Cardinal Wolsey's musings on Tudor history, medieval history, early-modern history and anything else that takes his fancy
09 May, 2006
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist...", 9th May, 1864
Union General John Sedgwick is shot and killed by a Confederate sharpshooter during fighting at Spotsylvania. His last words are: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--"
No comments:
Post a Comment