 | William Tecumseh Sherman - History - 1990 - 1086 pages
...deem it wise and prudent to prepare in time. The use of Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will...not go now, when all the arrangements are completed tor the transfer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending armies will renew the scenes... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...general's letter-writing art at its best. Phrases and sentences rose powerfully from its text— . . . sooner or later want will compel the inhabitants to go. Why not go now . . . instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending armies will renew the scenes of the past... | |
 | Isaac Newton Arnold - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...removal. In reply, General Sherman said: " The use of Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will...go. Why not go now, when all the arrangements are compieteci for the transfer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending armies will renew... | |
 | Elizabeth D. Samet - History - 2004 - 300 pages
...September 1864 articulates a dynamic of cause and effect strikingly similar to that of Shakespeare's scene: Why not go now, when all the arrangements are completed for the transfer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending armies will renew the scenes of the past month? . . . You cannot... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 668 pages
...deem it wise and prudent to prepare in time. The use of Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will...are completed for the transfer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending armies will renew the scene of the past month ? Of course I do... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1866 - 828 pages
...deem it wise, and prudent to prepare in time. The use of Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will...compel the inhabitants to go. Why not go now, when ail the arrangements are completed for the transfer, instead of waiting till the plunging shot of contending... | |
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Atlanta for warlike purposes is inconsistent with its character as a home for families. There will be no manufactures, commerce, or agriculture here for the maintenance of families and Sooner or later want will compel the Inhabitants to go. 
