 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity, I thought yon should go down, the rivor and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was wrong. Yours very Truly, A. LIN'COLX. Grant's... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories, together with others, both numerous and important, which... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Abraham... | |
 | Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...remarkable letter of President Lincoln is the noblest epitome. He says, " When you got be-low, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I have now to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." We need dwell no longer... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. off the white inhabitants and burned the jris mills, cotton gins, and granaries, and dettrovej the... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should 20 down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turued northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. PROCLAMATION FOR A DAT OP NATIONAL THANKSGIVING BECAUSE OF SIGNAL VICTORIES... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 480 pages
...better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. " Yours, truly, "A. LINCOLN." The following was issued in commemoration of the victories at Vicksburg,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1885 - 316 pages
...better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. The proclamation which the President issued upon occasion of these victories... | |
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I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. 
