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Posted On: 01/18/2021 10:56:55 AM
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Shooting the .451 Whitworth Civil War sniper rifle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83gGIotGXN8
The Whitworth rifle was probably the weapon used to send Union General John Sedgwick to harp lessons shortly after he said of some Confederate snipers, "They couldn't hit an elephant at that distance."
https://www.phrases.org.uk/famous-last-words/...gwick.html
Confederate General Jeb Stuart, who died a few days later from wounds received at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, was one of the mourners of Sedgwick's death.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83gGIotGXN8
The Whitworth rifle was probably the weapon used to send Union General John Sedgwick to harp lessons shortly after he said of some Confederate snipers, "They couldn't hit an elephant at that distance."
https://www.phrases.org.uk/famous-last-words/...gwick.html
Confederate General Jeb Stuart, who died a few days later from wounds received at the Battle of Yellow Tavern, was one of the mourners of Sedgwick's death.
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