The following is a well known quote attributed to many sources. This is the one I believe, but some mental giants on FB are contending that Shelby Foote awarded the quote to some anonymous Confederate. I could be wrong, but I KNOW they are wrong. Can someone verify the source, perhaps by a primary account?

"Come and take us," the captain replied in a note of his own, and Jackson and his men attempted to do just that. Mattingly became the battle's sole Union casualty, suffering a broken thighbone from a Confederate musket ball. He relinquished command to Capt. James Simpson, who, at about 3 p.m., rebuffed another call by Jackson to surrender.

"I'll fight you till hell freezes over and if need be, retreat on the ice," Simpson replied. -