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
| 1869 - 944 páginas
...that you knew better than I, that the Ynzoo Pass expedition and the like conld succeed. When you ¡jot below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you shonld'go down the river and join Gen. Bunks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Block,... | |
| Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 568 páginas
...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. 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. The Southern... | |
| Everett Chamberlin - 1872 - 586 páginas
...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. 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. The... | |
| 1872 - 886 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, und when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
| Charles Abner Phelps - 1872 - 404 páginas
...took Port Gibson, Great Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should go down the river, and join Gen.* Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right, and I was wrong. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. It was... | |
| Willard W. Glazier - 1875 - 416 páginas
...below : and I never had an^ faith except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. A. LINCOLN." CHAPTER XXX. X3ZTJXDSOJST The Citadel on the Bluffs.— Four Miles of Batteries.— The... | |
| James Baird McClure - 1879 - 250 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 1 was wrong.''1 Several gentlemen were near the President... | |
| Julian K. Larke - 1879 - 538 páginas
...below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than 1, 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 1 was wrung* Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Several... | |
| James Baird McClure - 1879 - 260 páginas
...that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass ex9 pedition and the 1 ike could succeed. When yon got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and 1 was wrong." Several gentlemen were near the President... | |
| John Lindsay Swift - 1880 - 218 páginas
...the only general who was always successful." Lincoln wrote him, " When you turned northward, east of Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong." Amid all the congratulations and honors... | |
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