 Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then the bridge, to the last man ! — always the bridge ! If the bridge is lost, all is lost.  Stonewall Jackson: a Military Biography - 第 333 頁John Esten Cooke 著 - 1876 - 587 頁完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1866 - 828 頁
...aid in offensive operations, and replies with a peremptory order to hold the bridge at all hazards : "Tell him, if he cannot hold his ground, then the...the bridge ! if the bridge is lost, all is lost." He, however, detached General Morrell, with five thousand men, to Burnside, to aid in holding the bridge,... | |
 | B. Franklin Cooling - 2007 - 354 頁
...battle of the war — he must hold his ground till dark at any cost," adding, "Tell him if he cannotho\d his ground, then the bridge, to the last man! —...always the bridge! If the bridge is lost, all is lost!" But he steadfastly refused to send any reinforcements to his friend. Content that "Old Burn" could... | |
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