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" MR. PRESIDENT: I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel... "
From Tannery to the White House: Story of the Life of Ulysses S. Grant, His ... - Page 270
by William M. Thayer - 1886 - 480 pages
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...accept the commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving upon me ; and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies,...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 4

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...the commission, with gratitude for llic high honor conferred. With the nid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectation. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving upon me and I know that if...
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 3

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...accept the commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies,...
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The Tanner-boy and how He Became Lieutenant-general

Charles Wheeler Denison - Generals - 1864 - 358 pages
...scarcely need add that with what I here speak for the nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." " MR. PRESIDENT, — I accept this commission with gratitude...the full weight of the responsibility now devolving on me. I know that if it is properly met it will be due to these armies ; and, above all, to the favor...
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The Hero Boy: Or, The Life and Deeds of Lieut-Gen. Grant

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies who have fought on so many battle fields for our common country, it will be my earnest...the full weight of the responsibility now devolving on me. I know that, if it is properly met, it will be due to these armies ; and, above all, to the...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...the high honor conferred. "With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many battle-fields 864 responsibilities now devolving on me; and I know that, if they are properly met, it will be duo to...
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The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1865 - 866 pages
...this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies,...
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History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving ...

Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...the commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. "With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies,...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...this commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 7

Frank Moore - United States - 1865 - 834 pages
...this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble arniie-; that have fought on so many fields for our common country,...disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know th:.t if they are met, it will be due to those armies,...
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