 | J. T. Headley - History - 1866 - 774 pages
...understanding of the plan referred to in this dispatch, I quote from the letter sent by Colonel Porter : — " I will therefore give my opinion, that your army and Canby's should be reinforced to the maximum; that, after you get Wilmington, you strike for Savannah and the river; that... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...despatch, I quote from \e letter sent by Colonel Porter : " I will therefore give my, opinion, that your ny and Canby's should be re-enforced to the maximum ; that, after you get ilmingtOri you strike for Savannah and the river; that Canby be instructed to hold the Mississippi... | |
 | Edward Howland - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 670 pages
...understanding of the plan referred to in this despatch, I quote from the letter sent by Colonel Porter : " I will therefore give my opinion, that your army and Canby's should be reeuforced to the maximum ; that, after you get Wilmington, you strike for Savannah and the river;... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1875 - 416 pages
...make a circuit south and back, doing vast damage to the State, but resulting in no permanent good; and by mere threatening to do so, I hold a rod over the...not over-loyal to the South. I will therefore give it as my opinion that your army and Canby's should be reCnforced to the maximum; that, after yon get... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1875 - 422 pages
...penetrate farther into Georgia without an objective beyond. It would not bo productive of much good. I can start east and make a circuit south and back,...damage to the State, but resulting in no permanent good ; and by mere threatening to do so, I hold a rod over the Georgians, who are not over-loyal to the... | |
 | Henry Van Ness Boynton - Sherman's March to the Sea - 1875 - 296 pages
...a million of people find subsistence, my army won't starve. * * * * "I will, therefore, give it as my opinion that your army and Canby's should be reenforced...the maximum ; that, after you get Wilmington, you should strike for Savannah and its river; that General Canby should hold the Mississippi River, and... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - United States - 1876 - 842 pages
...so, I hold a rod over the Georgians, who are not over-loyal to the South. I will therefore give it as my opinion that your army and Canby's should be reEnforced...the maximum ; that, after you get Wilmington, you should strike for Savannah and its river ; that General Canby should hold the Mississippi River, and... | |
 | J. Hagerty - 1884 - 156 pages
...possibility of Southern independence" — from a military point of view.) " I will therefore give it as my opinion that your army and Canby's should be re-enforced...the maximum ; that, after you get Wilmington, you should strike for Savannah and its river ; that General Canby should hold the Mississippi River, and... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Mexican War, 1846-1848 - 1885 - 686 pages
...understanding of the plan referred to in this dispatch, I quote from the letter sent by Colonel Porter : " I will therefore give my opinion, that your army and Canby's should be reinforced to the maximum ; that after you get Wilmington, you strike for Savannah and the river ;... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 612 pages
...penetrate much further into Georgia without an objective beyond. It would not be productive of much good. I can start east and make a circuit south and back,...do so, I hold a rod over the Georgians, who are not over loyal to the South." He, therefore, gives it as his opinion that Grant's army and Canby's should... | |
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I convinced that it would be wrong for me to penetrate much farther into Georgia without an objective beyond. It would not be productive of much good. I can start east and make a circuit south and back, doing vast damage to the State, but resulting in... 
