Posted On: 09/13/2016 8:23:36 PM
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You and other history buffs may find this stuff interesting.
Union General John Sedgewick should have been a little more careful about the words he chose on May 9, 1864.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/last-words/j...gwick.html
The Confederate sniper that shot Gen. Sedgewick was using a Whitworth rifle.
Naturally, many in the Union Army were grief stricken by Sedgewick's death but it was also a terrible blow to Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart. The two had been very good friends before the war. Stuart died three days later from a stomach wound received at Yellow Tavern.
Union General John Sedgewick should have been a little more careful about the words he chose on May 9, 1864.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/quotes/last-words/j...gwick.html
The Confederate sniper that shot Gen. Sedgewick was using a Whitworth rifle.
Naturally, many in the Union Army were grief stricken by Sedgewick's death but it was also a terrible blow to Confederate Gen. Jeb Stuart. The two had been very good friends before the war. Stuart died three days later from a stomach wound received at Yellow Tavern.
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