Killed in the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania by a sharpshooter, his ironic last words were:
“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.”
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Filed under History, History Undusted, Quotes, Snapshots in History
Tagged as American Civil War, Famous Last Words, Major General John Sedgwick, Military History
A melancholic pragmatist with a wide streak of mischief and an active imagination that turns into novels.
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