 | 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
...the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...run the battenes with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river, and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...run the batteries with the 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...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river, and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...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...I" thought you should go down the river, and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...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...Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should 20 down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turued northward, east of the Big Black, I feared... | |
 | 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,...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I have... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...run the batteries with the transports, and thus go 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 yon got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should go down the river... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
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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... 
