 My DEAR GENERAL SHERMAN : Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift, 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...  Report of the First Meeting - Page 129by Society of the Army of the Cumberland - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Alson Bowles Ostrander - Indians of North America - 1924 - 298 pages
...own handwriting, and which explains itself: EXECUTIVE MANSION Washington Deer. 26, 1864 My dear Genl Sherman Many, many thanks for your Christmas gift — the capture of Savannah. honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce. And taking the work of... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - Presidents - 1925 - 566 pages
...their final struggle. The letter of Lincoln is as follows : EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, December 26, 1864. My Dear General Sherman : Many, many thanks...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... | |
 | Clarence Edward Noble Macartney - Generals - 1925 - 256 pages
...city of Savannah." In his acknowledgment of this splendid gift to the nation Lincoln wrote to Sherman: My dear General Sherman : Many, many thanks for your...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,... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1928 - 740 pages
...the one he wrote to Grant after Vicksburg: V EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, December 26, 1864. "Mv DEAR GENERAL SHERMAN : "Many, many thanks for your...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,... | |
 | 1887 - 980 pages
...thoughts and feeling when he wrote me at Savannah from Washington under date of 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 judge, and remembering ' nothing risked,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - History - 1977 - 292 pages
...Washington, Dec. 26, 1864. My dear General Sherman: Many, many, thanks for your Christmas-gift — 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... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - History - 1990 - 1086 pages
...even' word of which is in his own familiar handwriting. It is elated — 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 judge, and remembering "nothing risked,... | |
 | Lloyd Lewis - History - 1993 - 744 pages
...thanks to Sherman and sent it South by General Logan, who was departing to rejoin his Fifteenth Corps: MY DEAR GENERAL SHERMAN: Many, many thanks for your...gift — the capture of Savannah. When you were about to leave Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling you were the better... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - History - 1994 - 278 pages
...25,000 bales of cotton." Sherman was delighted when he received back Lincoln's message of gratitude. "When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic Coast, I was anxious if not fearful," Lincoln admitted, "but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...ammunition and also about 25000 bales of cotton" (HM 32383). Lincoln replied 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... | |
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