 I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here, and with General Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good. I have great faith that the enemy will never be able to get back...  The Shenandoah Valley in 1864 - Page 75by George Edward Pond - 1883 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1897 - 1172 pages
...the general to come to Washington, but making it only as a suggestion. General Grant replied to this: «I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here, and, with Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good. I... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 714 pages
...replied : " . . .1 think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here ; and with Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright, with the...do no good. I have great faith that the enemy will 72 never be able to get back with much of his force."* The President only needed information to be... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 618 pages
...prompt. This is what I think — upon your suggestion, and is not an order." Grant replied : " . . .1 think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here ; and with Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright, with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good.... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 636 pages
...prompt. This is what I think — upon your suggestion, and is not an order." Grant replied : " . . .1 think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here ; and with Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright, with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good.... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 594 pages
...to the President his belief, in view of the fact that Wright and Ord and Hunter were on the ground, that " the enemy will never be able to get back with much of his force." The President could not entirely share this placid faith ; he had too often seen the enemy retire from... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 612 pages
...to the President his belief, in view of the fact that Wright and Ord and Hunter were on the ground, that " the enemy will never be able to get back with much of his force." The President could not entirely share this placid faith ; he had too often seen the enemy retire from... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1891 - 696 pages
...in rear of the enemy, with at least 10,000 men, besides a force sufficient to hold Maryland Heights. I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect...the forces following the enemy up, could do no good. 1 have great faith that the enemy will never be able to get back with much of his force. US GRANT,... | |
 | Horace Porter - Generals - 1897 - 640 pages
...the general to come to Washington, but making it only as a suggestion. General Grant replied to this: "I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect for me to leave here, and, with Ord at Baltimore, and Hunter and Wright with the forces following the enemy up, could do no good. I... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 618 pages
...in rear of the enemy, with at least 10,000 men, besides a force sufficient to hold Maryland Heights. I think, on reflection, it would have a bad effect...enemy will never be able to get back with much of his force."2 Yet Grant had acted with sufficient promptness to save the capital, as Early, by delay, had... | |
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