https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:16:38 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/forrest-nathan-bedford/26720/ https://wist.info/forrest-nathan-bedford/26720/#respond Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:00:46 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=26720 I git thar fustest with the mostest.

Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821–1877) American / Confederate military leader
(Attributed)

Sometimes "corrected" as "I get there firstest with the mostest men," first found in print in a New York Tribune article about Civil War generals. The New York Times (28 May 1918) speculatively corrected this to "Ma'am, I get thar first with the most men." Elsewhere given as "I always make a rule to get there first with the most men." ]]> https://wist.info/forrest-nathan-bedford/26720/feed/ 0 26720