 When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew...  Life and Administration of Abraham Lincoln - Página 73por George Washington Bacon - 1865Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Beauchamp Jones - 1866 - 484 páginas
...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. When you...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - 1866 - 688 páginas
...succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Great Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should g<? down the river and join General Banks ; and when you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a perlonal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong Yours very truly, (Signed) A. LINCOLN.... | |
 | John Beauchamp Jones - 1866 - 494 páginas
...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. When you...took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should go down the river and join Gen. Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black,... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 páginas
...Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish now to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." The President's praise of General Grant was the voice of the country. The capture of Vicksburg, with... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 556 páginas
...Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish now to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." The President's praise of General Grant was the voice of the country. The capture of Vicksburg, with... | |
 | Albert Deane Richardson - 1868 - 644 páginas
...hope that you knew hotter than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition mid the like could succeed. AVhen you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. " Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN." Halleck, stirred to unwonted enthusiasm, also wrote : — " In boldness of... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1868 - 1134 páginas
...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. When you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." Rarely as such words have reached a... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1868 - 494 páginas
...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. When you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment tJiat you were right and I wag wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Congratulations... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1868 - 386 páginas
...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. When you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong." Halleck also was liberal in his praise... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - 1868 - 452 páginas
...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. When you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you •were right and I was wrong. Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." Grant... | |
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