 Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless for us to occupy it ; but the utter destruction of its roads, houses, and people, will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men each month, and will gain...  Abraham Lincoln: A History - Page 475by John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 574 pages
...Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. " Until we can repopulate Georgia," he wrote, " it is useless to occupy it; but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we will lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 566 pages
...for Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. " Until we can repopulate Georgia," he wrote, "it is useless to occupy it ; but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we will lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Cheyenne Indians - 1866 - 876 pages
...Va.: wagons for Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia it is useless to occupy it, but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we will lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1875 - 428 pages
...strike out with our wagons for Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless for us to occupy it ; but the utter...and people, will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men each month, and will gain no result. I... | |
 | Thomas Budd Van Horne - United States - 1875 - 498 pages
...strike out with wagons for Milledgeville and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless to occupy it; but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can... | |
 | Thomas Budd Van Horne - United States - 1875 - 500 pages
...strike out with wagons for Milledgeville and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless to occupy it; but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - Generals - 1875 - 422 pages
...wagons for Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless for ns to occupy it ; but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people, will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads, we will lose a thousand men each month, and will gain no result. I... | |
 | Richard Taylor - Reconstruction - 1879 - 288 pages
...pride." Again, on page 152 is Sherman's telegram to General Grant: " Until we can repopulate Georgia, it is useless for us to occupy it; but the utter destruction...resources. I can make this march, and make Georgia howl." It could hardly be expected that troops trained by this commander would respect the humanities. CHAPTER... | |
 | John Campbell Butler - Georgia - 1879 - 394 pages
...strike out with our wagons for Milledgeville, Millen and Savannah. Until we can depopulate Georgia it is useless for us to occupy it ; but the utter destruction of its houses, roads and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 786 pages
...with wagons for Milledgeville, Millen, and Savannah. Until we can repopulate Georgia it is useless to occupy it ; but the utter destruction of its roads,...and people will cripple their military resources. By attempting to hold the roads we will lose one thousand men monthly, and will gain no result. I can... | |
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