 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1865 - 866 pages
...that yon knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When yon got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should gn down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - 1866 - 572 pages
...; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish now to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." The President's... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 556 pages
...below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish now to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." The President's... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 750 pages
...; and I never had any faith except a general hope, that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...when you turned northward, east of, the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment, that you was right and I... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...; and I never had any faith except a general hope, that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment, that you was right and I... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1866 - 794 pages
...knew better than I, that tho Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below, und took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to mako a personal acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, Several gentlemen... | |
 | Henry Coppée - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 586 pages
...below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...go down the river and join General Banks ; and when yon turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - History - 1866 - 910 pages
...Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicimtv, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Humes, aad when yau turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. M, ijor-CiMicr.il GRANT. Major-Gen. Halleck, the General-in-Chief, in... | |
 | John Beauchamp Jones - Fiction - 1866 - 484 pages
...below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
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When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did— march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew... 
