 | Henry Van Ness Boynton - Sherman's March to the Sea - 1875 - 542 pages
...December t, 1861, 1:30 VM Major-General GEO. II. THOMAS, ЛиsЫйe, With your citizen employés armed you can move out of Nashville with all your army and force...should have taken the offensive against the enemy, hut at this distance may err as to the method of dealing with the enemy. You will suffer incalculable... | |
 | Thomas Budd Van Horne - United States - 1875 - 500 pages
...2, 1864—1.30 p. M. Major-General Geo. H. Thomas, Nashville: With your citizen employes armed, you can move out of Nashville with all your army, and...Franklin, it looks to me that instead of falling back to NasKville, we should have taken the offensive against the enemy, but at this distance may err as to... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 786 pages
...PM on the same day, forwarded a second message to Thomas : " With your citizen employes armed, you can move out of Nashville with all your army, and...should have taken the offensive against the enemy, where he was. At this distance, however, I may err as to the best method of dealing with the enemv.... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Generals - 1885 - 686 pages
...2, 1864. — 1.30 PM MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS, Nashville, Tenn. With your citizen employees armed, you can move out of Nashville with all your army and force...should have taken the offensive against the enemy where he was. At this distance, however, I may err as to the best method of dealing with the enemy.... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1894 - 920 pages
...December 2, 1864— 1.30 pm Major-General THOMAS, Nashville, Tenn.: With your citizen employe's armed, you can move out of Nashville with all your army and force...should have taken the offensive against the enemy where he was. At this distance, however, I may err as to the best method of dealing with the enemy.... | |
 | Minnesota - 1908 - 958 pages
...fortifies. US GRANT, Lieut. General. City Point, Va., Dec. 2, 1864. Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, Nashville: After the repulse of Hood at Franklin, it looks to...this distance may err as to the method of dealing withxthe enemy. You will suffer incalculable injury upon your railroads if Hood is not speedily disposed... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson - China - 1912 - 604 pages
...he had already said, wired again : With your citizen employees armed, you can move out of Nashville and force the enemy to retire or fight upon ground...should have taken the offensive against the enemy where he was. At this distance, however, I may err as to the best method of dealing with the enemy.... | |
 | William S Mcfeely - Biography & Autobiography - 1981 - 612 pages
...Thomas's retreat, Grant sent a second message: "After the repulse of Hood at Franklin, it looks to me instead of falling back to Nashville, we should have taken the offensive against the enemy where he was." Allowing that "at this distance ... I may err as to the best method of dealing with... | |
 | Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones - United States - 1991 - 788 pages
...enable Thomas with his whole army to turn Hood. Grant explained: "With your citizen employes armed you can move out of Nashville with all your army and force...retire or fight upon ground of your own choosing." Almost immediately Grant grew impatient and directed Thomas: "Attack Hood at once, and wait no longer... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 1990 - 1228 pages
...2, 1864. — 1.30 PM MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS, Nashville, Tenn. With your citizen employees armed, you can move out of Nashville with all your army and force...choosing. After the repulse of Hood at Franklin, it l<x>ks to me that instead of falling back to Nashville we should have taken the offensive against the... | |
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After the repulse of Hood at Franklin, it looks to me that instead of falling back to Nashville we should have taken the offensive against the enemy where he was. 
