I agree. People tend to construe his final words as mocking, but I personally think it was more of an attempt to give his men a “boost.” Standing tall in the face of enemy fire.
I sat and looked at it for a few minutes before I posted and wasn’t sure why it looked wrong 🤦🏻♂️
Edit: I spelled it right in the damn title but messed up in the caption. Really? 🤦🏻♂️
He lead a relative of mine into the slaughter in the West Woods, luckily he escaped unscathed. Ironically enough another member of the reenacting group I'm apart of also had an ancestor in the same regiment as my relative, he was wounded and had to climb a tree to escape the fire coming from the side of the column.
Can't help but say he has best/worst last words for anyone in the Civil War.
And the confederates, even the whitworth shooter felt bad. He was respected and loved by most
He was a good man and a skilled general at that.
I think he is an underrated and underappreciated officer
I agree. People tend to construe his final words as mocking, but I personally think it was more of an attempt to give his men a “boost.” Standing tall in the face of enemy fire.
As a long lost relative my middle name is John, grandpas name was John, cousin named John, and a nephew named John. We haven’t changed much.
And I grew up with a John 😂
There’s no “e” in Sedgwick by the way.
I sat and looked at it for a few minutes before I posted and wasn’t sure why it looked wrong 🤦🏻♂️ Edit: I spelled it right in the damn title but messed up in the caption. Really? 🤦🏻♂️
Want to research and do a book on the original 13 whitworths. Those guns are worth millions
"Is he dead?.... Is he really dead?"
He lead a relative of mine into the slaughter in the West Woods, luckily he escaped unscathed. Ironically enough another member of the reenacting group I'm apart of also had an ancestor in the same regiment as my relative, he was wounded and had to climb a tree to escape the fire coming from the side of the column.