... quo. I was both willing and anxious thus to consume a few days, as it would enable Colonel Wright to finish our railroad to Raleigh. Two bridges had to be built and twelve miles of new road made. We had no iron except by taking up that on the branch... Major General William T. Sherman, and His Campaign - Page 378by Faunt Le Roy Senour - 1865 - 477 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1865 - 588 pages
...had no iron except by taking up that on the branch fromGoldsboroughto Weldon. Instead of losing by time, I gained in every way, for every hour of delay...miles to head off or catch Johnston, then retreating towards Charlotte. "At noon of the day appointed I met General Johnston for the first time in my life,... | |
| BREVET MAJOR GEORGE WARD NICHOLS - 1865 - 404 pages
...had no iron except by taking up that on the branch from Gojdsboro* to Weldon. Instead of losing by time, I gained in every way ; for every hour of delay...race of near two hundred miles to head off or catch Johnston's army, then retreating toward Charlotte. At noon of the day appointed, I met General Johnston... | |
| 1865 - 576 pages
...had no iron except by taking up that on the branch from Goldsborough to Wreldon. Instead of losing by time, I gained in every way, for every hour of delay...desirable in case the negotiations failed, and we bu forced to make the race of near two hundred miles to head off or catch Johnston, then retreating... | |
| George Ward Nichols - History - 1865 - 414 pages
...had no iron except by taking up that on tho branch from Goldsboro' to Wcldon. Instead of losing by time, I gained in every way ; for every hour of delay...condition of our wagon roads to the front, so desirable in cose the negotiations failed and we be forced to make the race of near two hundred miles to head off... | |
| William Tecumseh Sherman - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1865 - 220 pages
...the present work, f The correspondence appears in full on page 137, et seq. don. Instead of losing by time, I gained in every way, for every hour of delay...railroad to our rear, and improve the condition of our wagon-roads to the front, so desirable in case the negotiations failed, and we be forced to make the... | |
| 1865 - 594 pages
...condition of our wagon-roads to the front, so desirable in case tho negotiations failed, and we bo forced to make the race of near two hundred miles, to head off or catch Johnston's army, then retreating towards Charlotte. At noon of the day appointed, I met General Johnston... | |
| United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...had no iron except by taking up that on the branch from Goldsboro' to Weldon. Instead of losing by time I gained in every way, for every hour of delay...race of near two hundred miles to head off or catch Johnston's army, then retreating towards Charlotte. At noon of the day appointed I met General Johnston... | |
| Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1866 - 316 pages
...had no iron except- by taking up that on the branch from Goldsboro' to Weldon, Instead of losing by time, I gained in every way, for every hour of delay...railroad to our rear, and improve the condition of our wagonroads to the front, so desirable in case the negotiations failed, and we be forced to make the... | |
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