According to a calendar my roomie has this event 5/9/1864  on  that date a Union Major General: John Sedgwick (“… was…a career military officer”, … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sedgwick). told his men he was ashamed of them for hiding from occasional Confederate fire stating “They couldn’t hit an elephant at this distance.”  Very soon after that he was proven wrong when a sharpshooter using a Whitworth (“The Whitworth rifle was, arguably, the first long-range sniper rifle in military history. This innovative rifle was designed by Sir Joseph Whitworth, a famed British engineer…” http://www.americancivilwarstory.com/whitworth-rifle.html)  rifle killed him with a shot of about 500 yards.  (He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed….at Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.” op Ed)

More interesting last words:

Saki (“Hector Hugh Munro (18 December 1870 – 13 November 1916), … pen name Saki… a British writer whose witty, mischievous and sometimes macabre stories satirized Edwardian society and culture. He is considered a master of the short story…” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki) told a fellow soldier in the trenches in WWI to put out his cigarette, fearing that the smoke might betray their position.  He was killed moments later by a German sniper who located him when he spoke.

Jackie Kennedy testified (1964) that just before he (her husband President John Kennedy) was killed by an assassin’s bullet while riding in an open car Governor Connally’s wife Nellie stated that he couldn’t say the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome. His reply:  “No, you certainly can’t” (” Since it was no longer raining, the plastic bubble top had been left off. …The procession left the airport and traveled along a ten-mile route that wound through downtown Dallas…at Dealey Plaza around 12:30 p.m. As it was passing the Texas School Book Repository, …Bullets struck the president’s neck and head… The governor was also hit in the chest.”http://dying.about.com/od/reviews/fl/Famous-Last-Words-Ironic-Comments.htm )

SO I know now you’re saying what collectibles?  OK Google let’s do Ironic ones

1970s Commemorative Richard Nixon Presidential Plate – Antihero … $12

Vintage Vanguard Transistor 6 Radio Red Broken “unbreakable Case” …$22

Gargoyle-as I Was Saying-gesture-sarcasm-irony-humurous-gothic  $23

Vintage 1980 Christopher Reeve Superman Ii/2 Dc Universe Comic …  $40

Bottomless Cocktail: The Art of Shag [Book]  $65

Aluminum Swatch Man’s Watches , Rare Irony Model Swiss  $85

Monopoly Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Collectors Etd  $159

Book by Barton The Most Ironic Story in American History (story of Lumbee Indians N.C.) 1967  $750

“Don’t worry, it’s not loaded.”  Kath (Band Chicago) just before firing the gun  into his head.

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