Killed in the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania by a sharpshooter, his ironic last words were:
“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.”
Famous Last Words: Major General John Sedgwick
Filed under History, History Undusted, Quotes, Snapshots in History
Stephanie Huesler 
This is a big “oops.”
Famous last words, indeed.
Painfully ironic.