| Orlando B. Willcox - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 764 pages
...charged with relying on "brute force." But his genius was that of common sense. In his report he said: From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, 2. The foregoing introduction to this chapter... | |
| Alice Fahs, Joan Waugh - History - 2004 - 300 pages
...people. he wrote. were sick and tired of the war. "It was a question." Grant reminded his readers. "whether our numerical strength and resources were not more than balanced by these d1sadvantages and the enemy's superior position."28 Presaging his later criticisms of the "marble man."... | |
| Ulysses S. Grant - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 545 pages
...inactivity on our part, to go to their homes and do the work of producing, for the support of their armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength and...the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military power... | |
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