 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts, DO reserves, and I tell you it. was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was,...thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come, if alive. My only points of doubt were in your knowledge of grand strategy and books of science... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 820 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts — no reverses ; and I tell yon, it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was,...that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place yon would help me out, if alive. My only point of doubts was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and... | |
 | Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - 1869 - 458 pages
...exactly what General Sherman says in his famous and beautiful letter, while avoiding the phrase : ' My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of science and history ; but I confess your common sense seems to have supplied there ; that his victories were chance... | |
 | Stella S. Flood Coatsworth - 1869 - 478 pages
...exactly what General Sherman says in his famous and beautiful letter, while avoiding the phrase : ' My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of science and history ; but I confess your common sense seems to have supplied all these.' And what is that common... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1897 - 1172 pages
...always manifested, which I can liken to nothing else than the faith a Christian has in the Saviour. ... I knew., wherever I was, that you thought of me, and...if I got in a tight place you would help me out if alive.o The noble sentiments expressed in this and similar correspondence were the bright spots which... | |
 | 1870 - 930 pages
...to him inapplicable." Sherman, writing to Grant, on his appointment to the command-in-chief, said, " My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy and of books of science and history; but, I confess, your common-sense seems to have supplied all these." But Grant was a West... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1872 - 690 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts — no reverses; and I tell you it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was,...you would help me out, if alive. "My only point of doubts was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of science and history ; but I confess,... | |
 | Charles Abner Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...Chattanooga, — no doubts, no reserves; and I tell you it was this which made us act with confidence. My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of science and of history; but I confess, your common sense seems to have supplied all these. Now, as to the future.... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - 1875 - 426 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts, no reserve ; and I tell yon that it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew wherever I was...that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place yon wonld come — if alive. My only points of doubt were as to your knowledge of grand strategy, and... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - 1876 - 842 pages
...hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts, no reserve ; and I tell yon that it was this that made ns act with confidence. I knew wherever I was that you...thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come — if alive. My only points of doubt were as to your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books... | |
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This faith gave you victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. Also, when you have completed your best preparations, you go into battle without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts — no reserves; and I tell you it was this that made us act with confidence.... 
