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" I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not want you, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. "
The Edinburgh Review - Page 266
1869
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...him not to cut loose for the contemplated raid just at present. " I now feel," he said, " like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going...at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. The movements of the enemy's cavalry may, of course, modify...
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Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: A Critical History of Operations in ...

William Swinton - 1866 - 702 pages
...feel," wrote General Grant to Sheridan, at Dinwiddie, on the night of the 29th, " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going...the enemy, and get on to his right rear. We will act all together as one army, here until it is seen what can be done with the enemy." If from some lofty...
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History of the American War, Volume 3

Henry Charles Fletcher - 1866 - 600 pages
...is curious from the homeliness of its language. General Grant writes : — ' I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going...at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. We will act all together as one army here, until it is seen...
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Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 2

United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going hack. I do not want yon, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads...at present. In the morning push around the enemy, if you can, and get on to his right rear. The movements of the enemy's cavalry ma}', of course, modify...
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The Life and Campaigns of Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, from His Boyhood to the ...

Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 794 pages
...Humphreys reached Dabucy's Mill, and was pushing on when last heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not want yon, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the morning, push around...
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Message from the President of the United States to the two houses of ...

1866 - 724 pages
...Humphreys reached Lhibney's mill, und was pushing on when last heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not W4nt you, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at present. In the morning push «round...
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The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the ...

United States. President - 1866 - 920 pages
...Humphreys reached Diibney's mill, nnd was pushing on wtien lust heard from. " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. I do not w>mt yon, therefore, to cut loose and go after the enemy's roads at preseut. In the morning push around...
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Grant and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Henry Coppée - 1866 - 586 pages
...into line south of Hatcher's, we pushed forward to find " I now feel like ending tbe "matter. If 11 is possible to do so, before going back. I do not want yon, therefore, to cat loose and go after the enemy's roads at present In the morning posh aronnd the...
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The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery

Isaac N. Arnold - 1866 - 750 pages
...the 29th, Grant modified his plan iu this respect, and wrote to Sheridan : " I now feel like ending the matter, if it is possible to do so, before going back. * * In the morning, therefore, push round the enemy, and get on his right-rear. We will act altogether...
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The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1

J. T. Headley - 1866 - 774 pages
...word to Sheridan not to cut loose to operate against the railroads. saying, "I now feel like ending the matter, if it' is possible to do so, before going back. We will all act together as one army here, until it is seen what can be done with the enemy." The next...
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