Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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By John Sedgwick at Spotsylvania in May 1864 while trying to position his troops---"Them Rebs couldn't hit an elephant at that dis....."
Reckon he was wrong. Yeah, true. But Unfortunately For Thomas J.Stonewall Jackson, Them Dumb Rebels At Chancellorsville Couldn't Tell A Reb General from A Yankee. Probably Lost The War for that Epic Fratricidal Failure. Touche' RiverOtter2 !! w
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 20th Maine, ordered that he could not retreat, and being informed that his regiment was out of ammunition-
"Fix bayonets!"
Gives me goosebumps every time.
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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Telegram from Lincoln to Gen. George McClellan: "I have provided you with the Army, General, so when are you going to use it"?
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 20th Maine, ordered that he could not retreat, and being informed that his regiment was out of ammunition-
"Fix bayonets!"
Gives me goosebumps every time. X2, and downhill charge too!
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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By John Sedgwick at Spotsylvania in May 1864 while trying to position his troops---"Them Rebs couldn't hit an elephant at that dis....."
Reckon he was wrong. Yeah, true. But Unfortunately For Thomas J.Stonewall Jackson, Them Dumb Rebels At Chancellorsville Couldn't Tell A Reb General from A Yankee. Probably Lost The War for that Epic Fratricidal Failure. Touche' RiverOtter2 !! w All I Can Hear Is Them Alabama Rebel Crickets A' Chirpin. LOL
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, 20th Maine, ordered that he could not retreat, and being informed that his regiment was out of ammunition-
"Fix bayonets!"
Gives me goosebumps every time. X2, and downhill charge too! I had kinfolk on the downhill side, it didn't go well for them.
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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"But general, I have no more army" -Maj. Gen. George Pickett after his infamous charge when asked to attack a second time.
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War.
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" (Darn) the torpedoes, full speed ahead" Rear Admiral David Farragut. Yes, and at the time "torpedoes" was the word for mines floating in the water.
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