 ... great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages ; but in showing to the world that your army could be divided, putting the stronger part to an important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing...  Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography - Page 293by Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 520 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light....— officers and men. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln. SHIELDS, JAMES. Lost Townships, August 27, 1842. Dear Mr. Printer : I see you printed that long letter... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army,• — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light....acknowledgments to your whole army — officers and men. [Letter to General Grant. Washington, 19 January 1865.] Please read and answer this letter as though... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 828 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light....officers and men." "Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." The Lift oj Abraham Lincoln, Ida M. Tarbell, Vol. II, page 208. Lieutenant Tad and His Sentinels r~... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1908 - 762 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light....decide. "Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your \\hole army — officers and men." ' ' Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." The Life oj Abraham Lincoln,... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - Biography & Autobiography - 1909 - 436 pages
...with speeches and music and 1 When Sherman took Savannah, Lincoln wrote to him, Dec. 26, 1864: "It brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it would be safer if I leave Gen. Grant and yourself to decide." that Bishop Duggan responded for you.... | |
 | Charles Lester Barstow - United States - 1912 - 240 pages
...new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, Hood's army, it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safer if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide. So highly do I prize this testimonial that I... | |
 | George Magruder Battey - Floyd County (Ga.) - 1922 - 650 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, Hood's army, it brings to those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safer if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide. "A. LINCOLN." On the 2nd of November I was at... | |
 | George Magruder Battey - Floyd County (Ga.). - 1922 - 648 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, Hood's army, it brings to those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safer if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide. "A. LINCOLN." On the 2nd of November I was at... | |
 | Alson Bowles Ostrander - Indians of North America - 1924 - 298 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's Army — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light....But what next? I suppose it will be safe if I leave Genl Grant and yourself to decide. Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army, officers... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 566 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to , vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light....— officers and men. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln. As the spring of 1865 opened, Lincoln left the White House for a little time, and for about ten days... | |
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