 | Horace Porter - 1897 - 636 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...in a tight place you would help me out if alive." The noble sentiments expressed in this and similar correspondence were the bright spots which served... | |
 | William Conant Church - 1897 - 586 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts, no reserves ; and I tell you that 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 as to your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1897 - 456 pages
...confidence. I knew, wherever I was, that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place, you would help me if alive. 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. Now as to the future. Do... | |
 | Hamlin Garland - 1898 - 632 pages
...battle without hesitation, as at Chattanooga ; no doubts, no 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. Now as to the future. Don't stay in Washington. Halleck is better qualified than you... | |
 | Hamlin Garland - 1898 - 610 pages
...battle without hesitation, as at Chattanooga ; no doubts, no 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. Now as to the future. Don't stay in Washington. Halleck is better qualified than you... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga — no doubts, no reserves ; and I tell you that it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was, that you thought of me, and if I got into a tight place you would come, if alive." These personal tributes, written in the privacy of intimate... | |
 | 1194 pages
...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...in a tight place you would help me out if alive." After Sherman's successful march to tho sea there was a rumour that Congress was to create a Lieutenant-Generalcy... | |
 | William Blaikie - 1899 - 586 pages
...award you a large share in securing them and their descendants a government of law nnd stability. . . . I knew wherever I was that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would come if alive." General Horace Porter tells ns how he looked while doing his great work : " Many of... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 618 pages
...no reserve ; and I tell you that it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew wherever I was 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 ycur knowledge of grand strategy, and of books... | |
 | Walter Allen - 1901 - 184 pages
...without hesitation, as at Chattanooga, — no doubts, no answers, — and I tell you it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was,...in a tight place you would help me out if alive." He besought Grant not to stay in Washington, but to come back to the Mississippi Valley, " the seat... | |
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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.... 
