AoT Brainteaser!
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AoT Brainteaser!
Can anyone tell me who or what the Army of the Tennessee "Argonauts" were?
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How about folks from Tennessee who went west to California for gold?
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Nope! This has something to do with a unit in the orginal AoT.
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Geneeral <salute>
The world awaits your answer
(Well, at least this dunderhead)
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The world awaits your answer
(Well, at least this dunderhead)
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Guess: that period that was spent in the Red River campaign?
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If I gave you the answer now, we'd lose about six more months of suspense and curiosity. Best to leave the question hanging out there for everyone. But once, again, I will tell you that at one time everyone in the real Army of the Tennessee knew who the "Argonauts" were!
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Let's see-AJ Smith was in the Red River Follies-How about his army made the dam to allow the escape of the Union boats?
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Dave, that's a Hell of a good guess on your part and well displays the analytical, historical mind you've got...but still not correct!
(Great picture, by the way!)
(Great picture, by the way!)
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It is now time for a hint, since everyone seems to be stumped. The "Argonauts" first gained their notoriety in the Vicksburg Campaign.
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Guess # 2
Anything to do with "Grant's Big Ditch"?
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Anything to do with "Grant's Big Ditch"?
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and guess # 3
Was it the "Mississippi Marine Brigade"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Marine_Brigade
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Was it the "Mississippi Marine Brigade"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_Marine_Brigade
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General Meyer < Salute >
I submit this information about the identity of the "Argonauts" (finally!)
Setting out “at eight o'clock on the morning of March 31” (1863), the 69th Indiana under the command of Col. Thomas W. Bennett from Major General Osterhaus's Ninth Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, accompanied by “two companies of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry, two mountain howitzers manned by a detachment of the 6th Missouri Cavalry, and an engineer company, bringing 'a long train of pontoons' as well as a number of light yawls, or skiffs, borrowed from the steamboats. They were about 1,000 men in all and would soon be calling themselves the “ARGONAUTS”.
Woodworth, Steven E. Nothing But Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861-1865. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. p 317-318
These were the lead toops of the AoTgoing down the west bank of the Mississippi prior to re-crossing the Mississippi enroute to the successful completion of the seige of Vicksburg.
I submit this information about the identity of the "Argonauts" (finally!)
Setting out “at eight o'clock on the morning of March 31” (1863), the 69th Indiana under the command of Col. Thomas W. Bennett from Major General Osterhaus's Ninth Division, XIII Corps, Army of the Tennessee, accompanied by “two companies of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry, two mountain howitzers manned by a detachment of the 6th Missouri Cavalry, and an engineer company, bringing 'a long train of pontoons' as well as a number of light yawls, or skiffs, borrowed from the steamboats. They were about 1,000 men in all and would soon be calling themselves the “ARGONAUTS”.
Woodworth, Steven E. Nothing But Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861-1865. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. p 317-318
These were the lead toops of the AoTgoing down the west bank of the Mississippi prior to re-crossing the Mississippi enroute to the successful completion of the seige of Vicksburg.
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Well, I might have known that it would be our own AAG who would find out who the AoT "Argonauts" were! Neal, you are absolutely correct!
Shoot! Now I'll have to find another stumper, and when I do Neal will be barred from giving out the answer...he's too smart!
Shoot! Now I'll have to find another stumper, and when I do Neal will be barred from giving out the answer...he's too smart!
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Any chance of having another brain teaser?
I kind of enjoyed the last one although I was completely lost even after googling for a few hours
I kind of enjoyed the last one although I was completely lost even after googling for a few hours
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I was going to guess that they had a commander named "Jason". Its a really great name! LOL