 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...except a general Impo that you knew better than I, that the Ynzoo Pass expedition and the like would succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity, I thought yon should go down, the rivor and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward, east of the Big... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...did, march the troops across the neck, fun the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...— 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...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. Abraham... | |
 | Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...his Yicksburg campaign. The remarkable letter of President Lincoln is the noblest epitome. He says, " When you got be-low, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I have now to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." We need dwell no longer... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except а еепегаГ hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass...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... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...did—march the troops across the neck, rim the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any 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,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...— 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 better / *han I that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took... | |
 | 1865 - 278 pages
...did, ma.rch 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...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."... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...troops across the neck, run tho batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never luiJ any faith, except a general hope that you knew better...down the river and join General Banks, and when you tnrned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal... | |
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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... 
