 Why, General, we know that you have been training us for this race for the last three weeks." Just at that moment, not knowing exactly what to say to him, I looked over my shoulder and saw a steamboat coming into Chattanooga, I said, " we have trained...  Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland: 1868 - Page 85by Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Reunion - 1868Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Budd Van Horne - Generals - 1882 - 552 pages
...hill, I fell among some of my old soldiers, who always took liberties with me—who commenced talk1ng and giving their views of the victory. When I attempted...that moment, not knowing exactly what to say to him, I looked over my shoulder and saw a steamboat coming into Chattanooga, I said, " we have trained you... | |
 | Thomas Budd Van Horne - Generals - 1882 - 538 pages
...always took liberties with me — who commenced talking and giving their views of the victory. When 1 attempted to compliment them for the gallant manner...that moment, not knowing exactly what to say to him, I looked over my shoulder and saw a steamboat coming into Chattanooga, I said, " we have trained you... | |
 | Freeman Cleaves - Juvenile Nonfiction - 1986 - 372 pages
...the victory," he related. "When I attempted to compliment them for the gallant manner in which they made the assault, one man very coolly replied: 'Why,...training us for this race for the last three weeks.' "39 Grant held himself aloof from the general elation. According to Hooker, he was heard to remark,... | |
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