American civil war Quote by John Sedgwick Download Open image “They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...” — John Sedgwick ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare American civil war Civil war Combat Deathbed Dodging bullets Dying last words Elephants Famous last words Funny famous last words Infantry Inspirational Last words Love Soldiers at war
When an elephant is by himself, he can attack lions and get away with it. — Dereck Chisora Copy Share Image
If elephants didn't exist, you couldn't invent one. They belong to a small group of living things so unlikely they challenge credulity and common… — Lyall Watson Copy Share Image
The Elephant Man would never have gotten up and gone, ‘Oh, God. Look at me hair today.’ — Karl Pilkington Copy Share Image
What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line? I am ashamed of… — John Sedgwick Copy Share Image
When you study history, you're really studying yourself. Every bit of history I've uncovered about my own family has some remnant in myself. — John Sedgwick Copy Share Image
Worry is a complete circle of inefficient thought whirling about a pivot of fear. To avoid it, consider whether the problem in hand is… — John Sedgwick Copy Share Image
It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars;… — Homer Bone Copy Share Image
Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing. With some the word liberty… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Its foundations are laid, its cornerstone rests, upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery .… — Alexander H. Stephens Copy Share Image
“For my part I consider the central idea pervading this struggle is the necessity that is upon us of proving that popular government is… — Shelby Foote Copy Share Image
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The triumph of the Confederacy... would be a victory for the powers of evil which would give courage to the enemies of progress and… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Across the river he could see the burnt and crushed buildings of Fredericksburg, the debris piled along the streets, the scattered ruins of people's… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
