The Life of General U.S. Grant: His Early Life, Military Achievements, and History of His Civil Administration, His Sickness and Death, Together with His Tour Around the WorldL. T. Remlap Loomis National Library Association, 1885 - 772 pages Compilation of a wide variety of original source material accompanied by a significant amount of Remlap's text, which provides context and flow. |
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... Sent to the Relief of Burnside at Knoxville - The Siege of Knoxville Raised- The Retreat of Johnston , CHAPTER XI . PUBLIC HONORS - LIEUTENANT - GENERAL . 100 Revival of the Grade of Lieutenant - General . - Action of Con . gress ...
... Sent to the Relief of Burnside at Knoxville - The Siege of Knoxville Raised- The Retreat of Johnston , CHAPTER XI . PUBLIC HONORS - LIEUTENANT - GENERAL . 100 Revival of the Grade of Lieutenant - General . - Action of Con . gress ...
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... sent him to a neighboring farmer , a Mr. Ralston , to close the bargain for a horse which he was wishing to pur- chase . Before Ulysses started , his father said to him , - " You can tell Mr. Ralston that I have sent you to buy the ...
... sent him to a neighboring farmer , a Mr. Ralston , to close the bargain for a horse which he was wishing to pur- chase . Before Ulysses started , his father said to him , - " You can tell Mr. Ralston that I have sent you to buy the ...
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... sent him to Louisville alone . Of this trip his father says : " It was necessary for me to have a deposition taken there , to be used in a lawsuit in which I was engaged in the State of Connecticut . I had written more than once about ...
... sent him to Louisville alone . Of this trip his father says : " It was necessary for me to have a deposition taken there , to be used in a lawsuit in which I was engaged in the State of Connecticut . I had written more than once about ...
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... sent down the river to co - operate with him , and among others was Lieutenant Grant , who accompanied the Fourth Infantry , and participated in the siege operations which eventually caused the surrender of Vera Cruz - March 29 , 1847 ...
... sent down the river to co - operate with him , and among others was Lieutenant Grant , who accompanied the Fourth Infantry , and participated in the siege operations which eventually caused the surrender of Vera Cruz - March 29 , 1847 ...
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... and the peace which ensued , 1848 , the United States troops were recalled , the Fourth Infantry being first sent to New York and then to the frontier , Captain Grant going with his company first to LIFE AND SERVICES . 37.
... and the peace which ensued , 1848 , the United States troops were recalled , the Fourth Infantry being first sent to New York and then to the frontier , Captain Grant going with his company first to LIFE AND SERVICES . 37.
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Page 180 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 177 - 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 180 - Head-Quarters, Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. " GENERAL : I 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 179 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 165 - Thomas into the count, as it should be taken, it is indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages ; but in showing to the world that your army could be divided, putting the stronger part to an important new service, and yet leaving enough to vanquish the old opposing force of the whole, — Hood's army, — it brings those who sat in darkness to see a great light. But what next?
Page 137 - 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 in battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I propose to fight it out on this line, if it takes all summer.
Page 123 - I have been eminently successful in this war, in at least gaining the confidence of the public, no one feels more than I how much of this success is due to the energy, .skill, and the harmonious putting forth of that energy and skill, of those whom it has been my good fortune to have occupying subordinate positions under me.
Page 84 - Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you, will be treated with all the respect due them as prisoners of. war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange terms of capitulation, because I have no other terms than those indicated above.
Page 114 - Commanding thanks you collectively and individually. The loyal people of the United States thank and bless you. Their hopes and prayers for your success against this unholy rebellion are with you daily. Their faith in you will not be in vain. Their hopes will not be blasted. Their prayers to Almighty God will be answered. You will yet go to other fields of strife ; and, with the invincible bravery and unflinching loyalty to justice and right which have characterized you in the past, you will prove...