Trivia 1-9-18 Little Ditty

[Trivia Master]

That Day I Fought With Little Phil
(a song parody to the tune: "Has Anybody Seen My Gal")

Fighting hard, marching fast,
on this knob with troops amassed,
That day I fought with Little Phil.

Now we move, to those pits,
this is crazy we'll get hit.
That day I fought with Little Phil.

So now he leads a charge, up the hill,
look at Bragg run.
At the top, when we stop,
Little Phil jumps on a gun.

Looks like fun, now I try,
Whoa!! it's hot my bottom's fried.
That day I fought with Little Phil.

Who Am I & What Had We Just Accomplished?

credit: @DBF

 

[BlueNGrey]

I am Brigadier General Charles Garrison Harker and we just took Missionary Ridge.

http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/civil-war/miracle-at-chattanoogas-battle-of-missionary-ridge/

 

[SWMODave]

I am Brigadier General Charles Harker and we just took Missionary Ridge

 

[SWMODave]

Sorry - source

 

[kholland]

I'm guessing you are Sheridan's horse Rienzi and this was the successful attack on Missionary Ridge in November of 1864.

Edit - I don't think I would want to see what would happen if a horse sat on a red-hot cannon barrel.

hoosier

 

[Brenal]

You are Brigadier General Charles Harker and you had just accomplished the taking of Missionary Ridge , Chattanooga 25th November 1863..

 

[captaindrew]

I am Brigadier General Charles Harker and we had just taken Missionary Ridge during the Chattanooga Campaign

 

[connecticut yankee]

I am a cavalryman in Phil Sheridan's Division and we just assualted Missionary Ridge in Tenn. Postscript: Just after doing so we came very close to capturing Gen. B. Bragg himself!

Edit - Actually, Harker was an infantry officer, not a cavalryman. Even if he had been a cavalryman, a more specific answer would have been needed.

hoosier

 

[Wallyfish]

Who Charles Harker. What. Taking Western crest at Missionary Ridge.

Brig General Charles Harker jumped on a "hot" gun after Phil Sheridan did the same after their success at taking the western crest at Missionary Ridge. Legend has Harker couldn't sit on a horse for two weeks after being burnt.


https://books.google.com/books?id=y...q=little phil sheridan sat on hot gun&f=false


https://books.google.com/books?id=j...epage&q=philip sheridan jumped on gun&f=false

 

[hughes]

Chuck Harker
Went up Missionary Ridge.

 

[Jimklag]

That Day I Fought With Little Phil
(a song parody to the tune: "Has Anybody Seen My Gal")

Fighting hard, marching fast,
on this knob with troops amassed,
That day I fought with Little Phil.

Now we move, to those pits,
this is crazy we'll get hit.
That day I fought with Little Phil.

So now he leads a charge, up the hill,
look at Bragg run.
At the top, when we stop,
Little Phil jumps on a gun.

Looks like fun, now I try,
Whoa!! it's hot my bottom's fried.
That day I fought with Little Phil.

Who Am I & What Had We Just Accomplished?

credit: @DBF

You are Charles Harker and you just participated in the overunning of Missionary Ridge at Chattanooga.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

I'm confused as to "Who am I" is supposed to be. "[H]e leads a charge, up the hill." That could be General William B. Hazen or General August Willich who were the two commanders that decided to continue on up the slope, lest they be sitting ducks in the pits. But at the end of the poem its states "Looks like fun, now I try,Whoa!! it's hot my bottom's fried." That is in reference to General Charles Harker (I'm going to lean towards this as the "who am I" answer), who after watching a celebratory General Sheridan straddle a Confederate cannon barrel, decided to do the same but unknowingly sat on the hot barrel of a recently fired cannon burning his posterior. This was all the result of the taking of Missionary Ridge by Union troops.

Edit - Since you said your were leaning toward Harker, I will assume that was your final answer - and that's the right one.

hoosier

 

[Stony]

On the summit, Sheridan leaped astride the same cannon that had fired at him a few minutes before. Wrapping his stumpy legs around the barrel, the banty Irishman swung his hat and cheered. I am Brigadier General Charles Harker soon followed suit but made the mistake of choosing a recently fired gun, scorching his seat so badly that he could not sit on a horse for weeks. The union troops had just made an unauthorized assault and captured some enemy cannon and taken Missionary Ridge.
source-http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/civil-war/miracle-at-chattanoogas-battle-of-missionary-ridge/

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

A member of Phil Sheridan's division, after having taken Missionary Ridge.

Edit - A more specific answer was needed.

hoosier

 

[MC44]

Gen. Charles Harker (couldn't sit on a horse for a week!)
Captured the Confederate position during the Battle of Missionary Ridge.

 

[FarawayFriend]

You are Colonel Charles Garrison Harker and you jumped on a (still hot) Confederate gun named "Lady Breckinridge" after the Union troops had just taken the western slope of Missionary Ridge Nov. 25, 1863 . The Battle of Missionary Ridge was part of the Chattanooga Campaign.

From: Mountains touched with Fire / by Wiley Sword, page
https://books.google.de/books?id=j_... Sheridan jumped gun missionary ridge&f=false

From: Failure to Pursue: How the Escape of Defeated Forces Prolonged the Civil War / by David Frey, p. 88

https://books.google.de/books?id=YU... Sheridan jumped gun missionary ridge&f=false

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Charles_Garrison_Harker&oldid=807800744

 

[truthckr]

Brigadier General Charles Harker along with Little Phil Sheridan had just captured a battery on Missionary Ridge.

 

[MRB1863]

General Thomas's charge near Orchard Knob on Nov. 24 at Missionary Ridge defeated Bragg's Confederate forces

 

[chellers]

You are Phil Sheridan and at the Battle of Missionary Ridge, on November, 25, 1863, you forced a retreat of Braxton Bragg and his army from Missionary Ridge. Captured were 6,000 prisoners atop of Missionary Ridge along with 7,000 castaway rifles together with 39 cannons. This created a significant opening for the Union to access the Deep South.

http://cwrumblings.info/Articles/BiggerthanPickett.pdf

Edit - Response revised in subsequent post.

hoosier

 

[JOHN42768]

The taking of Missionary Ridge by Gen. Phil Sheridan and his Cumberlander's an Thomas Wood's men on November 25, 1863
source: https://emergingcivilwar.com/2013/11/25/stones-in-the-road-remember-chickamauga/

Edit - Sheridan was the one who jumped on a cannon and didn't get burned. Wood was present at the top of the ridge and celebrated the accomplishment, but I can find no reference indicating that he jumped on a cannon and got burned doing so.

hoosier