The armies in the East and West acted independently and without concert, like a balky team, no two ever pulling together, enabling the enemy to use to great advantage his interior lines of communication for transporting troops from East to West, reinforcing... General George H. Thomas: A Critical Biography - Page 489by Donn Piatt - 1893 - 646 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...supply the operating armies. " The armies of the East and West acted independently and without con cert, like a balky team, no two ever pulling together, enabling...was a question whether our numerical strength and resourceswere not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. " From... | |
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...his interior lines of communication for transporting troops from east to west, re-enforcing the nnny most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers...support of their armies. It was a question whether onr numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and tho enemy's... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...advantage his interior lines of communication for transporting troops from east to west, rcenforcing & company tlieir armies. It was a question, whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced... | |
| Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1866 - 600 pages
...report dated July 22nd, 1865, set forth the motives which induced the plans for the campaign of 1864. ' From an early period in the rebellion, I had been...strength and resources were not more than balanced by those disadvantages, and by the enemy's superior position. ' From the first, I was firm in the conviction... | |
| United States. President - United States - 1866 - 722 pages
...advantage his interior lines of communication for transporting troops from east to west, re-enforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough...producing for the support of their armies. It was a qv. whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages... | |
| 1866 - 724 pages
...advantage his interior lines of communication for transporting troop? from east to west, re-enforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough...do the work of producing for the support of their armiee. It was a question whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...advantage his interior lines of communication for transporting troops from east to west, re-enforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of inactivity on oar part, to go to their homes and do the work of producing for the support of their armies. It was... | |
| John Henry Kennaway - Reconstruction - 1867 - 348 pages
...interior lines of communication for transporting troops from east to west, to reinforce the armies most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers...work of producing for the support of their armies.' To remedy this he determined, in the first place, to bring the greatest number of troops practicable... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 842 pages
...regardless of season and weather, were necessary to a speedy termination of the war. The resource^ of the enemy, and his numerical strength, were far...numbers, during seasons of inactivity on our part, to jo to their homes and do the work of producing .or the support of their armies. It was a question whether... | |
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