 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 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 590 pages
...be for Sherman equivalent to being decoyed out of Georgia. To remain on the defensive, on the other hand, would be to lose the main effectiveness of the...through Georgia, smashing things, .to the sea." He now pro • posed to the lieutenant-general to modify these plans, so far as to give Mm the choice of either... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 566 pages
...lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can make the march, and make Georgia Iwwl." And again : " Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky,...lieutenant-general to modify these plans, so far as to give hi™ the choice of either of the three alternatives just named. " I must have alternatives," he said... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
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