...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do, what you finally did —...and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except in a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could...

...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did - march...and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except in a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed....

...Ulysses S. Grant Major General Grant Executive Mansion, My dear General Washington, July 13, 1863. general hope that you knew better than I, that the...like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port-Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks;...

...have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg I thought you should do what you finally did, —...the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and then go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope, that you knew better than I that the...

...confidence. When all was over and the Mississippi was virtually opened to the sea, he wrote to the General, " When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you would go down the river and join General Banks ; and when you hurried northward east of the Big Black,...