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... Abraham Lincoln, the Man of the People - Page 323by Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 433 pagesFull view - About this book
| Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...wish to say a word further. 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 butteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general Impo... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...of Vicksburgh, I thought you should do what you finally did, march the troops across the neck, fun the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across...the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks... | |
| Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 870 pages
...wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburgh, I thought you should do what you finally did, march the troops across the...the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks... | |
| 1864 - 878 pages
...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...Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When yon got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should go down the river... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...write to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across...faith, except a general hope, that you knew better / *han I that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across...thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except а еепегаГ hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...write to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Ticksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across...transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any &ith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did—march the troops across the neck, rim the batteries with the transports, and thus go below;...faith, except a general hope that you knew better than T, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...write to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought yon should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the battenes with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope... | |
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