 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 624 pages
...Station despatch to the Secretary of War. " I now know the full history of the day," he wrote. " On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed...attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even... | |
 | George Congdon Gorham - Cabinet officers - 1899 - 514 pages
...right bank), we repulsed several attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, — all that soldiers could accomplish, — but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even after I brought my last reserves into action. The loss on both sides is terrible. I believe it... | |
 | George Congdon Gorham - Cabinet officers - 1899 - 528 pages
...now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank), we repulsed several attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, — all that soldiers could accomplish, — but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers,... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - 1901 - 1070 pages
...he had learned the particulars of his defeat. He says : " I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed...attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 544 pages
...right bank) we repulsed several strong attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even after I brought my last reserves into action. The loss on both sides is terrible. I believe it... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - Presidents - 1902 - 888 pages
...THE POTOMAC, } SAVAGE'S STATION, June 28, 1862, 12.20 AM j I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed...attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed several very strong attacks.' On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even... | |
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 532 pages
...know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed several very strong attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even... | |
 | Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 538 pages
...bank) we repulsed several very strong attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even after I brought my last reserve into action. Had I 20, 000 or even 10,000 fresh troops to use... | |
 | John William Jones - Biography & Autobiography - 1906 - 502 pages
...following telegram to President Lincoln: June 28, 1862, 12.20 AM I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed...they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even after I brought my last reserves into action. Had I 20,000 or even 10,000 fresh troops to use... | |
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I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed several strong attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior... 
