 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 598 pages
...you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf and vicinity, I thought yon should go down, the rivor and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward,...now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was wrong. Yours very Truly, A. LIN'COLX. Grant's successes, it was said, were owing... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 868 pages
...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...when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you was right and I was... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1864 - 424 pages
...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...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Abraham Lincoln was not ashamed to acknowledge that General Grant was... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 pages
...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...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 492 pages
...knew better than T, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I"...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. These victories,... | |
 | 1864 - 690 pages
...The remarkable letter of President Lincoln is the noblest epitome. He says, " When you got be-low, and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I have now to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." We need dwell no longer... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought yon should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. off the white inhabitants and burned... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...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 Gen. Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...knew better / *han 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 20 down the river and join Gen. Banks, and when you turued northward, east of the Big Black, I feared... | |
 | 1865 - 278 pages
...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...acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong. " Yours, very truly, "A. LINCOLN." HOW THE NEWS WAS RECEIVED NORTH AND SOUTH. The intelligence of the... | |
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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... 
