Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you, will be treated with all the respect due them as prisoners of. war. I do not favor the proposition of... The Rebellion Record: June '63-Nov. '63 - Page 143edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Perley Poore, O. H. Tiffany - Presidents - 1885 - 792 pages
...endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and. 1 can assure you, will be treated with all the respect due them as prisoners of war. I do not favor the appointment of commissioners to arrange cerms of capitulation, because I have no other terms than those... | |
| James Penny Boyd - 1892 - 630 pages
...the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you will be treated with all respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition to appoint commissioners to arrange... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - Presidents - 1895 - 926 pages
...the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you wiil be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1897 - 874 pages
...these generous words : " Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg will always challenge the respect of an adversary,...assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange the terms... | |
| William Conant Church - Generals - 1897 - 586 pages
...of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg will always challenge the respect of an adversary,...assure you, will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange the terms... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - United States - 1898 - 874 pages
...these generous words : " Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg will always challenge the respect of an adversary,...assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange the terms... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - United States - 1898 - 324 pages
...challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of...to arrange terms of capitulation, because I have no terms other than those indicated above. Bowen, the bearer of Pemberton's letter, who had been received... | |
| Charles Anderson Dana - United States - 1898 - 328 pages
...of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg will always challenge the respect of an adversary,...assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange terms of... | |
| Clement Anselm Evans - Confederate States of America - 1899 - 782 pages
...therefore unnecessary, adding: " Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those in Vicksburg will always challenge the respect of an adversary,...assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. " But there was a conference on the lines at 3 pm between General Pemberton, accompanied... | |
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