“the largest capture” Ibid.
“ungenerous and unchivalrous” Ibid., 218.
“There will be nothing” SG, 164.
“You are separated” Ibid., 165.
“do everything in my power” PUSG, IV: 215n.
“I feel anxious” Ibid., 216.
“At that time” GMS, 213.
“Send all reinforcements” PUSG, IV: 248.
“Some of your wounded” Ibid., 261n.
“Make Buell” SG, 164.
“If the Southerners think” SG, 164.
5. THE BOND FORGED AT SHILOH
“the vertebrae of the Confederacy” Nevin, Shiloh, 157.
“the eyes and hopes” SG, 184.
wired Halleck’s headquarters PUSG, IV: 245.
Halleck to McClellan SG, 168.
Halleck’s exchange with Stanton Ibid., 168n, 169.
“It is my impression” PUSG, IV: 257.
“I am disgusted” SG, 169.
“Learning some days past” and “they carried off” SCW, 195.
“It is hard to censure” and “The future success” Ibid., 172.
“A rumor has just” PUSG, IV: 320.
“working himself into a passion” SM, 245.
“Forces going” and “I am not aware” PUSG, IV: 317-18.
“Dearest Ellen” SCW, 196.
“instead of relieving you” PUSG, IV: 354-55.
“You have done” and “No one has sympathized” Nevin, Shiloh, 157.
“magnificent plain” SM, 252.
“not to advance” PUSG, IV: 367.
“we must strike no blow” Ibid., 367n.
“an engagement” Ibid., 367. See also p. 392.
Halleck rebukes Grant Ibid., 404n.
“I am clearly” Ibid., 411.
“had no expectation” GMS, 223.
“When you will hear” PUSG, IV: 389.
“Diaoreah” Ibid., 443.
“Soon I hope” Ibid., V: 7.
“Oh, they’d call me crazy again” LL, 214.
“We are constantly” SCW, 199.
“Now is the moment” Nevin, Shiloh, 107.
“until an hour” GMS, 224.
“The night was” Ibid.
“to-morrow” PUSG, V: 16.
“I have scarsely” Ibid., 14.
“the enemy is saucy” Ibid.
“This is puerile!” Nevin, Shiloh, 108.
“a line of men” Ibid., 111.
“General Sherman says” LL, 219.
“Now they will be entrenched” Nevin, Shiloh, 110.
“remarked that this” Ibid.
“Gentlemen” and “I would fight them” Ibid.
“The battle has opened” through “This is no place for us!” Ibid., 114.
“a beautiful sorrel” SCW, 201.
“General, look to your right!” and “Appler” Nevin, Shiloh, 114.
“I saw the rebel lines” SM, 250.
“Tonight we will” Nevin, Shiloh, 113.
“a very early breakfast” and “heavy firing” GMS, 228.
Gentlemen, the ball is in motion” SG, 190.
“bringing on this engagement” Nevin, Shiloh, 113.
“Tell Grant” Ibid., 114.
“desperately engaged” and “This gave him” SM, 266.
“pretty squally” and “Well, not so bad” Nevin, Shiloh, 120.
“this point was the key” GMS, 210.
“During the whole of Sunday” Ibid., 231.
“All around him” LL, 222.
“trouble keeping his cigar lit” and “I was looking for that” Ibid., 223.
“It’s a hornet’s nest” Nevin, Shiloh, 123.
“Then I will help you” through “Governor, they came near” Ibid., 128-29.
“We shall all be dead” and “I guess that’s so” Catton, Grant Moves South, 232, citing Chicago Tribune, January 27, 1869.
“Whichever side takes the initiative” LL, 230.
“our troops were exposed” and “I made my headquarters” GMS, 234.
“to put the river” through “Lick ‘em tomorrow” SG, 200-201.
“A COMPLETE VICTORY” and “I thought I had” Nevin, Shiloh, 147.
“heavy lines of skirmishers” GMS, 234.
“Move out” and “I leave that” SG, 202.
“If he had studied” Brooks, Grant, 142.
“At daybreak” SG, 202.
“the rebels fall back” Ibid., 203.
“along the northern edge” GMS, 237.
“The fire and animation” through “I intend to withdraw” Nevin, Shiloh, 151.
“wanted to pursue” GMS, 237.
Here was a long line Nevin, Shiloh, 152.
“Charge!” and “I and my staff” Ibid.
