 | Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving upon me ; and I know that if they are met, it will be due...that Providence which leads both nations and men." The day following, March 10th, by special order of the president, Grant was " appointed to the command... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 598 pages
...not to disappoint your expectation. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving upon me and I know that if they are met, it will be due...that Providence which leads both nations and men." No (lays of routine were requisite for him to grasp the whole mighty machinery of the army. March 10th... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 842 pages
...here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence." General Grant said, in reply : " Mr. President — I accept the commission with gratitude...that Providence which leads both nations and men." On the llth of March, General Grant returned to Nashville. On the 12th an order was issued from the... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...the responsibilities now devolving on me; and I know that, if they are properly met, it will be duo U The President's order,in vesting him with the chief command*of all the armies of the United States,... | |
 | Charles Wheeler Denison - 1864 - 358 pages
...of the responsibility now devolving on me. I know that if it is properly met it will be due to these armies ; and, above all, to the favor of that Providence which leads both nations and men." Thus began and closed this remarkable scene. Every feature of it was a living embodiment of the genius... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1865 - 872 pages
...nation goes my own hearty personal concurrence." To which General Grant replied as follows : — "Mu. PRESIDENT : — I accept the commission with gratitude...that Providence •which leads both nations and men." General Grant was then introduced to the Cabinet, and some time was spent in conversation. The new... | |
 | 1865 - 866 pages
...goes my own hearty personal concurrence. To which Gen. Grant replied : MB. PRESIDENT : I accept this commission with gratitude for the high honor conferred....that Providence which leads both nations and men. On the llth of March Gen. Grant returned to Nashville, Tennessee. On the 12th, the following order... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 864 pages
...hearty personal concurrence. General Grant responded as follows : — MB. PRESIDENT: — I accept this commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred....that Providence which leads both nations and men. Gen. Grant announced his assumption of command under this appointment by a General Order, issued at... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 848 pages
...commission, with gratitnde for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the nohle armies that have fonght on so many fields for our common country, it will...that Providence which leads both nations and men. Gen. Grant announced his assumption of command under this appointment by a General Order, issued at... | |
 | 1865 - 870 pages
...With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it wilfbe my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations....that Providence which leads both nations and men. On the llth of March Gen. Grant returned to Nashville, Tennessee. On the 12th, the following order... | |
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MR. PRESIDENT: I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel... 
