Add to the list General Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was undoubtely one of the finest generals in the civil war. It was he who came up with the saying, "Get there firstest, with the mostest."
"Nathan Bedford Forrest....It was he who came up with the saying, "Get there firstest, with the mostest."
Aha! I have always sort of wondered about that. Now to know its martial origin, that gives it more meaning.
But it seems few will give him credit for that saying.