Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865, Volume 3D. Appleton, 1882 - United States |
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... cavalry— Increased consternation of rebels - Futile efforts to obstruct Sherman- Arrival at Millen - Policy of Sherman - Turns his columns towards Savan- nah - Character of country on Savannah river - Arrival in front of Savan- nah ...
... cavalry— Increased consternation of rebels - Futile efforts to obstruct Sherman- Arrival at Millen - Policy of Sherman - Turns his columns towards Savan- nah - Character of country on Savannah river - Arrival in front of Savan- nah ...
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... cavalry came sweeping up the Martinsburg road , overlapping Early's left , and driving the rebel cavalry before them in a confused mass , through the broken infantry . Sheridan now rode rapidly along the line of the Sixth and Nineteenth ...
... cavalry came sweeping up the Martinsburg road , overlapping Early's left , and driving the rebel cavalry before them in a confused mass , through the broken infantry . Sheridan now rode rapidly along the line of the Sixth and Nineteenth ...
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... cavalry only ; and at the close , declares " the main part of my force and all my trains had been saved . " But in his official report to Lee , written at the time , he gives his loss in infantry and artillery alone at 3,611 ; that of ...
... cavalry only ; and at the close , declares " the main part of my force and all my trains had been saved . " But in his official report to Lee , written at the time , he gives his loss in infantry and artillery alone at 3,611 ; that of ...
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... cavalry in time to check them . He had been detained at a gorge in the mountains , Sheridan's return shows 85 killed , 677 wounded , and 9 missing , but this does not include the losses in Crook's command or the cavalry . Early wrote to ...
... cavalry in time to check them . He had been detained at a gorge in the mountains , Sheridan's return shows 85 killed , 677 wounded , and 9 missing , but this does not include the losses in Crook's command or the cavalry . Early wrote to ...
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... cavalry under Wheeler had been sent to cut the railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga , and on the 13th of August , Sherman learned that Wheeler was threatening Dalton . " Before cutting loose , as pro- posed , " he continued , " I ...
... cavalry under Wheeler had been sent to cut the railroad between Atlanta and Chattanooga , and on the 13th of August , Sherman learned that Wheeler was threatening Dalton . " Before cutting loose , as pro- posed , " he continued , " I ...
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Page 596 - GENERAL, — I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General. "
Page 693 - 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 to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 585 - 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 584 - GENERAL, -I received, at a late hour, your note of to-day in answer to mine of yesterday. I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition.
Page 102 - ... nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return. Take all provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command ; such as cannot be consumed, destroy. It is not desirable that the buildings should be destroyed — they should rather be protected; but the people should be informed that, so long as an army can subsist among them, recurrences of these raids must be expected, and we are determined to stop them at all hazards.
Page 620 - ... 7. In general terms — the war to cease ; a general amnesty, so far as the Executive of the United States can command, on condition of the disbandment of the Confederate armies, the distribution of the arms, and the resumption of peaceful pursuits by the officers and men hitherto composing said armies.
Page 619 - The number of arms and munitions of war to be reported to the Chief of Ordnance at Washington City, subject to the future action of the Congress of the United States, and, in the mean time, to be used solely to maintain peace and order within the borders of the States respectively. "3. The recognition by the Executive of...
Page 589 - 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 222 - Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until, by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the Constitution and laws of the land.