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The Sheridan Story—episode 16

1.       What is Mark doing when the stranger comes to the ranch?
Doing laundry

2.       What does the stranger ask Mark to give him?
A nickel’s worth of water

3.       What else does Mark offer the stranger?
A shower bath

4.       What does the stranger call Mark?
A squeaky little Yankee

5.       What does the stranger have at the McCain’s?
Breakfast of ham and eggs

6.       What does he refuse?
Apple Brandy, ferment of the fruit

7.       What does he ask Lucas to do?
To give him a job

8.       What does he say Lucas can stop doing?
Fumigating with his cigar

9.       Why does Lucas go after him?
To hire Lucas and Mark a clear conscience

10.   What is the man’s name?
Frank Blandon

11.   What does he say about the bunk he is given?
A broken down bed for a broken down man

12.   When did his wife die?
Spring of 69 of the hungry

13.   Where is he from?
Blandon Notch, Tennessee

14.   Why doesn’t Mark want to help him plow?
There is a nest of yellow jackets

15.   What does Mark see that upsets him?
Blandon’s unhealed shoulder

16.   What does Lucas tell Mark balances out the bad things in life?
Roast beef, moon rises and a boy and his father riding out together

17.   What does Lucas do when the officers approach him?
He salutes

18.   Who is the officer Lucas recognizes?
General Phil Sheridan

19.   When did Lucas serve under his command?
From Yellow Tavern to the end of the war

20.   Which regiment did Lucas say he served in?
19^thIndiana

21.   What was Lucas’ rank?
Lieutenant

22.   Where did he achieve his Lieutenant’s bars?
At Five Forks

23.   What is the General singing while he showers?
Shenandoah

24.   What do his officers ask Lucas if he had?
Ice

25.   How long does Lucas tell them it takes to get to North Fork?
About an hours’ ride

26.   What does Mark tell Lucas about Blandon?
He’s drunk

27.   What does Lucas stop Blandon from doing?
Drinking the horse liniment

28.   What does Mark start to recite for General Sheridan?
Sheridan’s Ride

29.   Where did Sheridan and Blandon cross paths during the War?
At Missionary Ridge

30.   What did Sheridan have in his right hand when Blandon saw him?
A big pistol

31.   What did Sheridan have in his left hand when Blandon saw him?
A bottle of whiskey

32.   What unit did Blandon serve in?
11 Tennessee

33.   What does he tell Sheridan?
He had him in his sights and didn’t shoot him

34.   What does Blandon pull from his shirt?
A derringer

35.   Who does Sheridan say would be proud to shake Blandon’s hand?
General Robert E. Lee

36.   What does Sheridan try to do by helping Blandon?
Bind up the Nation’s wounds

37.   Why does Mark change his mind about Blandon?
Lucas could have been the wounded man

38.   What does Mark tell Blandon?
To come back and visit when he’s well

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