I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of... Annual Reports of the War Department - Page 1097by United States. War Department - 1866Full view - About this book
| United States. President - United States - 1866 - 920 pages
...position. From the first, 1 was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that •would bo stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...the enemy ; preventing him from using the same force al different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose... | |
| Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...superior position. From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...the greatest number of troops practicable against tho armed force of the enemy; preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 836 pages
...superior position. " From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...therefore, determined, first, to use the greatest numberof troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy; preventing him from using the same... | |
| Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...of the land. From the first, I was firm in the conviction that'no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...military power of the rebellion was entirely broken. These views have been kept constantly in mind, and orders given and campaigns made to carry them out.... | |
| Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1866 - 600 pages
...position. ' From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had which would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...South, until the military power of the rebellion was completely broken. 'I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...superior position. "From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...both North and South, until the military power of the Bebellion was entirely broken. " I, therefore, determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops... | |
| Stella S. Coatsworth - Chicago (Ill.) - 1866 - 728 pages
...armies. The policy of the Lieutenant- General is best indicated in his own sententious language: " I therefore determined first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed forces of the enemy, preventing him from using the same forces at different seasons against first one... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...superior position. " From the first, I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance.... | |
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