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    Whose last words were, "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance?"

    Question #36386. Asked by Baloo55th. (Jul 20 03 3:24 PM)


    freddy_krueger

    		Gen. John Sedgwick (1864)

    Jul 20 03, 3:33 PM
    fosse4

    		According to my ref. "they couldn't hit an elephant at this dist........"

    Jul 20 03, 3:40 PM
    Baloo55th

    		That's what I thought originally, but http://www.civilwarhome.com/sedgwickdeath.htm says otherwise.

    Jul 20 03, 3:43 PM
    mk2norwich

    		I have to agree with John on this one; I have seen a great many references to this famous quote in my time, and in each case, the word 'distance' is missing its second syllable. Popular misconception, perhaps?

    Jul 20 03, 5:39 PM

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