"1837Z"^^ . . "John Sedgwick"@en . . . . "1813-09-13Z"^^ . "VI Corps" . . "UnionArmygeneral" . . . . . . "1864Z"^^ . "John Sedgwick (September 13, 1813 \u2013 May 9, 1864) was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sharpshooter at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and is well-remembered for his ironic last words: \"They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.\""@en . "1813Z"^^ . "*Union" . "Sedgwick, John"@en . . "1837Z"^^ . "\"Uncle John\""@en . "1864-05-09Z"^^ . .