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" I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not want you, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. "
Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: A Critical History of Operations in ... - Page 582
by William Swinton - 1866 - 640 pages
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...directing him not to cut loose for the contemplated raid just at present. " I now feel," he said, " like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so,...at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. The movements of the enemy's cavalry may, of course, modify...
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History of the American War, Volume 3

Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1866 - 600 pages
...the Commander-inChief is curious from the homeliness of its language. General Grant writes : — ' I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible...at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. We will act all together as one army here, until it is seen...
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The Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, from His Boyhood to the ...

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...about one hundred men. Humphreys reached Dabucy's Mill, and was pushing on when last heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not want yon, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the morning, push around...
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of ...

1866 - 724 pages
...about one hundred men. Humphreys reached Lhibney's mill, und was pushing on when last heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not W4nt you, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the morning push «round...
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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ...

United States. President - United States - 1866 - 920 pages
...about one hundred men. Humphreys reached Diibney's mill, nnd was pushing on wtien lust heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not w>mt yon, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at preseut. In the morning push around...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...Railroads. But on the night of the 29th, Grant modified his plan iu this respect, and wrote to Sheridan : " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. * * In the morning, therefore, push round the enemy, and get on his right-rear. We will act altogether...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...Railroads. But on the night of the 29th, Grant modified his plan in this respect, and wrote to Sheridan: "I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. * * In the morning, therefore, push round the enemy, and get on his right-rear. We will act altogether...
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Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 2

United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...about one hundred men. Humphreys reached Dahuey's mill, and was pushing on when last heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going hack. I do not want yon, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the...
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Four Years of Fighting: A Volume of Personal Observation with the Army and ...

Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1866 - 602 pages
...cut the South Side road at Burkesville, but Grant, upon deliberation, decided to strike nearer. " I feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back," wrote Grant, from Gravelly Run, — three miles west of Hatcher's Run. " I do not want you to cut loose...
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The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1

J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 772 pages
...capturing about one hundred men. Humphreys reached Dabney's Mill, and was pushing on when last heard from. I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do BO, before going back. I do not want you, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at...
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