any, the Union played regarding my question.

You're doing fairly well, for a Yankee that is!!!! ''I'm going to beat the Yankee carpetbaggers at their own game, and you're going to help me!''

[J. Beckert]

(04-10-2014 11:25 PM)PaigeBooth Wrote:  I am still waiting to hear your answer about what involvement, it any, the Union played regarding my question.

O.K., my little cornbread eating friend, here's my answer: Who cares?!! I just got 7 1/2 points! That would have taken me years to do on my own! I'm going to take my points and run. You assign the Rebels whatever score you want for my nonfeasance. I don't know the answer anyway...

Rebels ?
Yankee 17.5

Now Paige, because my good fortune is going to go over with your Rebel pals worse than being served a bowl of instant boxed grits, I am going to offer you a chance to redeem yourself with the newly instituted Extra Point Challenge Question! This may sound easy, but I have to warn you, I dug deep down in the carpetbag and consulted my first edition copy of The Complete & Unabridged Collection of Filthy & Vile Yankee Tricks for this one. For 5 points, Paige, please tell me....

The contents of Lincoln's pockets on April 14th., 1865

[L Verge]

"I dug deep down in the carpetbag and consulted my first edition copy of The Complete & Unabridged Collection of Filthy & Vile Yankee Tricks for this one. For 5 points, Paige, please tell me...."

I do declare, they train them Yankees early on how to irritate us Rebs! Never fear, Paige, us Rascally Rebs stick together.

When Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865, he was carrying two pairs of spectacles and a lens polisher, a pocketknife, a watch fob, a linen handkerchief, and a brown leather wallet containing a five-dollar Confederate note and nine newspaper clippings, including several favorable to the president and his policies. Given to his son Robert Todd upon Lincoln's death, these everyday items, which through association with tragedy had become like relics, were kept in the Lincoln family for more than seventy years. They came to the Library in 1937 as part of the gift from Lincoln's granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Isham, whose gift included several books and daguerreotypes, a silver inkstand, and Mary Todd Lincoln's seed-pearl necklace and matching bracelets.

P.S. I believe that Donna McCreary of this forum has also told us that Lincoln was carrying his pocket watch that night.

Now get ready for a Yankee tantrum because I spoke on behalf of Paige...

[J. Beckert]

A pocket watch, a handkerchief, a lens polisher, blah, blah, blah. Everybody knows that stuff!! I'm afraid the former schoolteacher has received a failing grade for this assignment so far....

[Linda Anderson]

(04-11-2014 01:52 PM)J. Beckert Wrote:  A pocket watch, a handkerchief, a lens polisher, blah, blah, blah. Everybody knows that stuff!! I'm afraid the former schoolteacher has received a failing grade for this assignment so far....

I think I know what you are thinking of, Joe, but I won't say a word.

[J. Beckert]

Thank you, Linda. Finally I get some help! I'm surprised no Rebels said that Lincoln had a copy of The Complete & Unabridged Collection of Filthy & Vile Yankee Tricks in his pocket....

[PaigeBooth]

In Dixie Land I'll take my stand to live and die in Dixie! Ha, ha! Just messing with the Yankee! I am responding rather quickly because this is such an EASY question! I would like to take 5 points for my previous question you could not answer, and 2 1/2 points for the half question which was answered! Since I already know the answer to your question and am responding in such a timely manner, I would like to claim 1 point for every item I get correct!
Here is what I can name: 2 pair of gold-rimmed glasses- one smaller and one larger( the larger of the two held together with a tiny piece sting, and a silver case to hold one the pairs (lens cleaner and cloth), a six blade ivory pocket knife, a watch fob of gold-bearing quartz mounted in gold, a white linen handkerchief with "A. Lincoln" stitched in red, a sleeve button with gold initial "L" on dark blue enamel, a brown leather wallet which included a pencil, a silk purple lining with compartments for notes, U.S. currency, a confederate 5 dollar bill, nine newspaper clippings, and railroad tickets. Also with Lincoln that night, was his overcoat, cane, and gloves. His overcoat, which was tailored in black wool, and also had a silk lining that was decorated with an eagle holding a banner in its beak. The words on the streamer read simply "One country, one destiny." The gloves which Mrs. Lincoln insisted Lincoln keep with him were white/ivory- they will later be saturated with Lincoln's blood when it rolled down his shoulders and into his pockets. As far as his cane, a certain civilian in DC picked it up hours after the President's murder and carried it out underneath his coat.
I never thought the Symposium would be this much fun;thanks J.Beckert!
Would have responded even quicker, but was too busy eating my cornbread!!