Civil War Names Puzzle

[WSUCougar]

In the spirit of the recent names puzzles, I offer up these ten gentlemen from the Civil War. Some are easy enough, others I hope are very challenging. There is no second layer to the puzzle, just see if you can get all ten names.

Hates Rally's burgers, bar none. (General Henry Heth)
Lost his pillow unconditionally. (General Simon Bolivar Buckner)
Ye will get ye this burger third, Johnny. (General John Reynolds)
Played bridge but acquired a fear of heights. (General Ambrose Burnside)
Even the cigars couldn’t save him. (General George McClellan)
Merry Christmas, Abe. (General William Tecumseh Sherman)
Chance didn’t favor him. (General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson)
Chick loves Rocky (General George Thomas)
Mobility issues, damn it. (Admiral David Farragut)
11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost. (General Lew Wallace)

[Bee]

Can you do porn stars next time so some of us non-historians might have a chance?

;)

[sachmo71]

Do WWII!

[sachmo71]

Is the last one Stonewall Jackson?

[WSUCougar]

Is the last one Stonewall Jackson?
Nope

[Bee]

Even the cigars couldn’t save him.

Was there a general named Clinton?

[MrBug708]

Is the second on McClellan? He had a nickname of "Tardy George" because he moved so slow.

[MrBug708]

Err...second to last one

Lee is the second one?

[MrBug708]

Nevermind on Lee for the second. Is it Bradford or Forest? (Thank goodness for Glory)

[MrBug708]

Charleston fell on Christmas...

Did Sherman make it to Charleston?

[Qwikshot]

Is Chick loves Rocky, General Thomas?

[Qwikshot]

Chance didn't favor him: Pickett?

[WSUCougar]

Is Chick loves Rocky, General Thomas?
This is the only correct answer so far.

[MrBug708]

Ouch....

[MrBug708]

I'm sorry. Savannah fell on Christmas. I'm sorry. That was Sherman....

[WSUCougar]

I'm sorry. Savannah fell on Christmas. I'm sorry. That was Sherman....
Aye.

[Fritz]

In the spirit of the recent names puzzles, I offer up these ten gentlemen from the Civil War. Some are easy enough, others I hope are very challenging. There is no second layer to the puzzle, just see if you can get all ten names.

Hates Rally's burgers, bar none. - Hardee?
Lost his pillow unconditionally. - George Pillow (sp)?
11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost. - JEB?



just pecking. no real thought

[Qwikshot]

Wow I got one...!

[Raven Hawk]

Last one General McDowell who got lost hunting Pope? :)

[WSUCougar]

No more correct answers as yet. :D

[Raven Hawk]

Okay, then is the last one General Pope? ;)

[WSUCougar]

Nope.

[MrBug708]

Rally's has a Buford burger or something along that lines. There was a General Buford...

[WSUCougar]

You're on the right track, Bug, but need to take it further.

[Bubba Wheels]

Last one is Jeb Stuart.

[MrBug708]

You're on the right track, Bug, but need to take it further.

WOuld that be Lee? Since he held off most of Lee's forces?

[MrBug708]

Is the Bridge one in reference to a Bridge, Cards, or a Bridgider General?

[Whar]

Lost his pillow unconditionally.

Maj Lionel Booth commander of Fort Pillow.
Or Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest unable to hold Fort Pillow Forrest retreated returning it to Union control.

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost.

J.E.B. Stuart? Just a guess but his infamous ride prior to Gettysberg might be construed as 'getting lost'.

Played bridge but acquired a fear of heights.

Gen Burnside commander Army of Potomac at Fredricksburg. Crossing the river he handed the Union army its worst defeat on the war while attacking the heights beyond the town.

Mobility issues, damn it.

Gen George B. McClellan - He had the 'slows'.

Chance didn’t favor him.

Gen. Joseph Hooker lost the battle of Chancellorvilles.

[WSUCougar]

Lost his pillow unconditionally.

Maj Lionel Booth commander of Fort Pillow.
Or Gen Nathan Bedford Forrest unable to hold Fort Pillow Forrest retreated returning it to Union control.
Getting warmer.

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost.

J.E.B. Stuart? Just a guess but his infamous ride prior to Gettysberg might be construed as 'getting lost'.
Nope, it's not ol' Jeb.

