Recently, we did a post about Custer’s Last Stand which will be followed by another later this week. During the research for those entries, we came across this story.
Major General John Sedgwick
Major General John Sedgwick was the highest ranking Union officer to fall in battle during the Civil War. Shot by a Confederate marksman from perhaps as much as a 1000 yards away — although that strains credulity — he was berating his staff for taking cover when he was shot. Supposedly his last words were, “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist. . . .”
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