Illustrated Life, Campaigns and Public Services of Lieut. General Grant ...: With a Full History of His Life, Campaigns, and Battles, and His Orders, Reports, and Correspondence with the War Department and the President in Relation to Them ...T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1865 - 257 pages |
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... forward and took him by the hand . time he was known as " Company Grant . " During the year 1840 he advanced into the third class , ranking as corporal in the cadet battalion ; in 1841 he entered the second class , ranking as , sergeant ...
... forward and took him by the hand . time he was known as " Company Grant . " During the year 1840 he advanced into the third class , ranking as corporal in the cadet battalion ; in 1841 he entered the second class , ranking as , sergeant ...
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... forward , perfecting the occupation , and seizing immense quantities of stores which were awaiting shipment to the South . A small force was then sent down the railroad some seven or eight miles , and destroyed an important bridge over ...
... forward , perfecting the occupation , and seizing immense quantities of stores which were awaiting shipment to the South . A small force was then sent down the railroad some seven or eight miles , and destroyed an important bridge over ...
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... forward - all as skirmishers - and the enemy driven foot by foot , and from tree to tree , back to their encamp- ment on the river bank , a distance of two miles . Here they had strengthened their position by felling the timber for ...
... forward - all as skirmishers - and the enemy driven foot by foot , and from tree to tree , back to their encamp- ment on the river bank , a distance of two miles . Here they had strengthened their position by felling the timber for ...
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... forward them as soon as received . All the troops behaved with much gallantry , much of which is attrib- uted to the coolness and presence of mind of the officers , par- ticularly the colonels . General McClernand was in the midst of ...
... forward them as soon as received . All the troops behaved with much gallantry , much of which is attrib- uted to the coolness and presence of mind of the officers , par- ticularly the colonels . General McClernand was in the midst of ...
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... forward . The order was obeyed with great alacrity , the men all showing great courage . I can say with great gratification that every colonel , without a single exception , set an example to their commands that inspired a confidence ...
... forward . The order was obeyed with great alacrity , the men all showing great courage . I can say with great gratification that every colonel , without a single exception , set an example to their commands that inspired a confidence ...
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66 HEAD-QUARTERS advance April army corps arrived artillery assault attack batteries battle Bottoms bridge bridge brigade Brigadier-General Brown's Ferry Burnside camp campaign captured cavalry Chattanooga Chattanooga Valley Colonel column command commenced Corinth Court House crossing Department despatch division enemy enemy's engaged eral field Fifth Corps fighting fire flank force front gallant gunboats guns Halleck honor hour hundred infantry intrenchments killed Knoxville Lieutenant-General Lookout Mountain loss Major-General MAJOR-GENERAL U. S. GRANT McClernand McPherson ment miles military Mission Ridge Missionary Ridge Mississippi morning move movement musketry night o'clock obedient servant officers Pemberton Petersburg pickets position Potomac prisoners railroad rear rebel rebellion regiments retreat Richmond rifle-pits river road Rosecrans Secretary Secretary of War sent Sherman side Sixth Corps skirmishers soldiers Spottsylvania Court House staff STANTON surrender Tennessee Tennessee river Thomas thousand troops U. S. GRANT Vicksburg victory Washington WEST TENNESSEE wounded
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Page 54 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 260 - The arms, artillery, and public property, to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 259 - I cannot, therefore, meet you with a view to surrender the Army of Northern Virginia, but as far as your proposal may affect the Confederate States...
Page 260 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 157 - Reliable information being received that the insurgent force is retreating from East Tennessee, under circumstances rendering it probable that the Union forces cannot hereafter be dislodged from that important position ; and esteeming this to be of high national consequence, I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this information, assemble at their places of worship, and render special homage and gratitude to Almighty God for this great advancement of the National cause.
Page 259 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 192 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE, IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Page 160 - Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be and they hereby are presented to Major-General Ulysies S.
Page 259 - GENERAL : I received your note of this morning on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you, and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday. With reference to the surrender of this army, I now request an interview, in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.
Page 127 - 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 you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and 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 wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN.