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" We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the* enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners... "
Ulysses S. Grant - Page 100
by Walter Allen - 1901 - 153 pages
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The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 5

William Henry Seward - 1884 - 652 pages
...expressed himself, concerning the state of the campaign, in these words : " We have now ended the eighth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater....
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...ended," he wrote, " the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the enemy's must be greater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners in battle, while he has taken...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 4

Orville James Victor - 1861 - 598 pages
...time, sent this memorable dispatch to Washington : " HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May 11, 1804—8 AM " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. " Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be...
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The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with ..., Volume 3

Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 842 pages
...We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle,...
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The Tanner-boy and how He Became Lieutenant-general

Charles Wheeler Denison - 1864 - 358 pages
...and force. In a telegram to the Secretary of War, dated "Ilf THE FIELD, May llth, '64," he says: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. " Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...following pithy but rather roseate bulletin : "HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, > "May 11, 18U4— 8 AM f " t attack also on this side." " HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, ".SAVAGE'S STATION- innch in our favor. " Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of...
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Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 29

Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1864 - 852 pages
...quietly, and on that morning Grant sent his first official dispatch to the Secretary of War. He said: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think Ihe low...
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The Hero Boy: Or, The Life and Deeds of Lieut-Gen. Grant

Phineas Camp Headley - 1864 - 424 pages
...Washington. It reveals at once his consciousness of fatal havoc, and yet unyielding courage and hope : " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of Ihe enemy. I think the loss...
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UNITED STATES CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.

1864 - 348 pages
..."We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result has been very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy- I think the loss of the enemy must begreater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners in battle, while he...
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The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State ...

Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 864 pages
...which General Grant sent to Washington on the night of the llth summed up the results as follows : — We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the* enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater....
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