 When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew...  The Rebellion Record: June '63-Nov. '63 - Page 29edited by - 1864Full view - About this book
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Civil war - 1866 - 688 pages
...you finally did, march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thu6 go below, and I never had any faith, except a general...succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Great Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should g<? down the river and join General Banks ; and... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - History - 1866 - 910 pages
...of Yicksburg, 1 thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the Deck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition in'l the like could succeed. When yon got below und took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicimtv, I thought... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what yon finally did — march the troops across the neek, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...except a general hope that you knew better than I, that tho Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below, und took Port Gibson, Grand... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - Ohio - 1868 - 1134 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below,...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... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 386 pages
...Port Gibson, 3,000; killed and wounded, 10,000; escaped under Loring, 5,000. Aggregate, 52,600 men. the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...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... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Presidents - 1868 - 494 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment tJiat you were right and I wag... | |
 | Henry Champion Deming - Electronic books - 1868 - 562 pages
...Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did, — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I triumphs; he had treated him during the Corinth campaign as a mere successful... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 456 pages
...Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did, — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports and thus go below...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... | |
 | Edward Howland - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 670 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below;...when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to mnke a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was... | |
 | James Sanks Brisbin - Campaign literature, 1868 - 1868 - 424 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did—march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below;...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... | |
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