 I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops...  Ulysses S. Grant - Page 122by Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 596 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...first recognition of the General : WASHINGTON, July 13, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL GRANT. My Dear General: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....done the country. I wish to say a word further. When yotf fin* reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do What you finally did — march... | |
 | 1901 - 476 pages
...strength of the hold the successful fighter had upon the man in the White House. It ran as follows : "I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....inestimable service you have done the country. "I write to say a word further. "When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should... | |
 | Marshall Everett - 1901 - 568 pages
...strength of the hold the successful fighter had upon the man in the White House. It ran as follows : "I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....inestimable service you have done the country/ "I write to say a word further. • "When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg I thought you should... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. XXXII LETTER TO GENERAL GRANT July 13, 1863. My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I writethisnow as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country.... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...worked out and then wrote Grant the following candid and characteristic letter: " MY DEAR GENERAL : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....Vicksburg, 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... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly. Senate - 1902 - 1356 pages
...congratulatory letter to General Grant on the ICth day of4 July, in which he said: " My Dear General — I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....almost inestimable service you have done the country." In the same letter he explained that he had thought when General Grant severed his communication and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 pages
...[Letter to General Grant after the surrender of Vicksburg, Washington, 13 July 1863.] My dear General: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally....Vicksburg, 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... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 pages
...great river was at last repossessed. In a letter to General Grant (July 1 3th) the President said: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment of the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I write to say a word further. When you... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 626 pages
...act with a most generous letter. " I do not remember that you and 1 ever met personally," he wrote. " I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for...have done the country. I wish to say a word further." Then, summing up the plans that the General had tried, especially the last one, he added : " I feared... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 606 pages
...act with a most generous letter. " I do not remember that you and I ever met personally," he wrote. " I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for...have done the country. I wish to say a word further." Then, summing up the plans that the General had tried, especially the last one, he added : " I feared... | |
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