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CELEBRITY DEATHS

FAMOUS LAST WORDS
SOLDIERS/WAR

(29 Entries)

1)
DeMolay, Jacques (1244?-1313)
"Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us." Jacques DeMolay was elected Master of the Knights Templar shortly after the order had been defeated by the Muslims and expelled from the Holy Land.

2)
Decatur, Stephen ( 1779-1820)
"I am mortally wounded, I think" Stephen Decatur was an American naval hero who distinguished himself during the War of 1812 and in the expeditions against the Barbary States. A skilled duelist, Decatur accepted a challenge from a disgraced Navy Captain on whose court-martial he had sat. Decatur lost.

3)
Fetterman, William J. (1833-1866)
"Give me 80 men and I'll ride through the whole Sioux nation."

4)
Hale, Nathan (1755-1776)
"I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." Nathan Hale was a U.S. revolutionary. In September, 1776, Hale volunteered to spy on the British in New York City. He was betrayed and arrested while disguised as a Dutch school teacher. After a quick trial, Hale was hanged the next day. Some maintain that Hale's last words were "It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander-in-chief."

5)
Hari, Mata (Margaretha Geertruida Zelle) (1876-1917)
"It is unbelievable."

6)
Jackson, Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" (1824-1863)
"Order A.P. Hill to prepare for action! Pass the infantry to the front rapidly! Tell Major Hawks. . . . Let us cross over the river and sit under the shade of the trees." Stonewall Jackson was one of the premier Confederate generals of the American Civil War. He was mistakenly wounded by his own men on 2 May 1863 during the battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia, and his left arm had to be amputated.

7)
Joan of Arc, Saint (1412-1431)
"Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames!"

8)
Lawrence, James (1781-1813)
"Tell the men to fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks." James Lawrence was a U.S. Navy officer who commanded the frigate Chesapeake in a naval battle during the War of 1812. Mortally wounded, he was carried below. His last words are often shortened to simply "Don't give up the ship."

9)
Lee, Robert E. (1807-1870)
"Strike the tent." Robert E. Lee was a distinguished U.S. Army officer who gave up his federal commission to lead the the Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.

10)
Mulligan, Colonel James A. (?-1864)
"Lay me down, and save the flag!"

 

NAZI WAR CRIMINALS ALL EXECUTED ON THE SAME DAY.

11)
Joachim von Ribbentrop
"My last wish is that Germany realize its entity and that an understanding be reached between East and West. I wish peace to the world."

12)
Field Marshal Keitel
"I call on God Almighty to have mercy on the German people. More than two million German soldiers went to their death for the fatherland before me. I follow now my sons--all for Germany."

13)
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
"I have loved my German people and my fatherland with a warm heart. I have done my duty by the laws of my people and I am sorry this time my people were lead by men who were not soldiers and that crimes were committed of which I had no knowledge. Germany, good luck."

14)
Alfred Rosenberg
"No." (when asked if he had any last words)

15)
Hans Frank
"I am thankful for the kind treatment during my captivity and I ask God to accept me with mercy."

16)
Wilhelm Frick
"Long live eternal Germany."

17)
Julius Streicher
"Heil Hitler!" ("Ask the man his name.") "You know my name well. Julius Streicher! . . . Now it goes with God. . . . Purim Fest 1946! . . . The Bolsheviks will hang you one day! . . . I am with God. Adele, my dear wife."

18)
Fritz Sauckel
"I am dying innocent. The sentence is wrong. God protect Germany and make Germany great again. Long live Germany! God protect my family!"

19)
Alfred Jodl
"My greetings to you, my Germany."

20)
Artur Seyss-Inquart
"I hope that this execution is the last act of tragedy of the Second World War and that the lesson taken from this world war will be that peace and understanding should exist between peoples. I believe in Germany."

21)
Nelson, Horatio, Vice Admiral the Viscount (1758-1805)
"God bless you, Hardy." Horatio Nelson is the most famous of all British admirals.

