 | Albert Deane Richardson - 1868 - 664 strani
...any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and tho like could succeed. When you got below and took Port...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make tho personal acknowledgment that you were riyht and I wen wrong. " Yours very truly, A. LISCOLN." Halleck,... | |
 | Henry Champion Deming - 1868 - 562 strani
...; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition, and the like, could succeed. When you...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I triumphs; he had treated him during the Corinth campaign as a mere successful blunderer, and had such... | |
 | Henry Coppée - 1868 - 494 strani
...hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When yon got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity,...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrang. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Congratulations... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - 1868 - 1172 strani
...below, and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...General Banks; and when you turned northward, east of tho Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were... | |
 | James Sanks Brisbin - 1868 - 424 strani
...thousand men. The President wrote Grant: " When you got below and took Port Gibson and Grand Gulf, I thought you should go down the river and join General...east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake." Halleck wrote : " If possible, the forces of yourself and Banks should be united between Vicksburg... | |
 | Adam Badeau - 1868 - 792 strani
...; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and joia General Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake.... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1868 - 386 strani
...took Port Gibson, Great Gulf, and the vicinity, I thought you should go down the river, and join Gen. Banks; and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now 4ish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right, and It was wrong. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN.... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 820 strani
...knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When yon got below, nnd took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought...Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to mako a personal acknowledgment, that yon were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, Several gentlemen... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1869 - 794 strani
...except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like conld succeed. When you got below, and took Port Gibson,...river and join General Banks ; and when you turned north ward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to mako a personal acknowledgment,... | |
 | 1869 - 944 strani
...that you knew better than I, that the Ynzoo Pass expedition and the like conld succeed. When you ¡jot below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you shonld'go down the river and join Gen. Bunks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Block,... | |
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When you first reached the vicinity of 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 I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew... 
