Instead of my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference in war is full twenty-five per cent. I can make Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the... Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography - Page 244by Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 512 pagesFull view - About this book
| Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 574 pages
...lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can make the march, and make Georgia howl." And again : " Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky,...lieutenant-general to modify these plans, so far as to give him the choice of either of the three alternatives just named. " I must have alternatives," he said... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive ; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference...Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chattahoochee. Answer quick, as I know we will not have the telegraph long." " WT SHERMAN, Major General. " Lieutenant... | |
| Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive ; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference...Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chattahoochee. Answer quick, as I kuow we will not have the telegraph long." " WT SHERMAN, Major General. " Lieutenant... | |
| United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive ; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference...can make Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chattahoochie. "Answer quick, as I know we will not have the telegraph long. "WT SHERMAN, Major General.... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive ; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference...per cent. I can make Savannah, Charleston, or the month of the Cbattahoochee. "Answer quick, as I know we will not have the telegraph long. "Cnr Ponrr,... | |
| Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...instead of guessing at what he means to do,be would have to guess at my plans. The difference in war la full twenty-five per cent. I can make Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chattahoochee. " Answer quick, as I know we will not have the telegraph long. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GRANT." M WT BHERMAN,... | |
| United States. President - United States - 1866 - 920 pages
...instead of guessing nt what he means to do, he would have to guess ut my plans. The difference in wiir is full twenty-five per cent. I can make Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chuttahoochie. "Answer quick, us I know wo will not have the telegraph long. " WT «HERMAN, Major General.... | |
| United States. President - United States - 1866 - 722 pages
...my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive; instead of guessing ut what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans. The difference in war is full uveiity-iive per cent. I can make Savannah, Charleston, or the mouth of the Chattahoochie. "Aunwcr... | |
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