 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
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 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.... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 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.... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1248 pages
...position. From the first. I was firm in the conviction that no peace could be had that would be stable aud conducive to the happiness of the people, both North...against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance... | |
 | Walter Allen - Biography & Autobiography - 1901 - 184 pages
...the field, regardless of season and weather, were necessary to a speedy termination of the war. ... 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... | |
 | Charles Morris, Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh - United States - 1902 - 436 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 the necessary supplies for carrying on resistance.... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - United States - 1906 - 368 pages
...in July, 1865: 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;... | |
 | 1908 - 572 pages
...termination of the war. From the first I was firm in the cornAction that no peace could be had that would be stable and conducive to the happiness of the people,...practicable against the armed force of the enemy; second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, so that by mere... | |
 | Charles Francis Atkinson - Cold Harbor (Va.), Battle of, 1864 - 1908 - 554 pages
...interpreted that well-worn phrase so sternly and so literally as Grant. " I determined ", he says, " first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable...against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies. . . . Second, to hammer continuously... | |
 | Charles Francis Atkinson - Biography & Autobiography - 1908 - 528 pages
...interpreted that well-worn phrase so sternly and so literally as Grant. " I determined ", he says, " first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, Confederate, seems to me to afford a most convincing proof of the general strategical and tactical... | |
 | Charles Henry Fowler - Presidents - 1910 - 376 pages
...termination of the war. 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,...practicable against the armed force of the enemy; second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere... | |
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