 | William Henry Seward - 1884
...expressed himself, 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...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... | |
 | Orville James Victor - 1861
...this memorable dispatch to Washington : " HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, May 11, 1804—8 AM " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result,...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 (than ours). We have taken over... | |
 | Robert Tomes - 1862
...occasion that General Grant wrote his famous dispatch : " We have now ended the sixth day of very hard 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... | |
 | Charles Wheeler Denison - 1864 - 308 Seiten
...In a telegram to the Secretary of War, dated "Ilf THE FIELD, May llth, '64," he says: " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result...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... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1864 - 340 Seiten
...reveals at once his consciousness of fatal havoc, and yet unyielding courage and 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... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866
...pithy but rather roseate bulletin : "HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, > "May 11, 18U4— 8 AM f " We have now o on this side." " HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, ".SAVAGE'S STATION- innch in our favor. " Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of... | |
 | HENRY J. RAYMOND - 1865
...Grant sent to Washington on the night of the llth summed up the results as follows : — We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result...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... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1865 - 808 Seiten
...Grant sent to Washington on the night of the llth summed up the results as follows : — We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result...in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. J think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand... | |
 | 1865 - 257 Seiten
...same morning, Lieutenant-General GRANT telegraphed as follows to Secretary STANTON : . " We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. " HEAD-QCARTERS IN THE FIELD. May 11, 1864, 8 AM " Our losses have been heavy as well as those of the... | |
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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... 
