 ... the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I,...  Abraham Lincoln - Page 162by John Torrey Morse - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...below; and I never had any faith, except a general Impo that you knew better than I, that the Ynzoo Pass expedition and the like would succeed. When you...took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity, I thought yon should go down, the rivor and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward, east of the Big... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...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,...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...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,...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Abraham Lincoln was not ashamed to acknowledge that General Grant was... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...except a general hope that you knew better than T, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...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,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories,... | |
 | Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...his Yicksburg campaign. The remarkable letter of President Lincoln is the noblest epitome. He says, " When you got be-low, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I have now to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." We need dwell no longer... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...еепегаГ 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,...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...except a general hope, that you knew better / *han 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 20 down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turued northward, east of the Big Black, I feared... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When yon got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black,... | |
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