 When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful ; but feeling that you were the better judge; and remembering that "nothing risked, nothing gained," I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the...  Report of the First Meeting - Page 129by Society of the Army of the Cumberland - 1904Full view - About this book
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - History - 1990 - 1086 pages
...WASHINGTON, December 26, 1864. When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but, feeling that you were the better...being a success, the honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce; and, taking the work of General Thomas into account, as... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling you were the better judge, and remembering that "nothing risked nothing gained," I did not interfere....being a success, the honor is all yours, for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce. And taking the work of General Thomas into the count, as... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - History - 1994 - 278 pages
...if not fearful," Lincoln admitted, "but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing risked, nothing gained,' I did not interfere....being a success, the honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce." This was vindication indeed, for the risk, for the self... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...next day: 26 DECEMBER 1864 When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that "nothing risked, nothing gained" I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 460 pages
..."When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast," Lincoln confessed to him, "I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing risked, nothing gained" I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the... | |
 | Mark E. Neely, Harold Holzer - Design - 2000 - 312 pages
...the capture of Savannah. When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing risked, nothing gained' I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the... | |
 | Anne J. Bailey - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 172 pages
...general. "When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful," but "I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce." Sherman's strategy, Lincoln continued, was "indeed a great... | |
 | Brian M. Thomsen - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 390 pages
...WASHINGTON, DECEMBER 26, 1864. When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but; feeling that you were the better...being a success, the honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce; and, taking the work of General Thomas into account, as... | |
 | Henry Newton Comey - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 314 pages
...Atlantic Coast, I was anxious if not fearful, but feeling you were the better judge, and remembering that "nothing risked, nothing gained," I did not interfere....being a success, the honor is all yours, for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce. And taking the work of General Thomas into the count, as... | |
 | Charles Bracelen Flood - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 508 pages
...Savannah. When you were about to leave Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful . . . Now the undertaking being a success, the honor is all yours, for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce . . . But what next? I suppose it will be safe if I leave... | |
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