 | Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 644 pages
..." MY DEAR GENERAL :— I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...wish to say a word further. When you first reached tho vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what yon finally did — march the troops across... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 452 pages
...you first reached the vicinity of Vicksbnrg, I thought you should do what you finally did,—march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with...and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed.... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - Presidents - 1868 - 386 pages
...Executive Mansion. DEAR GENERAL, — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say further, when you first reached' the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - Ohio - 1868 - 1172 pages
...you have done the country. I wish," he continued, "to say a word further. When you first reached tho vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across tho neck, run tho batteries with the transports, and thus go below, and I never had any faith, except... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 456 pages
...GRANT — My Dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say further : when you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - Ohio - 1868 - 1134 pages
...it, the central figure of the war. President Lincoln addressed him a characteristic letter — "in grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish," he continued, "to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinitj* of Vicksburg, I thought... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 pages
...met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service yon have done the country. I wish to say a word further....thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like conld succeed.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 944 pages
...32 в 189 2 545 3,688 303 grateful acknowledgment fur the almost inestimable bervice you have dune the country. I wish to say a . word further. When...and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Ynzoo Pass expedition and the like conld succeed.... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1869 - 820 pages
...J >I:A u GENERAL : — I do not remember that yon and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...done the country. I wish to say a word further. When yon first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what yon finally did — march... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...GRANT : MY DEAR GENERAL — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed.... | |
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My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg,... 
