Military and Civil Life of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ...McCurdy, 1885 - 734 pages |
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... Artillery , suddenly wheeled to the left , and enveloping the enemy's right flank , rolled it back in confusion . Other regiments quickly came up to their support . A last and desperate charge was made and the redoubt was carried . This ...
... Artillery , suddenly wheeled to the left , and enveloping the enemy's right flank , rolled it back in confusion . Other regiments quickly came up to their support . A last and desperate charge was made and the redoubt was carried . This ...
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... artillery , and two squadrons of cavalry , thirty - one hundred and fourteen men , in transports . Smaller detachments were also ordered from Bird's Point and Fort Holt . GENERAL PRICE . On the evening of the 6th , hearing that Polk had ...
... artillery , and two squadrons of cavalry , thirty - one hundred and fourteen men , in transports . Smaller detachments were also ordered from Bird's Point and Fort Holt . GENERAL PRICE . On the evening of the 6th , hearing that Polk had ...
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... artillery , equipage and many prisoners . Carried away by the first flush of victory , the Federals lost their heads . Pillow had reformed his lines at the river's bank , and Polk , overlooking the scene from Columbus , had sent him ...
... artillery , equipage and many prisoners . Carried away by the first flush of victory , the Federals lost their heads . Pillow had reformed his lines at the river's bank , and Polk , overlooking the scene from Columbus , had sent him ...
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... were soon ad- monished by the mingled roar of artillery and musketry on the centre and right . Then the column moved , with diffi- culty on account of the underbrush , exposedly on account FORT HENRY AND FORT DONELSON . 69.
... were soon ad- monished by the mingled roar of artillery and musketry on the centre and right . Then the column moved , with diffi- culty on account of the underbrush , exposedly on account FORT HENRY AND FORT DONELSON . 69.
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... Artillery and fresh troops were at the back of those who had won any decided ground . Thus every foot of advance was assured by nightfall , and the beaten and fatigued troops of the morning had recovered lost ground , lost guns , lost ...
... Artillery and fresh troops were at the back of those who had won any decided ground . Thus every foot of advance was assured by nightfall , and the beaten and fatigued troops of the morning had recovered lost ground , lost guns , lost ...
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Page 668 - He is gone who seem'd so great. Gone; but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Being here, and we believe him Something far advanced in State, And that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. Speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him. God accept him, Christ receive him.
Page 383 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility' of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Page 160 - 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 better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish...
Page 387 - General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Seriously hoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss of another life, I subscribe myself, etc. US GRANT, Lieutenant-General. GENERAL RE LEE.
Page 394 - HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. " GENERAL: "I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, as proposed by you. As they are substantially the -same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General."
Page 460 - ... the faith of the United States is solemnly pledged to the payment in coin or its equivalent of all the obligations of the United States...
Page 389 - GENERAL : — I received your note of this morning on the picketline, whither I had come to meet you and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposition of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army. I now request an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.
Page 218 - I knew, wherever I was, that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would help me out, if alive.
Page 204 - GRANT: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks — my profoundest gratitude for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all ! A.
Page 393 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them.