Trivia 03-15-19 & Bonus

[Wallyfish]

Question credit

Bonus.

Who Sidney Speed.
Feat took a shell with the fuse still burning and "heaved it over"the Alexander Cabin saving men.

The comment. In 1916, Speed was recommended to an Indianapolis congressman for the medal of honor, but chose not to accept. Speed might not have wanted to tout his own accomplishments, but he did acknowledge the work of his parents, John and Margaret Speed, as conductors on the Underground Railroad.Speed said he he "didn't give two hoots" about receiving the Medal of Honor but after finding out he would receive more pension money with the MOH he said he was "willing to have the medal forced on me." Clearly he was stubborn in not touting his own heroism but he was proud and touted his parents efforts in the Underground Railroad.

https://mccw.wordpress.com/category/18th-indiana-battery-lillys/

http://www.journalreview.com/news/local/article_d37b4988-5db7-11e6-b404-7780b20e263f.html

 

[MC44]

main: Jerome Watrous / (I could not find a specific name for the charge, but the fight with the 2nd Mississippi was named after its location: The Railroad Cut.)

Bonus:

Edit - There was a specific name for the charge.

hoosier

 

[Big Sarge]

Ordnance Sgt Jerome A Watrous led the famous Mule Train Charge.

https://justdohistory.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/iron-men-at-gettysburg/

Bonus:
1. Sidney Speed
2. Battle of Chickamauga
3. When asked about his memories of the underground railroad, he replied:
"Twenty years ago it would have been easy to gather the information you want, but now I am afraid you are everlastingly too late. I was only a boy and do not remember much of interest. "

https://blog.history.in.gov/tag/sidney-speed/

Edit - The second part of the bonus question asked about the heroic feat which was performed, not the name of the battle at which it was performed.

hoosier

 

[Ole Miss]

1) Jerome Anthony Watrous
2) Gettysburg's "Mule Train Charge"
Bonus
1) Sidney Speed
2) Picked up the shell, while the fuse was still burning and "heaved it over" the Alexander cabin where the shell would explode.
3) Speed was not very fond of the idea of receiving the Medal of Honor, stating he "didn't give two hoots" about the medal but "willing to have the medal forced on me."
Regards
David

 

[captaindrew]

Main question: Jerome Anthony Watrous led the Mule Train Charge http://unionreenactor.com/Gburg assets/MuleTrainHerdegen.pdf

 

[captaindrew]

Bonus: Sidney Speed of the 18th Indiana "Lilly's" Battery. He picked up a live cannonball and heaved it away from his comrades. His son tried to get the Medal of Honor awarded to him and he said he "didn't give a hoot about the medal" When it was explained the medal would earn him more money in his pension he said "willing to have the medal forced on me" https://mccw.wordpress.com/tag/sidney-speed/

 

[lelliott19]

Jerome Anthony Watrous (6 September 1840 - 5 June 1922) He was in charge of the wagon train, serving as Ordnance Sgt of the 6th Wisconsin, 1st Division, 1st Corps. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/61127870/jerome-anthony-watrous
Mule Train Charge https://ericschlehlein.com/2014/02/14/693/ http://unionreenactor.com/Gburg assets/MuleTrainHerdegen.pdf

BONUS:
1. Sidney Allen Speed (25 June 1846 - 12 July 1923) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168052375/sidney-allen-speed
2. Speed calmly picked up the shell, while the fuse was still burning and "heaved it over" the Alexander cabin where the shell exploded, saving the lives of some of the artillerymen of Captain Eli Lilly's battery.
3. His stubbornness and his comments were related to attempts to get the Medal of Honor bestowed upon him. Some of his comrades, including Eli Lilly's grandson, attempted to get him the Medal of Honor. Apparently, Speed was not very fond of the idea, stating he "didn't give two hoots" about the medal. After it was explained that he would be entitled to more money in his pension, he had a change of heart. He said he was, "willing to have the medal forced on me." Unfortunately Speed never received the medal for his heroic action at Chickamauga. https://mccw.wordpress.com/tag/sidney-speed/

 

[hoosier]

Main question: Jerome A. Watrous and the mule train charge.

Bonus: Eli Lilly of pharmaceutical fame recruited a company of men to serve in the 18th Indiana Light Artillery. I did find a 6/7/16 article from the Indianapolis Star reporting that a Confederate shell shot at Lilly's unit took off a corporal's leg. However, it was a shell, not a cannonball, the corporal didn't do anything particularly heroic other than happen to be standing in its way, and he didn't save himself, since he died four days later.

And even if I could answer the first two questions, I can't understand why, after the introductory sentence refers to "I" and "us," the third question refers to "his" stubbornness and "his" comment. Who is "he?" Is "he" the same as "I?"

