 | Charles A. Phelps - Presidents - 1868 - 386 pages
...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 - Generals - 1869 - 820 pages
...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 pages
...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,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1869 - 944 pages
...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,... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Biography & Autobiography - 1872 - 568 pages
...below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. The Southern... | |
 | Everett Chamberlin - Campaign literature - 1872 - 586 pages
...below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the \ azoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was "wrong. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. The... | |
 | United States - 1872 - 394 pages
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 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 886 pages
...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...vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join Gen. Banks, und when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now... | |
 | Charles A. Phelps - 1872 - 404 pages
...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...Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make a personal acknowledgment that you was right, and I was wrong. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. It was... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - United States - 1875 - 416 pages
...below : and I never had an^ faith except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. A. LINCOLN." CHAPTER XXX. X3ZTJXDSOJST The Citadel on the Bluffs.— Four Miles of Batteries.— The... | |
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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... 
