 | Charles Wallace French - Biography & Autobiography - 1891 - 412 pages
...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 thoug-ht...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 truly, " A. LINCOLN."... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - Presidents - 1885 - 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...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."... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1892 - 630 pages
...and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and the vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join 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 were right and I was wrong." Halleck bestowed similar praise,... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 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 General Banks. When you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...knew better than I that the Ya/.oo 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 General Banks. When you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 394 pages
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like would 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." Immediately after the ceremony... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...knew better than I that the Ynzoo 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 General Banks. When you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 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 dowu the river and join General Banks. When you turned northward, cast of the Big Black, I feared it... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1894 - 782 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. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 274 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. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.... | |
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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... 
