 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
 | Jubal Anderson Early - Generals - 1867 - 120 pages
...entitled to the credit of having practised them, if not to the merit of originality. They were : " First, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the* armed force of the enemy ;" and, •« Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy, and his resources,... | |
 | Jubal Anderson Early - United States - 1867 - 144 pages
...certainly entitled to the credit of having practised them, if not to the merit of originality. They were: " First, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy;" mid, Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy, and his resources, until,... | |
 | Edward Howland - Biography & Autobiography - 1868 - 670 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.... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 456 pages
...dated Head-quarters Armies of the United States, Washington, D. Cv July 22, 1865. 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... | |
 | Albert Deane Richardson - Generals - 1868 - 664 pages
...and resources were not more than balanced by these disadvantages and the enemy's superior position. " I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest...against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance;... | |
 | Henry Champion Deming - Electronic books - 1868 - 562 pages
...Grant therefore adopted another fundamental maxim, when promoted to chief command : " I determined to use the greatest number of troops practicable against...against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting, and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance."... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 452 pages
...dated Head-quarters Armies of the United States, Washington, D. C^ July 22, 1865. had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...was entirely broken. " I therefore determined, first r to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, preventing... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - Generals - 1868 - 456 pages
...insurgent armies. From the first he 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." How he expected to break this military power is • See particularly " Campaigns of the Army of the... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1868 - 796 pages
...position. From the first. I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be st.ibl« and conducive to the happiness of the people, both North and South, until the military p^wer of the rebellion was entirely broken. I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number... | |
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