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" Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the Constitution... "
Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 1098
by United States. War Department - 1866
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Life and Campaigns of General Robert E. Lee

James D. McCabe - Generals - 1866 - 752 pages
...hammer continuously against the armed foue6 of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if no other way, there should be nothing left to him...country to the Constitution and Laws of the land.'' But though not a great soldier, in the military sense of the word, General Grant was possessed of an...
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A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the Confederate ...

Jubal Anderson Early - Generals - 1867 - 120 pages
...against the armed force of the enemy, and his resources, until, by mere attrition, if by nothing else, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission,...country, to the constitution and laws of the land.» (Ala»! what has become of the constitution and laws ?) This latter principle was more concisely and...
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A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence, in the ..., Issue 1

Jubal Anderson Early - United States - 1867 - 144 pages
...against the armed force of the enemy, and his resources, until, by mere attrition, if by nothing else, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission,...country, to the constitution and laws of the land." (Alas! what has become of the constitution and laws?) This might "go in and win.'' And, this was actually...
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Grant as a Soldier and Statesman: Being a Succinct History of His Military ...

Edward Howland - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 670 pages
...resistance. Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should...might have been better in conception and execution is for the people, who mourn the loss of friends fallen, and who have to pay the pecuniary cost, to...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 11

Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 842 pages
...resistance. Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy, and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should...carry them out. Whether they might have been better ¡n conception and execution is for the people, who mourn the loss of friends fallen, and who have...
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The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: General United States Army

Henry Champion Deming - Electronic books - 1868 - 562 pages
...rinacs mi/3 /I j-ivnr.yn-1 continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should...country to the Constitution and laws of the land." I am not surprised that a measure so vigorous as " mere attrition " should be condemned by those who...
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A Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant: With a Portrait and Sketch of ...

Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 644 pages
...resistance; second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should...our common country to the constitution and laws." Along the whole line for twelve hundred miles, from the Atlantic to the Rio Grande, our forces were...
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The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: General of the Armies of the United States

James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 452 pages
...and, " second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition if in no other way, there should...section of our common country, to the Constitution and the laws of the land." It will be observed that he says nothing here in reference to strategic points;...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 10

Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 796 pages
...uV armed force of the enemy, and his resources, until by mere attrition, if m no other way. tlie-e should" be nothing left to him but an equal submission...section of our common country to the Constitution and law» of the land. These views have been kept constantly in mind, and orders given and campaigns mule...
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The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: General of the Armies of the United States

James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 456 pages
...resistance ; second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until, by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should...left to him but an equal submission with the loyal sections of our common country to the Constitution and Laws of the land. " These views have been kept...
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