 | George Washington Bacon - 1865 - 148 pages
...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 Tazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...— 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 Vazoo Pasa expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...with the transports, and thus go below ; and 1 never had any faith, except a general hope that yon knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When yon got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should gn down the river... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 884 pages
...the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a generaf hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition und the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought... | |
 | John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow - Presidents - 1866 - 264 pages
...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...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." A proclamation for a national thanksgiving... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...— 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...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish now to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." The President's... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...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...go down the river and join General Banks ; and when yon turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal... | |
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When you first reached the vicinity of 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... 
