Quote#Wisdom
Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!
Quote byStonewall Jackson · 1824–1863
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Reply to Colonel Barnard E. Bee when he reported that the enemy were beating them back. At the First Battle of Bull Run (21 July 1861); as quoted in Stonewall Jackson As Military Commander (2000) by John Selby, p. 21.
English (original)
Then, Sir, we will give them the bayonet!
— Stonewall Jackson
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