| William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 566 páginas
...taken, it is indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and military advantages; but in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...yet leaving enough to , vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light.... | |
| 1887 - 980 páginas
...indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages, but in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, Hood's army, it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 páginas
...indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages; but, in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's army — it brings those who sat in darkness, to see a great light. But... | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman - 1990 - 1086 páginas
...indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages, but, in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole. Hood's army, it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what... | |
| Charles Mattocks - 1994 - 492 páginas
...indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages, but, in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's army — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light" (OR,... | |
| Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 páginas
...than to acquiesce. . . . Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages ... it brings those who sat in darkness, to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safer if I leave Gen. Grant and yourself to decide. 27 Lincoln insisted on unconditional surrender.... | |
| Anne J. Bailey - 2003 - 172 páginas
..."indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages, but, in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's army — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light."6... | |
| Stig Förster, Jorg Nagler - 2002 - 724 páginas
...campaign "a great success" not only in affording "the obvious and immediate military advantages" but also "in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole - Hood's army." This, Lincoln said, "brings those who sat in darkness, to see a... | |
| Jefferson Davis - 2003 - 770 páginas
...and "enough force left over to limit Hood's effectiveness." Lincoln later praised him (Dec. 26) for "showing to the world that your army could be divided,...the stronger part to an important new service, and leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's army — it brings those... | |
| Henry Newton Comey - 2004 - 314 páginas
...is indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantage, but in showing to the world that your army could be divided,...great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safe to leave you and General Grant to decide. Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army,... | |
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