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" ... the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of 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 resources... "
The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ... - Page 612
by United States. President - 1866
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From the Tan-yard to the White House: The Story of President Grant's Life

William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 pages
...transporting troops from East to West, reinforcing the army most vigorously pressed ; and to furlough large numbers during seasons of inactivity on our part, to go to their homes and do the work of providing for the support of their armies ; so that it was a question whether our numerical strength...
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ...

United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1891 - 1056 pages
...transporting troops from east to west, re-enforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of inactivity on our...whether our numerical strength and resources were riot more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. •Embraces reports...
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General George H. Thomas: A Critical Biography

Donn Piatt - United States - 1893 - 680 pages
...transporting troops from East to West, reinforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers during seasons of inactivity on our...and the enemy's superior position. " From the first I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness...
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The Life of William A. Buckingham: The War Governor of Connecticut, with a ...

Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 572 pages
...transporting troops from cast to west, re-enforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers during seasons of inactivity on our part, to go to their homes and producing for the support of their armies." This is what he proposed to put a stop to, by making one...
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The Boys of '61: Or, Four Years of Fighting

Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 pages
...transporting troops from east to west, reinforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers during seasons of inactivity on our...and the enemy's superior position. " From the first I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness...
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Scribner's Popular History of the United States, Volume 5

William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1897 - 874 pages
...to the Government, and long lines of communications to protect, to enable us to supply the operating armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength...were not more than balanced by these disadvantages. I therefore determined to use the greatest number of troops, and to hammer continuously against the...
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Scribner's Popular History of the United States: From the Earliest ..., Volume 5

William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1898 - 874 pages
...to the Government, and long lines of communications to protect, to enable us to supply the operating armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength...were not more than balanced by these disadvantages. I therefore determined to use the greatest number of troops, and to hammer continuously against the...
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The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ...

United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1248 pages
...transporting troops from east to west, re-enforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of inactivity on our...were not more than balanced by these disadvantages aud the enemy's superior position. From the first. I was firm in the conviction that no peace could...
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The Great Republic, Volume 1

Charles Morris, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh - United States - 1902 - 436 pages
...transporting troops from East to West, reinforcing the army most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of inactivity on our...and the enemy's superior position. From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness...
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Ulysses S. Grant

Franklin Spencer Edmonds - Biography & Autobiography - 1915 - 396 pages
...transporting troops from East to West, reinforcing the armies most vigorously pressed, and to furlough large numbers, during seasons of inactivity on our...work of producing for the support of their armies." His problem was to break the military power of the rebellion and the methods which he determined to...
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