 | William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 pages
..." My Dear General, — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...thus go 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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 pages
...for the almost inestimable services you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should...and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except in a general hope, that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like would succeed.... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 pages
...write : " MY DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...word further. When you first reached the vicinity 1 " The campaign of Vicksburg own handwriting, prescribing the in its conception and execution routes... | |
 | James Irvin Robertson (Jr.) - 1913 - 328 pages
...Grant1: MY DEAR GENERAL: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...the country. I wish to say a word further. When you reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought that you should do what you finally did — march the... | |
 | James Irvin Robertson (Jr.) - 1913 - 354 pages
...practicable, and at that time surely the situation demanded it. Lincoln also thought2 that Grant should "march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below." It would have been better if the President had not expressed so decided an interest in the old canal.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 pages
...Grant My dear General: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...and thus go 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.... | |
 | Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones - 1991 - 788 pages
...Grant's campaign. Lincoln wrote to him, "When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought that you should do what you finally did — march the troops...batteries with the transports, and thus go below." Rather than saying that he understood the situation as well as Grant, the President's message read:... | |
 | Ulysses S. Grant - 1990 - 1228 pages
...House on July 13, 1863: "I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...and thus go 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.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln, Paul McClelland Angle, Earl Schenck Miers - 1992 - 692 pages
...General Grant My dear General I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable...batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I 561 never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition,... | |
 | Peter Cozzens - 1996 - 550 pages
...Reviewing the campaign, he wrote: "When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought that you should do what you finally did — march the troops...batteries with the transports, and thus go below. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the... | |
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My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg,... 
