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Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson
Date of Death: May 10, 1863 Age at Death: 39
Last Words: "Let us cross over the river, and rest in the shade of the trees."


John Sedgwick
Date of Death: May 9, 1864 Age at Death: 50
Last Words: "They couldn't hit an elephant at that distance."
Spoken just before he was killed by a Confederate sniper.


Jesse Reno
Date of Death: Sept. 14, 1862 Age at Death: 39
Last Words: "Hello, Sam, I'm dead. . . .Yes, yes, I'm dead".


John Reynolds
Date of Death: July 1, 1863 Age at Death: 42
Last Words: "Forward! For God's sake, Forward!"
Spoken to Iron Brigade at the opening of the battle of Gettysburg.


Jeb Stuart
Date of Death: May 12, 1864 Age at Death: 31
Last Words: "I am resigned, if it be God's will. But I would like to see my wife. . .But God's will be done. . .
I am going fast now. . .God's will be done."
Spoken at the Battle of Yellow Tavern


Edward Cross (Colonel)
Date of Death: July 2, 1863 Age at Death: 31
Last Words: "The boys, I think, will miss me."
Spoken at the Wheatfield, Battle of Gettysburg


Ambrose Powell Hill
Date of Death: April 2, 1865 Age at Death: 39
Last Word: "Surrender!"
When the General accidentally rode into a Union picket line outside Petersburg Virginia, he ordered them to surrender. They opened fire instead. He was shot straight through the heart.


James Longstreet
Date of Death: January 2, 1904 Age at Death: 82
Last Words: "Helen, we shall be happier in this post."


Albert Sidney Johnston
Date of Death: April 6, 1862 Age at Death: 59
Last Words: "Yes, and I fear seriously."
In response to one of his staff officers who asked him if he had been wounded.


George McClellan
Date of Death: October 29, 1885 Age at Death: 58
Last Words: "I feel easy now. Thank you."


Winfield Scott Hancock
Date of Death: February 9, 1886 Age at Death: 61
Last Words: "Oh, Allie, Allie, Good----"
Hancock was calling out to his wife Almira but he could get out the "Goodbye"


Ulysses S. Grant
Date of Death: July 23, 1885 Age at Death: 63
Last Word: "Water."


Robert E. Lee
Date of Death: Oct. 12, 1870 Age at Death: 63
Last Words: "Strike the Tent"


Yes. Both Grant's and Lee's last words were orders.


God bless the memories of them all.

good stuff............thank you

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Lt. Gen. C. N. Matthews
Pickett's Infantry Division, I Corps,
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

Anybody notice how young some of those men were, and I mean the ones who died from natural causes.
J Ferry
Maj 2/20th Corps

Actually . . . for that time, the lifespans listed are more typical than not.

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Your Obedient Servant,
Lt Gen Dwight McBride
Ist Division/1st Brigade
V Corps/AOP/USA

Whats ironic if I remember correctly...
both Jackson and Lee in their words at their death were referring to AP Hill

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General Tim Miller
1st (Palmetto Ghost Riders) Cavalry Brigade
4th Division
I Corp
Army of Tennessee

i do not see that connection.

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."

Among Lee's final words were, "Tell A P Hill he must come up!"
john ferry
maj 2/20th Corps

Some suggest Lee's last words were: "Tell Hill to come up. Strike the tent". However, Lee was bed-ridden for days prior to his departure and from first hand accounts was barely able to speak a word. Therefore, some doubt whether the reference to Hill was possible.

As far as Jackson goes, I do not know.

<salute!>

You have to wonder about some of those quotes.
Like the last words of the naval commander at Nagasaki:
"What the hell was THAT!!!??
John Ferry
Maj 2/20th Corps

My favorite 'last words' are Socrates: "I drank what?"

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Your Obedient Servant,
Lt Gen Dwight McBride
Ist Division/1st Brigade
V Corps/AOP/USA

Gentlemen <salute>

"I drank what?" Those words probably came from my lips at least once in Korea, or depending what I drank were "I did what?".

Highest regards,

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General Neal Hebert
Edward C. Walthall Division (2nd aka "Gator Alley")
II Corps, Army of the West
CSA Cabinet Secretary

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General Ernie Sands
President ACWGC -Sept 2015- Dec 2020
7th Brigade, 1st Division, XVI Corps, AoT
ACWGC Records Site Admin

"If you do not know where you are going, any road will take you there."