...during the campaign. Some of our corps commanders are not fit to be corporals. Lazy and incompetent, they will not even ride along their lines ; yet without...attack the enemy, no matter what their position or what their numbers. Twenty thousand of our killed and wounded should to-day be in our ranks." But it...

...enemy's entrenchments knowing neither their strength nor position. * * * I am very sorry to add that I have seen but little generalship during the campaign....enemy, no matter what their position or numbers." As the assault on Cold Harbor was a general one, it follows of course that it must have been ordered...

...enemy's entrenchments knowing neither their strength nor position. * * * I am very sorry to add that I have seen but little generalship during the campaign....enemy, no matter what their position or numbers." As the assault on Cold Harbor was a general one, it follows of course that it must have been ordered...

...said to him : "I am sorry to say I have seen but little generalship during the campaign. Some of the corps commanders are not fit to be corporals. Lazy...to attack the enemy, no matter what their position and numbers." This comment aids in the understanding of Grant's dependence upon Hancock and Sheridan...

...he wrote again: ". . . some of our corps commanders are not fit to be corporals. Lazy and indolent, they will not even ride along their lines; yet, without...enemy, no matter what their position or numbers." (Peter S. Michie, ed., The Life and Letters of Emory Upton, New York, NY: D. Appleton, 1885, 108-109.)...