Played bridge but acquired a fear of heights.

Gen Burnside commander Army of Potomac at Fredricksburg. Crossing the river he handed the Union army its worst defeat on the war while attacking the heights beyond the town.
Excellent! The bridge reference is from Antietam, and the heights refers to Marye's Heights at Fredericksburg.

Mobility issues, damn it.

Gen George B. McClellan - He had the 'slows'.

Chance didn’t favor him.

Gen. Joseph Hooker lost the battle of Chancellorvilles.
Nope, but on the right track on the second one.

[MrBug708]

Wow Whar, that was pretty good....

[Bearcat729]

Chance didn’t favor him.

Could this be Stonewall Jackson who was shot there?

[WSUCougar]

Chance didn’t favor him.

Could this be Stonewall Jackson who was shot there?
Yessir!

[Whar]

Hate's Rall'y Burgers, bar none

Gen Heth ... Confederate opposite to Gen Buford at Gettysburg. Though the bar none is driving me nuts. :)

Chance didn’t favor him.

I still say Hooker :) ... How about Stonewall Jackson died of wounds suffered during the Chancellorsville campaign. <---- Nuts should have posted faster!

[WSUCougar]

Of the remainder, you've made headway on two:
Hates Rally's burgers, bar none.
Lost his pillow unconditionally.

This one I thought would be pretty easy:
Even the cigars couldn’t save him.

Two are moderately tricky:
Ye will get ye this burger third, Johnny.
Mobility issues, damn it.

This one is the toughest of the bunch:
11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost.

[WSUCougar]

Hate's Rall'y Burgers, bar none

Gen Heth ... Confederate opposite to Gen Buford at Gettysburg. Though the bar none is driving me nuts. :)
Bueno! Bar none = a play on words with "Heth Bar"

[Whar]

Lost his pillow unconditionally

I assume the 'unconditionally' refers to U.S. Grant. His famous note to General Simon Bolivar Buckner earned the nickname Unconditional Surrender Grant. So how about Gen Buckner. Buckner commanded Fort Donelson Tenn. so I do not understand the pillow reference.

[WSUCougar]

Lost his pillow unconditionally

I assume the 'unconditionally' refers to U.S. Grant. His famous note to General Simon Bolivar Buckner earned the nickname Unconditional Surrender Grant. So how about Gen Buckner. Buckner commanded Fort Donelson Tenn. so I do not understand the pillow reference.
You're en fuego!

Confederate General Pillow bailed out just prior to the surrender (as did General Floyd), which put Buckner in charge. The rest you nailed.

[Bearcat729]

This one I thought would be pretty easy:
Even the cigars couldn’t save him.



George B. McClellan at Antietam?

[WSUCougar]

George B. McClellan at Antietam?
Nicely done.

[MrBug708]

Though shall not get lost. Is that referring to the "Lost Order" I'm assuming either General Lee or General Hill on that count?

Or I'm totally "lost"

[WSUCougar]

You're cold, Bug.

[MrBug708]

lol

Ouch

[MrBug708]

Lew Wallace was late to Shiloh...

[Whar]

Mobility Issues, damn it

David Farragut - "Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead!"

[MrBug708]

I thought of him, he had problems with Vicksburg, but couldn't find anything else that would relate....

The burger one, does that have to do with General Cook?

[MrBug708]

General John Cook. That HAS to be it.

[WSUCougar]

Mobility Issues, damn it

David Farragut - "Damn the torpedos, full steam ahead!"
...and he said it in Mobile Bay! Whar is The Man.

[WSUCougar]

General John Cook. That HAS to be it.
Nope, sorry.

[MrBug708]

Where is that bowing icon....

[WSUCougar]

Lew Wallace was late to Shiloh...
What is this a reference to?

[MrBug708]

Ah, c'mon....Johnny et al? Maybe his opponent then...

[WSUCougar]

The last two:

Ye will get ye this burger third, Johnny.

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost.

[Whar]

Gen Lew Wallace commanded 3rd Division under Grant. He was order to move his division but claims he did not recieve the order or there was a foul with the order delaying his arrival.

[Desnudo]

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost.

General Hill at Petersburg?

