Backstory:
Lincoln was standing on the fortress wall at Fort Stevens on 12 July, 1864, watching as snipers from Jubal Early's forces shot at him (at 6'4" and wearing a stovepipe hat he was an easy target) and others there. An officer standing less than 3' away from the President was hit and went down. Young Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., a combat veteran himself yelled at the civilian he didn't recognize, something along the lines of "Get down you danged fool, before you get killed!" At that point Holmes realized than he had been adressing the Commander in Chief. What did Lincoln say?
2007-07-28
08:32:11
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Gaspode
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