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Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. #6316719 09/03/18 03:12 PM 09/03/18 03:12 PM
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Riverotter2 OP trapper R Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,424 Tuscaloosa, Alabama	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.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316733 09/03/18 03:38 PM 09/03/18 03:38 PM
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seniortrap trapper S Joined: May 2012 Posts: 5,898 michigan,USA	Like a lot of generals! Vietnam--1967 46th. Const./Combat Engineers "Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction." "After the first shot, all plans go out the window!"

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316751 09/03/18 04:16 PM 09/03/18 04:16 PM
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chains trapper C Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 151 Fl	Tradition usually rests upon something which men did know, History is often manufacture of the mere liar! Jefferson Davis

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316752 09/03/18 04:18 PM 09/03/18 04:18 PM
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Redsleeves trapper R Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 453 ky	Didn't he get killed a few rounds later? I can't remember. Colt

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316765 09/03/18 04:39 PM 09/03/18 04:39 PM
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walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,564 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	Originally Posted By: Riverotter2 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 Last edited by walleyed; 09/03/18 05:18 PM. "Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters I Support Non-Resident Trapping

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316775 09/03/18 04:51 PM 09/03/18 04:51 PM
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Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 45,524 james bay frontierOnt.	"where all da white wimmen at?"-Unknown. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316776 09/03/18 04:51 PM 09/03/18 04:51 PM
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RKG trapper R Joined: Nov 2016 Posts: 493 PA	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. Last edited by RKG; 09/03/18 04:54 PM. Reason: stupid auto correct

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316790 09/03/18 05:07 PM 09/03/18 05:07 PM
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MsgRet Unregistered M	Telegram from Lincoln to Gen. George McClellan: "I have provided you with the Army, General, so when are you going to use it"?

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6316796 09/03/18 05:14 PM 09/03/18 05:14 PM
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pcr2 "Twerker" P Joined: May 2010 Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.	sorry bout that bro.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: RKG] #6316801 09/03/18 05:17 PM 09/03/18 05:17 PM
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the Blak Spot trapper T Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 4,832 central arkansas	Originally Posted By: RKG 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! the just shall live by faith member FTA, ATA, EAFT 1776 - the year we told a tyrant we weren't to be under a dictator Caveat ater macula

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: walleyed] #6317003 09/03/18 09:20 PM 09/03/18 09:20 PM
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walleyed trapper W Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 8,564 Henderson, N.Y. Jefferson Co.	Originally Posted By: walleyed Originally Posted By: Riverotter2 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 "Provisional/Interim" member of NYS Trappers Association Jefferson Co. Fur Harvesters I Support Non-Resident Trapping

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: the Blak Spot] #6317010 09/03/18 09:26 PM 09/03/18 09:26 PM
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warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 25,650 Georgia	Originally Posted By: the Blak Spot Originally Posted By: RKG 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.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317089 09/03/18 11:07 PM 09/03/18 11:07 PM
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317149 09/04/18 02:03 AM 09/04/18 02:03 AM
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Grandpa Trapper trapper G Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 4,943 Idaho Falls, ID	Robert E. Lee to General Longstreet upon winning the battle of Fredericksburg. “It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.” General Sherman said “war is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.”

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317154 09/04/18 03:19 AM 09/04/18 03:19 AM
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Finster trapper Joined: Mar 2013 Posts: 17,039 Fredonia, PA.	"But general, I have no more army" -Maj. Gen. George Pickett after his infamous charge when asked to attack a second time. Last edited by Finster; 09/04/18 03:21 AM. I BELIEVE IN MY GOD, MY COUNTRY AND IN MYSELF.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317236 09/04/18 07:38 AM 09/04/18 07:38 AM
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Art S trapper A Joined: May 2011 Posts: 3,916 Pa	" (Darn) the torpedoes, full speed ahead" Rear Admiral David Farragut.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317241 09/04/18 07:45 AM 09/04/18 07:45 AM
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EdP trapper E Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,872 meadowview, Virginia	Quote: " (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.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317359 09/04/18 10:27 AM 09/04/18 10:27 AM
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Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317373 09/04/18 10:46 AM 09/04/18 10:46 AM
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Riverotter2 OP trapper R Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,424 Tuscaloosa, Alabama	"Come on, Come on! Do you want to live forever" Confererate Colonel leading a charge at Malvern Hill, 1862.

Re: Famous saying or quote from the Civil War. [Re: Riverotter2] #6317374 09/04/18 10:48 AM 09/04/18 10:48 AM
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Riverotter2 OP trapper R Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 2,424 Tuscaloosa, Alabama	"The Nightmare is gone" Lincoln upon learning that Lee had ask for terms.

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