[Wolfpack]

11th commandment: John C. Fremont, aka the Pathfinder.

[MrBug708]

Ooo...I saw his name in a list of whose who, but never put that together...

He played a much less formal role in the Civil War, but one nonetheless

[WSUCougar]

Not Hill or Fremont.

[MrBug708]

Does the first one deal with Johnny Reb in anyway?

[WSUCougar]

Does the first one deal with Johnny Reb in anyway?
That's part of the clue, yes.

[Whar]

11th Commandment: Thou shalt not get lost.

General Howard. Commanded the 11th Corp ... He sucked so he probably got lost at some point.

[Whar]

Ye will get ye this burger third, Johnny

Gen James Macpherson. A shot in the dark but shot by Confederates. His name could be, a stretch, linked to a Big Mac. :)

[WSUCougar]

Nope.

You've danced around on the 11th Commandment one, so I'll throw some more clues at you.

Who is associated with the Ten Commandments?

[Wolfpack]

Moses, which sounds like John Singleton Moseby of Moseby's Raiders fame.

[MrBug708]

Does the third reference to the 3rd Army? Or the 3rd Corps?

[Whar]

Mosesby Raiders sounds like a winner :)

[MrBug708]

Raiders of the Lost Ark reference?

[WSUCougar]

Who played Moses?

And 3rd simply refers to the 3rd slot in the names list (so it formed a better sentence). But 2nd would be more appropriate for a clue in your way of thinking. ;)

[Whar]

Moseby Raiders pioneered the use of guerilla warfare. They executed raids behind enemy lines were getting lost would be diastrous. So Moseby hits the commandant reference and the 'lost' refernence.

[WSUCougar]

Sorry, it's not Mosby. The answer's already been mentioned but not pinned down.

[Whar]

Did a google search for this but

Brig -General Robert L. McCook or Brig.-General Henry Bohlen

Those are the 2nd and 3rd Union general killed in the war.

But with the extra clue WSUCougar gave how about

Gen Hancock for the 'burger third' hint. Commanded 2nd Corp

[MrBug708]

Is John Pope the 11th commandment?

[WSUCougar]

Nope...sorry, I guess I made this one too hard...the actor who played Moses had another famous role.

[WSUCougar]

Gen Hancock for the 'burger third' hint. Commanded 2nd Corp
A little warmer...the answer is right there in front of you.

[MrBug708]

El Cid was as Civil War hero?

[Whar]

Major Dundee is the only Civil War role I know Heston played but I thought Dundee was a fictional character.

[WSUCougar]

This was not a Civil War role, but it has a huge link to the answer.

[MrBug708]

Meade? Kinda sounds like meat, which is a Burger....

[Whar]

Ye will get ye this burger third, Johnny.

John Reynolds killed at Gettysburg.

[MrBug708]

Lewis Wallace wrote Ben Hur, which Heston played....

[MrBug708]

What is this a reference to?

I just saw this....for the last one....which makes even more sense

[WSUCougar]

Ye will get ye this burger third, Johnny.

John Reynolds killed at Gettysburg.
Bingo.

[WSUCougar]

Lewis Wallace wrote Ben Hur, which Heston played....
Hurray!

[MrBug708]

What is the burger and Reynolds connection?

[MrBug708]

I mentioned it earlier....I just didnt clarify

[WSUCougar]

Gety(ethi)sburg(er), where Reynolds was killed.

[Whar]

So the answer to the 11th commandent hint is Lewis Wallace?

[WSUCougar]

So the answer to the 11th commandent hint is Lewis Wallace?
Yes

[MrBug708]

It could have been Vicksburg...lol

[MrBug708]

That was tough btw

[Wolfpack]

Yeah. I would never have thought to go from 11th commandment, to "Ten Commandments" to Moses to Charleton Heston to Ben-Hur to Lew Wallace.

[Wolfpack]

Dola...found the info that would have made a direct link between getting lost and Lew Wallace, but it's something that only someone who's done a deep study of Shiloh would know right away:

"Shortly after, at Shiloh, General U. S. Grant told Wallace to march his division from Crump’s Landing to the battlefield. Unfortunately, he got lost and arrived at the battlefield too late and could do no more than assist the following day."

My problem is I'm more familiar (aren't we all?) with battles in the eastern theater.