War quote quiz

[Silver Creek Slim]

Do you see those colors? Take them!

Slim

General Hancock at Gettysburg.

Right again, Russ T.

"General Winfield S. Hancock issued this order to the 1st Minnesota on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, as the Union line was being driven back. The Minnesotans carried out the orders, driving back the Confederates and taking the colors--at a loss of one-third of the regiment."

Slim

[Silver Creek Slim]

The Rebel army is now the legitimate property of the Army of the Potomac.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"Fighting Joe"?

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail."

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"When hammering a nail, you will never hit your finger if you hold the hammer with both hands."

Oops, wrong thread.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Running out of qoutes, Cap? ..........Buck

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

Running out of qoutes, Cap? ..........Buck

Nope, just a test to see if anyone actually reads these things. 

[Delmonico]

My turn!   It's either one of these, no one is sure which. 

"No, I won't."
   or
"No I won't."

Might be too easy!

[Russ T Chambers]

"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail."

Good Ol' General Ulysses Simpson Grant.

[Silver Creek Slim]

"Fighting Joe"?

Way to go, Capt.

"Joseph Hooker spoke these pompous words shortly before he was soundly defeated by Robert E. Lee at Chancellorsville"

Slim

[Silver Creek Slim]

My turn!   It's either one of these, no one is sure which. 

"No, I won't."
   or
"No I won't."

Might be too easy!

Hint?

Slim

[Delmonico]

He was a Lootenent Kernal. 

Nother one, not easy. 

"You are in command of this fort.  I should be the last man to set an example of disobedience."

[Four-Eyed Buck]

In RE: No, I won't. If it hadn't been for the rank, I would've guessed Fetterman. But he was a Capt. or Lt. so doesn't fit. The CO told him not to go beyond that ridge......did he listen?.....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..................Buck

[Delmonico]

He said "With 80 men I can ride through the whole Sioux Nation."  He is said to have had 80 men with him that day.  Musta been a few Cheynne with em that day and threw things off.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

  .......Del, Check the Har Shaping Post when you get the chance.......Buck

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

"If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail."

Good Ol' General Ulysses Simpson Grant.

Go ahead and put another mark on the wall, Russ T.  You got it right.

[Capt. Hamp Cox]

He said "With 80 men I can ride through the whole Sioux Nation."  He is said to have had 80 men with him that day.  Musta been a few Cheynne with em that day and threw things off.

I'm with Buck on this one.  This is definitely a Captain Fetterman quote, made shortly prior to the "Fetterman Massacre", in which he and his 80 men were all killed.  Was "Oh no." or Oh, no." what he said when he realized what was about to occur?  One account I read indicated that he and his lieutenant assisted each other's "suicide" before the Sioux had an opportunity to do it for them.

[Delmonico]

Not Fetterman.  Fetterman was only a Captain.  This was said to a General a few years latter.  And the meaning if the words are true have always been a contriversy as to where he used the comma or not so to speak.

[Delmonico]

The man in the second quote was a Captain in a Milita unit at one time, although was not a very good one.  He was not a Captain at the time of the quote.  He had a VEEEERRRYYY high rank.  He was also technically commander of the person he said he would obey the orders of.

[Four-Eyed Buck]

Cap, I bet Fetterman's words were" Oh, sh75"...................Buck