 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity, I thought yon should go down, the rivor and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was wrong. Yours very Truly, A. LIN'COLX. Grant's... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories, together with others, both numerous and important, which were achieved... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...that you knew better than T, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories, together with others, both numerous and important, which were achieved... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1864 - 424 pages
...that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Abraham... | |
 | Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...campaign. The remarkable letter of President Lincoln is the noblest epitome. He says, " When you got be-low, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...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... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...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...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. off the white inhabitants and burned the jris mills, cotton gins, and granaries, and dettrovej the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...that you knew better than 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 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
...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... | |
 | Frank Crosby - Presidents - 1865 - 506 pages
...that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. " Yours, truly, "A. LINCOLN." The following was issued in commemoration of the victories at Vicksburg, Port... | |
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... 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, that the Yazoo Pass... 
