| William M. Thayer - 1886 - 528 pages
...our part, to go to their homes and do the work of providing for the support of their armies ; so that it was a question whether our numerical strength and...disadvantages, and the enemy's superior position." Grant knew how to manage a " balky team," and no team was long "balky" under his control; and this... | |
| Willis C. Humphrey - United States - 1886 - 720 pages
...inserted to show the situation of the contending forces, and General Grant's views at that time. 1864. From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiExtract ness °^ the people, both North and South, until the military... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 718 pages
...military strength of the Rebellion. This was his faith and the principle which controlled his conduct. " From the first I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military power... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 pages
...our part, to go to their homes and do the work of providing for the support of their armies ; so that it was a question whether our numerical strength and...disadvantages, and the enemy's superior position." Grant knew how to manage a " balky team," and no team was long " balky " under his control ; and this... | |
| Donn Piatt - United States - 1893 - 706 pages
...inactivity on our part, to go to their homes and do the work of producing for the support of their armies. It was a question whether \ our numerical, strength...stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, North and South, until the military power of the rebellion was entirely broken. "I therefore determined,... | |
| Donn Piatt - United States - 1893 - 700 pages
...inactivity on our part, to go to their homes and do the work of producing for the support of their armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength and...the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, North and South, until the military power of... | |
| Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 574 pages
...into the field, regardless >*! season and weather, were necessary to a speedy termination of the war. From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that was stable, and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 pages
...inactivity on our part, to go to their homes, and do the work of producing for the support of their armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength and...the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military power... | |
| Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 pages
...inactivity on our part, to go to their homes, and do the work of producing for the support of their armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength and...the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military power... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1897 - 874 pages
...Government, and long lines of communications to protect, to enable us to supply the operating armies. It was a question whether our numerical strength and...were not more than balanced by these disadvantages. I therefore determined to use the greatest number of troops, and to hammer continuously against the... | |
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