May 17, 1863, Galveston Weekly News
The Chattanooga Rebel expressed the wish that every gallant rifle man of the South who bares his breast to the storm of battle, could be impressed with the importance of making every shot tell, in an engagement. If five out of every ten of the bullets fired at the Yankees for the last two years had taken effect, there wouldn’t be a blue jacket left to tell the story. Better be sure of one Yankee than to fire twenty rounds at random–Keep cool, if you would keep your enemy hot.