 | 1874 - 990 lehte
...in his famous letter to Grant, in March, 1864, he frankly writes, " My only points of doubt were 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." Of the men of books of science and history, some, at... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 568 lehte
...me, and if I got in a tight place, you would help me out, if alive. " My only point of doubts was, in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of...yourself the whole Mississippi Valley. Let us make it dead-sure — and I tell you, the Atlantic slopes and Pacific shores will follow its destiny, as sure... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1866 - 886 lehte
...thought of me; and if I got in a tight place you would come if alive. My only points of doubt were in your knowledge of grand strategy and of books of science...these. Now as to the future. Don't stay in Washington. Halleck is better qualified than you to stand the buffets of intrigue and policy. Come west ; take... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1866 - 876 lehte
...thought of me; and if I got in a tight place you would come if alive. My only points of doubt were in your knowledge of grand strategy and of books of science...these. Now as to the future. Don't stay in Washington. Halleck is better qualified than you to stand the buffets of intrigue and policy. Come west; take to... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 794 lehte
...of me, and if I got in a tight place you would help me out, if alive. My only point of doubts was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of...your common sense seems to have supplied all these. tell you the Atlantic 8lopes and the Pacific shores will follow its destiny, as sure as the limbs of... | |
 | J. Arthur Partridge - 1866 - 566 lehte
...Sherman to Grant^ 10th March, 1864; [Bowman's " Sherman and his Campaigns/7 Kichardson, New York.] " Now as to the future. Don't stay in "Washington. Come West ; take to yourself the whole Mississippi Yalley. Let us make it dead sure — and I tell you the Atlantic slopes and the Pacific shores will... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1868 - 606 lehte
...me, and if I got in a tight place you would help me out, if alive. "My only point of doubts was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of...yourself the whole Mississippi Valley. Let us make it dead sure— and I tell you, the Atlantic slopes and Pacific shores will follow its destiny, as sure... | |
 | Henry Champion Deming - 1868 - 562 lehte
...the Saviour. This faith gave you victory at Shiloh and Vicksburg. Also, when you have completed your your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of...yourself the whole Mississippi valley. Let us make it dead sure; and, I tell you, the Atlantic slopes and Pacific shore will follow its destiny as sure as... | |
 | Edward Howland - 1868 - 670 lehte
...of me, and if I got in a tight place you would help me out, if alive. My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of...yourself the whole Mississippi Valley. Let. us make it dead sure — and I tell you the Atlantic slopes and Pacific shores will follow its destiny, as sure... | |
 | James Harrison Wilson, Charles Anderson Dana - 1868 - 452 lehte
...me ; and if I got in a tight place you would help me out if alive. " My only point of doubt was in your knowledge of grand strategy, and of books of...yourself the whole Mississippi Valley. Let us make it dead sure; and I tell you the Atlantic slopes and Pacific shores will follow its destiny as sure as... | |
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I tell you it was this that made us act with confidence. I knew, wherever I was, that you thought of me, and if I got in a tight place you would help me out, if alive. 
