 | Charles Mattocks - Biography & Autobiography - 1994 - 492 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's army — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light" (OR, ser. 1, vol. 44: 809). 40. "I had often seen men suffering for want of food, but here, for the... | |
 | Ida M. Tarbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1999 - 572 pages
...important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole,-Hood's army, -it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great...Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army-officers and men. Yours very tally, A. LINCOLN. Although the great majority of the country agreed... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - Biography & Autobiography - 2003 - 220 pages
...than to acquiesce. . . . Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages ... it brings those who sat in darkness, to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safer if I leave Gen. Grant and yourself to decide. 27 Lincoln insisted on unconditional surrender.... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - History - 2003 - 770 pages
...new service, and leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole — Hood's army — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light" (OR, serl, v39, pt3, 613-14, 659, v44, 809; Haughton, Training, Tactics, and Leadership, 173). 'Paralleling... | |
 | Henry Newton Comey - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 314 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing forces of the whole — Hood's Army — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safe to leave you and General Grant to decide. Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army,... | |
 | Brian M. Thomsen - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 390 pages
...important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, Hood's army, it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next? I suppose it will be safer if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide. A. LINCOLN. Of course, this judgment, made after... | |
 | Charles Bracelen Flood - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 508 pages
...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 it to you and General Grant to decide. Grant, adding his praise in a letter to Sherman marked "Confidential,"... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 292 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole,— Hood's army,— it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great...whole army— officers and men. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN '. . . get a good ready " the end drawing near, Lincoln hopes that General Sherman will keep... | |
 | Carl Sandburg - Biography & Autobiography - 2007 - 476 pages
...being a success, the honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went farther than to acquiesce . . . Please make my grateful acknowledgments to your whole army, officers and men." THE "Losr ARMY" — TuE SOITH IN FIRF AND BLOOD — \VAR I'utse iNs 1 he campaigning in Icnnessce was... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - Presidents - 1924 - 350 pages
...service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great...safe if I leave General Grant and yourself to decide. VILLIAM TFCCMSEH SHEBMAN ENTERED THE UNION ARMY AS COLONEL IN 1801. SERVED TIIROCGII THE WAR. SUCCEEDED... | |
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... indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages ; but in showing to the world that your army could be divided, putting the stronger part to an important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish... 
