 | William Henry Seward - 1884 - 652 Seiten
...concerning the state of the campaign, in these words : " We have now ended the eighth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners, while he has taken from us but few, except... | |
 | Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 Seiten
...on Wednesday morning, May llth : — " We have now ended," he wrote, " the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our...heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the enemy's must be greater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us but... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 598 Seiten
...: " HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May 11, 1804—8 AM " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our...those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater (than ours). We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, whilst he has taken from... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 842 Seiten
...ten thousand men in killed and wounded. It was on this occasion that General Grant wrote his famous dispatch : " We have now ended the sixth day of very...those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us few except... | |
 | Charles Wheeler Denison - 1864 - 358 Seiten
...War, dated "Ilf THE FIELD, May llth, '64," he says: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is much in our favor....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. " We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us but... | |
 | 1864 - 348 Seiten
...Secretary of War : "We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting. The result has been very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as...those of the enemy- I think the loss of the enemy must begreater. We have taken over 5,000 prisoners in battle, while he has taken but few from us except... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 Seiten
...8 AM f " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is innch 28, 1862— 12:20 AM " I now know the whole history...day. On this side of the river — the right bank he greater. " We have taken over 5,000 prisoners hy battle, whilst he has taken from us but few, except... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1864 - 852 Seiten
...He said: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result to this time is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think Ihe low of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over 5000 prisoners in battle, while he has taken... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1864 - 424 Seiten
...hope : " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is very much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of Ihe enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners... | |
 | 1865 - 870 Seiten
...Despatches from Gen. Grant, dated at 8 o'clock this morning, have just reached this department. He save : " We have now ended the sixth day of very hard fighting....those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners in battle, while he has taken from us but few... | |
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We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners... 
