| William Makepeace Thayer - 1885 - 410 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks; and when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment Unit you were right and I was wrong. " Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." And yet Grant's MODESTY never... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1886 - 528 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours very truly, " A. LINCOLN." And yet, Grant's MODESTY never surrendered. It was a tremendous bombardment... | |
| William O. Stoddard - 1886 - 384 páginas
...Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish, now, to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." So closely had the President, the Constitutional commander-in-chief, followed every movement of the... | |
| John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment, that you were right and I was wrong. Yours truly, "A. LINCOLN." The events which have just been briefly mentioned greatly changed the current... | |
| James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 páginas
...Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I wish now to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." The time was soon coming when the man of iron should assume command and bring the war to an end, and... | |
| William M. Thayer - 1889 - 456 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I ivas wrong, " Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." And yet, Grant's MODESTY never surrendered. It was a... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was "as3. ' wrong." There remained but one act to close the mighty drama of the struggle for the great... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 554 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was I«B. . wrong." There remained but one act to close the mighty drama of the struggle for the great... | |
| Charles Wallace French - 1891 - 412 páginas
...should go down the river, and join General Banks ; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong. " Yours truly, " A. LINCOLN." Vicksburg's capture was undoubtedly the greatest achievement of the war... | |
| charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 páginas
...should go down the river and join General Banks. When you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." " I guess," said the President to a friend, " I was right in standing by Grant, although there was... | |
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