 | Adam Badeau - Generals - 1868 - 792 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo pass expedition and 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 joia General Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake.... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 452 pages
...and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you •were right and I was wrong. Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." Grant was neither elated nor made vain by his victories. Nor did he, like some of our... | |
 | Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 644 pages
...when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. " Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN." Halleck, stirred to unwonted enthusiasm, also wrote : — " In boldness of plan, rapidity... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1869 - 820 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When yon got below, nnd took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...I now wish to mako a personal acknowledgment, that yon were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, Several gentlemen were near the President at the... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like conld succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...river and join General Banks ; and when you turned north ward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to mako a personal acknowledgment,... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN.... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was "wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN.... | |
 | Charles Abner Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...took Port Gibson, Great Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should go down the river, and join Gen.* Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the...Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right, and I was wrong. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. It... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 886 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and 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, und when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - United States - 1875 - 416 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity I thought...Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. A. LINCOLN." CHAPTER XXX. X3ZTJXDSOJST... | |
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When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment... 
