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" 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 29
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Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 886 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...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, und when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now...
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The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign

Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 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...general hope that you knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,...
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... Life and Public Services of Ulysses S. Grant: From His Birth to the ...

Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 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;...general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo-pass expedition and the 167 like could succeed. When you got better, and took Port Gibson, Great...
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The Struggle of '72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political ...

Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 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...general hope that you knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf,...
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Battles for the Union: Comprising Descriptions of Many of the Most ...

Willard W. Glazier - United States - 1875 - 416 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 : and I never had an^ faith except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the...
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Stories, Sketches and Speeches of General Grant at Home and Abroad: In Peace ...

James Baird McClure - 1879 - 250 pages
...Vicksburg, I thought yo\i 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 1 was...
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Stories, Sketches and Speeches of General Grant at Home and Abroad: In Peace ...

James Baird McClure - 1879 - 260 pages
...of Vicksburg, I thought yon should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below;...hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass ex9 pedition and the 1 ike could succeed. When yon got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and...
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General U. S. Grant: His Early Life and Military Career, with a Breif ...

Julian K. Larke - Biography & Autobiography - 1879 - 538 pages
...1863. To Major-General GRANT : should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below...faith, except a general hope that you knew better than 1, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson,...
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Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865, Volume 1

Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 752 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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Abraham Lincoln: The Man and the War President. Showing His Growth, Training ...

William Osborn Stoddard - Presidents - 1884 - 716 pages
...finally did, — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and then go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish, now, to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I...
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