Packet 18: Bonus 13
During this battle, a general broke with a hook formation to acquire higher ground at the Peach Orchard. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this 1863 battle during which Daniel Sickles was hit by a cannon ball. An address given after this Civil War battle opens “Four score and seven years ago.”
ANSWER: Battle of Gettysburg [accept the Gettysburg Address]
[10h] Sickles advanced his Third Corps into Confederate forces led by McLaws and this general. This general, nicknamed “Old War Horse,” was scapegoated for the loss at Gettysburg after he became a Republican.
ANSWER: James Longstreet
[10m] In 1874, Longstreet suppressed the White League’s anti-Reconstruction revolt in this city. Benjamin Butler occupied this largest Confederate city after it was bloodlessly captured by David Farragut in 1862.
ANSWER: New Orleans
<Maryland A, American History> | Packet D
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95 | 15.89 | 99% | 44% | 16% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Macalester | Wisconsin C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | St. Thomas | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Wisconsin A | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EHM |
| Wisconsin B | Michigan Tech | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 18.57 | 100% | 71% | 14% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 10 | 18.00 | 100% | 60% | 20% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 44% | 44% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 13.33 | 100% | 25% | 8% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 63% | 0% |
| South Central | US | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 20% | 20% |