"What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."
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January 1, 1970

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Who: John Sedgwick — Note: Sedgwick was a Union Civil War general who was hit by sniper fire moments after saying these, at the battle of Spotsylvania, on May 9, 1864. They are often portrayed as if they were his absolute final statement, the sentence often being presented as if he did not even finish it, and altered into the form: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...". Though this may be a slightly more striking version of events, his actual last words are believed to be "All right, m