| William M. Thayer - 1886 - 528 sider
...— "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July 16, 1863. "To MAJOR-GENERAL GRANT. " My Dear General, — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....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... | |
| William O. Stoddard - 1886 - 384 sider
...It was as follows, dated July 13th, 1863 : " MY DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I have ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful...almost inestimable service you have done the country. I write to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg I thought you should... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 sider
...services to the country, Lincoln wrote him the following warm-hearted letter: "Mv DEAR GENERAL: — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....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;... | |
| John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 sider
..."EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, \ " July 13, 1863. / " Major-General GRANT : — " MY DEAR GENERAL, — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....almost inestimable service you have done the country. I write to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 sider
...success at Vicksburg, and is as follows : ' ' My Dear General : — I do not remember that you and I have ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful...almost inestimable service you have done the country. I write to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 sider
...— "EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, July 16, 1863. " To MAJOR-GENERAL GRANT. " My Dear General, — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....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... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 sider
...believe no other ruler that ever lived would have had the magnanimity to write : " MY DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....word further. When you first reached the vicinity 1 " The campaign of Vicksburg own handwriting, prescribing the in its conception and execution routes... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 554 sider
...believe no other ruler that ever lived would have had the magnanimity to write : " MY DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....word further. When you first reached the vicinity 1 " The campaign of Vicksburg own handwriting, prescribing the in its conception and execution routes... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 500 sider
...hopeful for what is to come. A. LINCOLN. LETTER TO GENERAL GRANT, JULY 13, 1863. My Dear General: — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable services you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you reached the vicinity of... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 sider
...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 do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below;... | |
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