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... FORWARD ALONG THE WHOLE LINE - ANECDOTES OF GRANT- BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR - ORDER OF BATTLE - TERRIBLE FIGHTING— CROSSING THE JAMES - ASSAULTS ON PETERSBURG INVESTMENT OF THE CITY THE SIEGE BEGUN - PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S I ETTER TO GRANT- 1 ...
... FORWARD ALONG THE WHOLE LINE - ANECDOTES OF GRANT- BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR - ORDER OF BATTLE - TERRIBLE FIGHTING— CROSSING THE JAMES - ASSAULTS ON PETERSBURG INVESTMENT OF THE CITY THE SIEGE BEGUN - PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S I ETTER TO GRANT- 1 ...
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... forward to the support of Prentiss . W. H. L. Wallace had taken position in rear of Sherman , and was supporting the center and left of the line where the rebel attack was most furious . Lewis Wallace had been sent for , and ordered to ...
... forward to the support of Prentiss . W. H. L. Wallace had taken position in rear of Sherman , and was supporting the center and left of the line where the rebel attack was most furious . Lewis Wallace had been sent for , and ordered to ...
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... forward deserters to their commands , forming new lines out of those who straggled to the rear , and putting them into action again . He was on every part of the field constantly under fire , and making unwearied exertions to maintain ...
... forward deserters to their commands , forming new lines out of those who straggled to the rear , and putting them into action again . He was on every part of the field constantly under fire , and making unwearied exertions to maintain ...
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... forward ; then , from some point of the line , a single rifle rings through the forest , sharp and clear , and , as if in echo , another answers it . In a moment more the whole line resounds with the din of arms . Here the fire is slow ...
... forward ; then , from some point of the line , a single rifle rings through the forest , sharp and clear , and , as if in echo , another answers it . In a moment more the whole line resounds with the din of arms . Here the fire is slow ...
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... forward without waiting for him . A. J. Smith's division had the right , Morgan L. Smith's the right center , Morgan's the left center , and Steele's the left . The advance lay across bluffs covered with tangled undergrowth , and ...
... forward without waiting for him . A. J. Smith's division had the right , Morgan L. Smith's the right center , Morgan's the left center , and Steele's the left . The advance lay across bluffs covered with tangled undergrowth , and ...
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Page 268 - The particulars of your plans I neither know nor seek to know. You are vigilant and self-reliant ; and, pleased with this, I wish not to obtrude any constraints or restraints upon you.
Page 295 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to- wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate ; one copy to be given to an officer...
Page 250 - Here lies the seat of the coming empire ; and from the West, when our task is done, we will make short, work of Charleston and Richmond, and the impoverished coast of the Atlantic.
Page 252 - MR. PRESIDENT: I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought on so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving on me, and I know that if they are met, it will be due to those armies, and, above all, to the favor of that Providence which leads both nations and men.
Page 83 - I have had no communication with General Grant for more than a week. He left his command without my authority, and went to Nashville. His army seems to be as much demoralized by the victory of Fort Donelson as was that of the Potomac by the defeat of Bull Run. It is hard to censure a successful general immediately after a victory, but I think he richly deserves it. I can get no returns, no reports, no information of any kind from him. Satisfied with his victory, he sits down and enjoys it, without...
Page 189 - My Dear General: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. 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 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 better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition...
Page 334 - The doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers, that, because a man is once a subject he is always so, must be resisted at every hazard by the United States...
Page 268 - From my first entrance into the volunteer service of the country to the present day, I have never had cause of complaint, have never expressed or implied a complaint against the Administration, or the Secretary of War, for throwing any embarrassment in the way of my vigorously prosecuting what appeared to be my duty.
Page 236 - GRANT: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks — my profoundest gratitude for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all ! A.
Page 236 - Ridge, repelled with heavy loss to him his repeated assaults upon Knoxville, forcing him to raise the siege there, driving him at all points, utterly routed and discomfited, beyond the limits of the State. By your noble heroism and determined courage, you have most effectually defeated the plans of the enemy for regaining possession of the States of Kentucky and Tennessee.