 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1869 - 820 pages
...made in his ranks, and also his unyielding courage and hope : — ra THt Finn, May 11, 1864—8 i. «. 'We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. 'We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, whilst he has taken from us but... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 pages
...unyielding courage and hope : — TEES ni THE FliLD, May 11, 1864 — 8 A. a. We have now ended tbo sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this...those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must ho greater. "We have taken over five thousand prisoners hy battle, whilst he has taken from us hut... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 868 pages
...morning, have just reached this department. He says : "We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result to this time is much 'in our...those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us but few... | |
 | Arabella M. Willson - New York (State) - 1870 - 654 pages
...be understood by GRANT'S despatch to the Secretary of War, dated May llth, 1864. It reads thus : " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy. * * * And I think those of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners by battle,... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 708 pages
...fighting. The Grant's dispatch to result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses the government. have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over 5000 prisoners in "battle, while he has taken from us but few except... | |
 | John William Draper - United States - 1870 - 716 pages
...Grant's dispatch to result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses toe government. navc j,een heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. "We have taken over 5000 prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us but few except... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...sent the following dispatch to the Secretary of War : HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May n, 1864, 8 AM We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few,... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...Wednesday, the battle was renewed; and Gen. Grant sent to Washington his well-known despatch: — " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, whilst lie has taken from us but... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...Grant sent the following dispatch to the Secretary of War; HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May n, 1864, 8 AM We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few,... | |
 | James D. McCabe - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1874 - 974 pages
...undismayed by them, General Grant wrote to the war department, after the battle of the 12th of May: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is very much in ourfavor. ... I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer." On the... | |
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We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners... 