I have no answer to any of these three questions.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Who am I? Jerome Anthony Watrous
What is the name of my charge? "Mule Train Charge"

Source

 

[luinrina]

Bonus:
1) You are Sidney Allen Speed (1846-1923).
2) To quote from Eli Lilly's report: "Private Sidney A. Speed, seeing the fuse still burning, picked it [the cannonball] up from among my cannoneers and threw it over the house near by before it burst."
3) I'm hoping you're looking for Speed turning down a Medal of Honor for his feat at Chickamauga because he was not fond of it (he "didn't give two hoots" about it), but after being told he would get more money in his soldier's pension if he had a medal, he said he was "willing to have the medal forced on me." Otherwise I have no clue how to answer that portion of the question.

Sources: https://ironbrigader.com/2016/09/11...port-18th-indiana-battery-battle-chickamauga/, https://mccw.wordpress.com/tag/sidney-speed/

 

[kholland]

Jerome Waltrous led the "Mule Train Charge"

Bonus: Private Sidney A. Speed of Captain Eli Lilly's (yes, that Eli Lilly) 18th Indiana Battery picked up the hissing cannonball and threw it over a house nearby. This was according to Lilly's battle report.

When his grandson and a fellow member of his battery tried to apply for a Congressional Medal of Honor he stated that he "didn't give two hoots" about the medal. He later had a change of heart but never got it.

 

[sarladaise]

You are Jerome A. Watrous
The charge was called the Mule Train Charge of Gettysburg

Bonus:
1) You are Sidney Speed
2) At the Battle of Chickamauga you picked up the shell while the fuse was still burning and heaved it over the Alexander Cabin where the shell would explode.
3) When Lt. Joseph A. Scott of the 18th Battery and Lilly's grandson tried to obtain the MOH for Speed, he stated that he "didn't give two hoots" about the medal, however he was "willing to have the medal forced on him" when he learned he would receive more money in his soldier's pension. Unfortunately, he never received the MOH for his brave feat.
https://mccw.wordpress.com/tag/chickamauga/

 

[Brenal]

Bonus.
Beats me, I have no idea where to start looking for the answers.

 

[Soldier Boy]

1) Jerome Anthony Watrous
2) The Mule Train Charge

Source:
Bonus: 1) Sidney Speed
2) Calmly he picked up the cannonball, while the fuse was still lit and heaved it over the Alexander cabin where the shell would explode.
3) After more than fifty years he was recommended for the Medal of Honor. He was not very fond of the idea, stating he "didn't give two hoots" about the medal. After it was explained to him that he would be entitled to more money in his soldier's pension, he had a change of heart. He said he was "willing to have the medal forced on me." Unfortunately he never received the medal he deserved for his unselfish action at Chickamauga.

Source: https://mccw.word.press.com/2010/01/19/sidney-speed-hero-at-chickamauga/

 

[SWMODave]

Question #1
Jerome Anthony Watrous
Mule Train Charge

Source
Source

 

[sjw83071]

Jerome Anthony Watrous
The Mule Train Charge

Bonus
I believe your comrade Lilly is Eli Lilly but that is all I can find

 

[Mike Serpa]

Jerome A. Watrous - The Mule Train Charge

I don't understand the second question.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

Friday question-
1. Sgt. Jerome Watrous
2. Mule Train Charge

Friday Bonus-
I have no idea.I must be getting worse with my search engine skills because I came up with absolutely nothing. I figured Lilly was a clue so it had to be a unit from with men from Lilly, Pennsylvania or Lilly, Missouri and with the action being the later part of September 1863, I figured was either the Battle of Chickamauga, the Chattanooga Campaign or something going on in Missouri or Arkansas which all led me to nada! I also kept getting hits on Captain Eli Lilly, the CO of the 18th Indiana Light Artillery but after pages and pages of searching for something that would satisfy the Bonus question's clues, I came up empty handed and gave up. Congratulations to the players that got this one correct.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

Bonus: I think I danced all around the answer, but never landed on it. I did figure out "Lilly" comrades. And I met some interesting folks like William J Carson, PVT Sidney Speed and John Thomas Wilder. I'm looking forward to reading the answers! Great question
@JOHN42768!

 

[SWMODave]

On bonus I am having no luck. The apparent clue to this is the word Lilly and while I can find a few important Lilly's, including Col Eli Lilly of IN, I can find no story of an incident where a live round landed nearby, that involved this name. I have posted in Soldiers Tale a story of a tent that was quickly evacuated wen a live round rolled into it - but the author did not appear to be stubborn about telling the story .... so I am lost.