22)
O'Neill, William "Buckey" (?-1998)
"Sergeant, the Spanish bullet isn't made that will kill me." (See John Sedgwick) Buckey O'Neill was a Arizona lawyer, miner, cowboy, gambler, newspaperman, sheriff, and congressman. He was also one of the most important members of Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War, having recruited many of the volunteers and supervised their training while in San Antonio waiting to be deployed. Just prior to the famous charge up Kettle (not San Juan) Hill, O'Neill was standing up, smoking a cigarette, and joking with his troops while under withering fire from the ridge. One of his sergeants shouted to him above the noise, "Captain, a bullet is sure to hit you!" to which O'Neill shouted back his reply. O'Neill then calmly turned to another officer. As he started to speak, a bullet struck him in the mouth. Private Tuttle, who was standing nearby, later recalled, "I heard the bullet. You usually can if you're close enough, you know. It makes a sort of 'spat.' He was dead before he hit the ground."

23)
Raleigh, Sir Walter (1554?-1618)
"Strike, man, strike!" Sir Walter Raleigh--a poet, historian, explorer, philosopher, and soldier--was the epitome of a Renaissance man.

24)
Sedgwick, John "Uncle John," General (1813-1864)
"They couldn't hit an elephant at this dist--." General John Sedgwick was a corps commander in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. At the battle of the Wilderness, while inspecting his troops, he approached a parapet and peered out over the surrounding countryside. His officers and men urged him to take cover from small arms fire, but Sedgwick scoffed at their concerns, "What! What men! This will never do, dodging from single bullets!" As the general spoke his last words, he was shot in the head by a Confederate sharpshooter.

25)
Sitting Bull (1831-1890)
"I am not going. Do with me what you like. I am not going. Come on! Come on! Take action! Let's go!" Although Sitting Bull--an important Sioux chief who is most famous for his role in defeating Custer at the Battle of the Little Big Horn--surrendered with about 200 of his followers in 1886, he continued to resist the U.S. government and tribal authorities by encouraging performances of the Ghost Dance ceremony and fomenting a new war against the white man. On 15 December 1890, about forty Native American members of the Indian Constabulary surrounded Sitting Bull's cabin and attempted to arrest him. When Sitting Bull refused to leave with the police, a crowd of angry supporters gathered around him. One of them, Catch the Bear, pulled a gun and shot the senior officer, Lieutenant Henry Bull Head. As Bull Head fell, he fired once and hit Sitting Bull in the side. A close quarters fire fight immediately broke out, and by the time it ended fourteen men--six of whom were police officers--had died.

26)
Villa, Francisco "Pancho" (Doroteo Arango) (1878-1923)
"Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." Pancho Villa was a Mexican bandit, revolutionary, and folk hero. He conducted a guerilla war against the national government for many years until he was granted amnesty and a hacienda in return for laying down his arms. He retired in Chihuahua, Mexico, but was assassinated by supporters of his long-time enemy, General Alvaro Obregon. Villa made his last request to newspaper reporters as he lay dying.

27)
Wirz, Henry, Captain, C.S.A. (?-1865)
"This is too tight." Captain Wirz was a Swiss-born Confederate officer who had the misfortune to be given command of the infamous Andersonville prison camp following his recovery from wounds received at the Battle of Seven Pines.

28)
Wolfe, James, General (1727-1759)
"What, do they run already? Then I die happy." General James Wolfe was the British General that wrested Quebec away from the French in 1759. His victory made the subsequent British conquest of Canada possible. A fine commander, Wolfe was, none the less, killed during the battle and became a legendary hero.

29)
Zizka, Jan (1358-1424)
"Make my skin into drumheads for the Bohemian cause." Jan Zizka was a Czech general who, after the execution of Jan Huss, became the leader of the Bohemian Protestants. He refused to accept the Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund as the king of Bohemia even though he was offered a viceroyalty. Zizka fought a series of battles against the empire and eventually liberated the entire country. He entered Prague in June, 1424, but his success was short lived. He died of bubonic plague later that year.