 As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men, there is no man living greater than Sheridan.  The Glories of Ireland - Page 136edited by - 1914 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Russell Young - 1879 - 752 pages
...a record that entitled him to his rank. As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men,...history. No man ever had such a faculty of finding out things as Sheridan, of knowing all about the enemy. He was always the best-informed man in his... | |
 | 1885 - 804 pages
...interesting. General Grant says of Sheridan, "As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men,...with Napoleon and Frederick, and the great commanders of history." Of Lee he says, "I never ranked Lee as high as some others of the army, — that is to... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1885 - 752 pages
...way worthy of his fame." SHERIDAN. — "As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men,...first rank of soldiers, not only of our country but the world. I rank him with Napoleon and Frederick and the great commanders in history. No man ever... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1885 - 936 pages
...way worthy of his fam,e." SHERIDAN. — "As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men,...first rank of soldiers, not only of our country but the world. I rank him with Napoleon and Frederick and the great commanders in history. No man ever... | |
 | James Penny Boyd - 1885 - 752 pages
...Sheridan. He belongs to the very first rank of soldiers, not only of our country but the world. I rank him with Napoleon and Frederick and the great commanders...history. No man ever had such a faculty of finding out things as Sheridan, of knowing all about the enemy. He was always the best informed man in his... | |
 | 1886 - 638 pages
...until they were matured and decided.—Conversation. As a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men, there is no man living greater than Sheridan. I rank him with Napoleon and the great captains of history. He had a magnetic quality of swaying men... | |
 | Frank A. Burr, Richard Josiah Hinton - 1888 - 466 pages
...Then the mighty man of war added : ' ' As a soldier, as a commander of troops, as a man capable of doing all that is possible with any number of men, there is no man living greater than SherMRS. JOHN SHERIDAN, THE GENERAL'S MOTHER. idan. He belongs to the very first rank of soldiers,... | |
 | Chandler Belden Beach - 1893 - 820 pages
...stood after Grant and Sherman, the greatest of northern generals. Grant said of him : "As a soldier there is no man living greater than Sheridan. He belongs to the very first rank of captains, not only of our SHERIDAN 1190 SHERMAN army but of the world. I rank him with Napoleon and... | |
 | Richard Meade Bache - 1897 - 698 pages
...Grant with reference to Sheridan appears in a multitude of forms. In his memoirs he says, "As a soldier there is no man living greater than Sheridan. He belongs to the very first rank of captains, not only of our army, but of the world. I rank him with Napoleon and Frederick and the greatest... | |
 | James Fowler Rusling - 1899 - 452 pages
...in all, he was second to no general our civil war produced on either side. "As a soldier," he said, "there is no man living greater than Sheridan. He belongs to the very first rank of captains, not only of our army, but of the world. I rank him with Napoleon and Frederick and the great... | |
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