Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by William C. Oates

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American politician William C. Oates.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
William C. Oates

William Calvin Oates was a colonel in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, the 29th Governor of Alabama from 1894 to 1896, and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish–American War.

We ran like a herd of wild cattle. — © William C. Oates
We ran like a herd of wild cattle.
My dead and wounded were nearly as great in number as those still on duty. They literally covered the ground. The blood stood in puddles in some places on the rocks; the ground was soaked with the blood of as brave men as ever fell on the red field of battle.
Rapid change of conditions in all human affairs bring unexpected results.
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