 | William M. Thayer - 1886 - 528 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...and I was wrong. Yours very truly, " A. LINCOLN." And yet, Grant's MODESTY never surrendered. It was a tremendous bombardment it received from big and... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1886 - 384 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...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." So closely had... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 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...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours truly, "A. LINCOLN." The events which have just been briefly mentioned greatly changed the current... | |
 | James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 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...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 time was soon... | |
 | L. T. Remlap - 1885 - 790 páginas
...northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgement that you were right and I was wrong Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. The brilliant success of Vicksburg did not induce Grant to rest his army, but only spurred him on to... | |
 | William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 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...personal acknowledgment that you were right and I ivas wrong, " Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." And yet, Grant's MODESTY never surrendered. It was a... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 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...personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was "as3. ' wrong." There remained but one act to close the mighty drama of the struggle for the great... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 páginas
...than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like would succeed. When you got below and took Fort Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. A. LINCOLN. CALL FOR A DAY OF THANKSGIVING... | |
 | Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 414 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...acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong. " Yours truly, " A. LINCOLN." Vicksburg's capture was undoubtedly the greatest achievement of the war up to... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - 1885 - 792 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." General... | |
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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... 
