Trivia 5-8-19 Who Signed this Order

[Trivia Master]

To troops composing the Fourth brigade,
This general order here is made!
Pots and plates and everything
Must be washed in water from the spring;
Then take the same and hang them high,
And let them swing until they're dry;
Or you will meet with disaster
In settling with our quartermaster,
Now, by these presents it is seen,
'Tis done by order of General ?,
And signed by ?,
This general's acting adjutant.
Questions
1) Who sent this doggerel
2) Who signed this order?

credit: @Ole Miss

 

[Cpl. Smith]

Interesting! someone will know

 

[SWMODave]

To troops composing the Fourth brigade,
This general order here is made!
Pots and plates and everything
Must be washed in water from the spring;
Then take the same and hang them high,
And let them swing until they're dry;
Or you will meet with disaster
In settling with our quartermaster,
Now, by these presents it is seen,
'Tis done by order of General Green,
And signed by Colonel B. C. Brent,
This general's acting adjutant.

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tale...nd_soldiers/martin_e_green/martin_e_green.htm

 

[ErnieMac]

A guess at this point, haven't found documentation.
1. John Gibbon.
2. Frank A. Haskell.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

I'm visiting the Bluegrass State this week! Good luck everyone!

 

[Mike Serpa]

Another for me.

 

[Old Snapping Turtle]

1- Sheridan
2-Custer

 

[DBF]

Now, by these presents is is seen,
'Tis done by order of General Green, (Martin Edward)
And signed by Colonel B.C. Brent
This general's acting adjutant.
http://soldiersrestvicksburg.com/csa_officers_and_soldiers/green_martin_e/green_martin_e.htm

 

[sarladaise]

'Tis done by order of General Martin Edwin Green
And signed by Colonel B. C. Brent

 

[FarawayFriend]

I will say that I spent hours searching for this. I searched with every single line in Google and Bing, using Firefox, Chrome and IE. Nothing.

Then I heard that another member had found it without much difficulty, so I tried a different computer and bingo, there it was, first search, two hits, one solution. It had always been there! This is very strange indeed.
To all who could not find it, it was probably not your fault. Be comforted by the knowledge that my computer also could not bring it up. Only because I have tried a second one I was able to find this:

1) General Martin Edwin Green
2) Colonel B. C. Brent

http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~tale...nd_soldiers/martin_e_green/martin_e_green.htm

 

[Wallyfish]

Another doozy! But when I put in the entire poem I found the answer.

Who. Brig. General Martin Edwin Green (rhymes with seen).
Signed by. B.C. Brent acting adjunct.

I now need a nap.

 

[hoosier]

I guess the general's name should rhyme with "seen." George Sears Greene would rhyme with "seen," but I have difficulty envisioning Old Pap issuing an order in such a light-hearted manner.

And I guess the name of the person who signed the order should rhyme with "adjutant," but I've generally found it difficult to find names of officers who served as specific generals' adjutants.

Can't answer this one.

 

[Stony]

1. General Martin Edwin Green (June 3, 1815 – June 27, 1863)
2. Acting Adjutant Colonel B. C. Brent

 

[WJC]

To troops composing the Fourth brigade,
This general order here is made!
Pots and plates and everything
Must be washed in water from the spring;
Then take the same and hang them high,
And let them swing until they're dry;
Or you will meet with disaster
In settling with our quartermaster,
Now, by these presents it is seen,
'Tis done by order of General ?,
And signed by ?,
This general's acting adjutant.
Questions
1) Who sent this doggerel
2) Who signed this order?

credit: @Ole Miss

1. John Gibbon (1827-1896);
2. Frank A. Haskell (1828-1864).

 

[lelliott19]

'Tis done by order of General <Martin Edwin> Green (3 June 1815 – 27 June 1863)
And signed by Colonel B. C. Brent http://soldiersrestvicksburg.com/csa_officers_and_soldiers/green_martin_e/green_martin_e.htm

 

[Brenal]

Beats me (again!!)

 

[luinrina]

I'm not sure who exactly you're asking for for #1. The way the question is phrased implies that the order has already been sent in form of a doggerel. From how I understand the situation (see bottom of page of http://soldiersrestvicksburg.com/csa_officers_and_soldiers/green_martin_e/green_martin_e.htm), however, that seems not to be the case: Brig. Gen. Martin Edwin Green apparently gave a normally phrased order and Colonel B. C. Brent signed it. A courier brought that order to General Parson's camp, and because Parson was absent, Major D. Herndon Lindsay received that order. He had just finished reading it when Colonel Standish came over to find out what message the courier had brought. Instead of reading aloud the normally phrased order to Colonel Standish, Major Lindsay created the doggerel on the fly.

So in answer to 2) Colonel B.C. Brent signed the order. Question 1) is now either asking for General Green as having sent the (normally phrased) order or for Major Lindsay as having created the doggerel while reading aloud to Colonel Standish. If I'm overthinking it (which very well might be the case) and you're simply asking for the question marks to be replaced with names, then the answer to 1) is General Green.

 

[captaindrew]

can't even pick up a scent on this one

 

[Northern Light]

Brig. Gen. Martin E. Green
Colonel B. C. Brent, this general's acting adjutant.

 

[ami]

Answer
1) General Martin E. Green
2) Colonel B. C. Brent
Source
CSA Officers and Soldiers at Soldiers' Rest
C. S. A. Cemetery, Vicksburg, Mississippi
within Cedar Hill Cemetery
http://soldiersrestvicksburg.com/cs...0jFrWhkkWg_Urc43nXU_F2XM26hcNXb-8K3_3dt01HDKs