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<blockquote data-quote="Bayushi_seikuro" data-source="post: 8607399" data-attributes="member: 7024851"><p>I like and respect that Hickman had an answer for that. And as far as being killed by a lowly nobody?</p><p></p><p>I would like to point you to the death of John Sedgwick in 1864.</p><p>To quote from the Wikipedia:</p><p>Sedgwick died at the beginning of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House" target="_blank">Battle of Spotsylvania Court House</a>, on May 9, 1864. His corps was probing skirmish lines ahead of the left flank of Confederate defenses and he was directing artillery placements. Confederate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpshooters" target="_blank">sharpshooters</a> were about 1,000 yards (900 m) away, and their shots caused members of his staff and artillerymen to duck for cover. Sedgwick strode around in the open and was quoted as saying, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line?" Although ashamed, his men continued to flinch and he said, "Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Reports that he never finished the sentence are apocryphal, although the line was among his last words.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick#cite_note-7" target="_blank">[7]</a> He was shot by a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitworth_rifle" target="_blank">Whitworth rifle</a> bullet moments later under the left eye and mortally wounded.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bayushi_seikuro, post: 8607399, member: 7024851"] I like and respect that Hickman had an answer for that. And as far as being killed by a lowly nobody? I would like to point you to the death of John Sedgwick in 1864. To quote from the Wikipedia: Sedgwick died at the beginning of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Spotsylvania_Court_House']Battle of Spotsylvania Court House[/URL], on May 9, 1864. His corps was probing skirmish lines ahead of the left flank of Confederate defenses and he was directing artillery placements. Confederate [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpshooters']sharpshooters[/URL] were about 1,000 yards (900 m) away, and their shots caused members of his staff and artillerymen to duck for cover. Sedgwick strode around in the open and was quoted as saying, "What? Men dodging this way for single bullets? What will you do when they open fire along the whole line?" Although ashamed, his men continued to flinch and he said, "Why are you dodging like this? They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] Reports that he never finished the sentence are apocryphal, although the line was among his last words.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick#cite_note-7'][7][/URL] He was shot by a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitworth_rifle']Whitworth rifle[/URL] bullet moments later under the left eye and mortally wounded. [/QUOTE]
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