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" We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. 'We have taken over five thousand prisoners... "
The life and campaigns of general U.S. Grant, from boyhood to his ... - Page 492
by Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 757 pages
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 4

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...time, sent this memorable dispatch to Washington : " HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May 11, 1804—8 AM " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater (than ours). We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, whilst he has taken from us but...
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UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.

1864 - 348 pages
...Secretary of War : "We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result has been very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as...those of the enemy- I think the loss of the enemy must begreater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners in battle, while he has taken but few from us except...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 29

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - American literature - 1864 - 852 pages
...quietly, and on that morning Grant sent his first official dispatch to the Secretary of War. He said: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think Ihe low...
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The Hero Boy: Or, The Life and Deeds of Lieut-Gen. Grant

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...Washington. It reveals at once his consciousness of fatal havoc, and yet unyielding courage and hope : " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of Ihe enemy. I think the loss...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...following pithy but rather roseate bulletin : "HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, > "May 11, 18U4— 8 AM f " t attack also on this side." " HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, ".SAVAGE'S STATION- innch in our favor. " Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...which General Grant sent to Washington on the night of the llth summed up the results as follows : — We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. J think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle,...
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Illustrated Life, Campaigns and Public Services of Lieut. General Grant ...

1865 - 278 pages
...latter. The same morning, Lieutenant-General GRANT telegraphed as follows to Secretary STANTON : . " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. " HEAD-QCARTERS IN THE FIELD. May 11, 1864, 8 AM " Our losses have been heavy as well as those of the...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...which General Grant sent to Washington on the night of the llth summed up the results as follows : — We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in onr favor. Our losses have been heavy, na well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...which General Grant sent to Washington on the night of the llth summed up the results as follows :— "We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is nmch in our favor. Onr losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the...
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Our Campaigns: Or, The Marches, Bivouacs, Battles, Incidents of Camp Life ...

Evan Morrison Woodward - Pennsylvania infantry. 31st regt., 1861-1864 - 1865 - 374 pages
...skirmishing took place. General Grant in an official report to the Secretary of War, dated this day, says : " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss...
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