 When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that "nothing risked, nothing gained," I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the...  Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography - 297. lappuseautors: Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 512 lapasPilnskats - Par šo grāmatu
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - 1990 - 1086 lapas
...coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but, feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering "nothing risked, nothing gained," I did not interfere....acquiesce; and, taking the work of General Thomas into account, as it should be taken, it is indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 lapas
...Atlanta for the Atlantic Coast, I was anxious if not fearful," Lincoln admitted, "but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing...believe none of us went further than to acquiesce." This was vindication indeed, for the risk, for the self asserted independence, and for the conquest.... | |
 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 lapas
...were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that "nothing...honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went farther than to acquiesce. . . . Not only does it afford the obvious and immediate military advantages... | |
 | J. G. Randall, Richard N. Current, Richard Nelson Current - 1999 - 460 lapas
...for the Atlantic coast," Lincoln confessed to him, "I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing...being a success, the honor is all yours; for I believe s Williams, Lincoln and His Generals, 343-344. • Collected Works, VIII, 169. 1° Williams, Lincoln... | |
 | Mark E. Neely, Harold Holzer - 2000 - 312 lapas
...were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing...the undertaking being a success, the honor is all yours."41 Sherman's letter was reproduced in facsimile — suggesting the general's cooperation in... | |
 | Anne J. Bailey - 2003 - 172 lapas
...general. "When you were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful," but "I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a...believe none of us went further than to acquiesce." Sherman's strategy, Lincoln continued, was "indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious... | |
 | Brian M. Thomsen - 2004 - 390 lapas
...coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but; feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering "nothing risked, nothing gained," I did not interfere....acquiesce; and, taking the work of General Thomas into account, as it should be taken, it is indeed a great success. Not only does it afford the obvious and... | |
 | Charles Bracelen Flood - 2005 - 508 lapas
...Savannah. When you were about to leave Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful . . . Now the undertaking being a success, the honor is...believe none of us went further than to acquiesce . . . But what next? I suppose it will be safe if I leave it to you and General Grant to decide. Grant,... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - 2006 - 945 lapas
...along the way. The day after Christmas, Lincoln recalled his skepticism in a gracious note to Sherman: "The honor is all yours; for I believe none of us went farther than to acquiesce." Sherman's March to the Sea proved devastating to Southern property and... | |
 | Wilmer L. Jones - 2006 - 392 lapas
...were about leaving Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that 'nothing...yours; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce."103 At the same time, General George Thomas checked Confederate General Hood's invasion... | |
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