Week #47

[DWLange]

Here we go. Danielle's away at a show, so I get to post the question this time. Check back on Monday to see how y'all did.

 

 

QUESTION: Olive C. Bosbyshell was a longtime employee of the Philadelphia Mint, rising to the position of superintendent in 1889. He had another claim to fame that had nothing to do with coins. What was it?

[kenwin1]

He was a desendant of John Whitney

[DAM]

Decendant of John Whitney

[Hoot]

Oliver C. Bosbyshell was an officer of the Pennsylvania volunteers of the Civil War (Forty-eighth Regiment, Company G Recruited at Pottsville, Schuylkill County) and wrote "The 48th in the War, being a Narrative of the Campaigns of the 48th Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers during the War of the Rebellion"

 

Hoot

[gmarguli]

He was an extensive Civil War author?

[EVillageProwler]

He wrote a famous book about Antietam?

 

EVP

 

[IrishMike]

descendant of the famous Whitney family.

[New_Horizons]

Military colonel, who fought at Antietam... it wasn't pretty...!!!

[Wolfy-migration]

He wrote"The 48th In The War"

[JamminJ]

Did he write The Forty-Eighth Regiment in the War an American Civil War book?

 

-JamminJ

[johnscoin-migration]

How about him being a noted Civil War author and possibly soldier from Pennsylvania?

John

[a2labmom]

He was an author. Wrote "The 48th in the war"

[davefperry]

Olive C. Bosbyshell fought with distinction in the Civil War with the Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers, rising from private to colonel. He later wrote a book called '48th Regiment in the War' about his experience.

[Wolfy-migration]

He was a colonel in the Pennsylvania Volunteers, and he wrote "The 48th In The War."

[PovertyRow]

He was a Civil War volunteer in the 48th Regiment-Company G.

 

He authored When And Where I Saw Lincoln and The 48th In The War (Being a Narrative of the Campaigns of the 48th Regiment, Infantry, Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers During the War of the Rebellion).

[jtryka]

Good thing I forgot about this till sunday, since I have no clue!

[Danielle C.]

The question: Olive C. Bosbyshell was a longtime employee of the Philadelphia Mint, rising to the position of superintendent in 1889. He had another claim to fame. What was it?

 

 

 

The answer we were looking for was: He was the first Union soldier injured during the Civil War.

 

 

The winner with the closest answer is mhooten!

Your prize is a coupon for 3 free earlybirds.

 

 

 

The runner up winner with another correct answer is wolfy.

 

 

 

Your prizes will be sent out ASAP.

 

 

Thanks for your participation!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[kenwin1]

Looks like he was famous for many things,besides numismatics.How could you tell one from the other with those clues. I think most of us were right.Especially me since I was the first to post!

[Hoot]

Wow! Wow! Thank you NGC!!!

 

Hoot

[kenwin1]

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[kenwin1]

I think I should have won this week, because you gave no mention of why he was famous and anything to do for the civil war! I think that most of us were right posting different answers of why he was famous. As he was famous for a lot of different reasons. I would like a recount,Please.

[kenwin1]

I guess I am not going to get a answer.