“rolling down the line” through “Boys, you have won” M, 181.
“Dear Julia” PUSG, V: 27.
“Dearest Ellen” SCW, 20 I.
“they were a disgrace” Kennett, Sherman, 169.
“The South never smiled” Brooks, Grant, 144.
New York Times and New York Herald press reports of Shiloh SG, 204-205; New York Tribune, Woodward, Grant, 255.
Tribune editorial Ibid.
“No, I can’t do it” Ibid., 256.
“the blundering stupidity” LL, 234. For this controversy, see also SCW, 226n, 237-45, 245n.
“The accusatory part” SCW, 241-43.
Some details on the Sherman family defense are in LL,, 235.
“so shockingly abused” PUSG, V: 116.
“Is success a crime?” Ibid., 79n.
“should never have occurred” Ibid., 116.
“Shame on such a Demagogue” Ibid., 83.
“not an enemy” Ibid., VI: 62.
Julia Grant’s encounter with Mrs. Canfield JDG, 99-100, 116n.
“constructed seven distinct” Marszalek, Commander, 124.
“Halleck crept forward” Ibid.
a siege on the move GMS, 250.
“should relate to one matter” SG, 207.
Sherman describes Grant’s situation and the details of their meeting SM, 275-76.
“Necessity however” PUSG, V: 246.
Sherman to Grant, June 6, 1862 SM, 276.
Grant to Ellen Sherman PUSG, V: 200.
“I feel it a duty” Ibid., 34.
“In Gen. Sherman” Ibid., 111.
“Although Gen. Sherman” Ibid., 140.
“Grant’s victory” SCW, 193.
“you obtained” Ibid., 233.
“he is as brave” Ibid., 236.
“I cannot express” Ibid., 255.
“the People are as bitter” Ibid., 231.
“one more fight” PUSG, V: 47.
“it is possible” GMS, 244.
6. POLITICAL PROBLEMS, MILITARY CHALLENGES: THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN DEVELOPS
“scattered” SM, 275.
“write freely” SCW, 278. The words are from a letter to Grant from Sherman that says, “A letter from you of Aug. 4 asking me to write more freely and fully on all matters of public interest did not reach me till yesterday.” SCW, 208n, states that this letter from Grant to Sherman has not been found, and it does not appear in PUSG.
Incident in Memphis church LL, 243-44.
“the Military for the time being” M, 191.
“Sherman never utters” LL, 252.
“felt loving towards us” Ibid., 244.
“Your orders about property” LL, 246.
“I have no hobby” PUSG, V: 264.
“Their institution” Ibid., 310.
“such men as are not fit” and “It will be the duty” Ibid. VI: 316-17.
“the commanding General directs” Kennett, Sherman, 178.
“leaving one house” and “the regiment has returned” Sherman to Rawlins, September 26, 1862, SCW, 306.
“The Boats coming down” Ibid., 305.
“excites a smile” and “without uniform” Ibid., 317.
“fire on any
boat” and “You initiate the game” Ibid.
“They cannot be made to love us” M, 196.
“it is about time” SCW, 301.
“I hope this” M, 194.
“We found” JDG, 102-203.
“in a handsome” through “Each day” Ibid., 105.
“very little respect” Dana, Recollections, 74.
letter from Rawlins to Grant regarding Grant’s drinking LL, 283.
“We all knew” http://www.mscomm.com/~Ulysses/page47.html. This cites the 1932 edition of Lewis, Sherman, 614. I cannot find this quotation on that page, or any other page of the 1932 and 1958 editions. With that caveat, it is offered here because it so closely matches Dana’s description of the same situation (see Ulysses S. Grant Homepage, 47). Other references to Grant’s drinking or abstemiousness are to be found in PUSG IV: 111-14n, 115n, 116n–19n, 227n, 296n, 320n, 344n; ibid. VI: 87n, 242n; ibid. VIII: 322n–25n.
“Who is this strange” JDG, 103.
“thin & worn” through “cheerful & well” M, 200.
“My Dear Children” SCW, 340-41.
“Audacity, more audacity” SG, 216.
“dispose of” Ibid., 217.
“an ugly place” Dana, Recollections, 54.
“Heretofore I have” PUSG, VII: 480.
“A ship without Marines” Lyman, Quotations, 1151, citing an 1863 letter from Porter to John Harris.
“Admiral Porter” Glatthaar, Partners, 165.
“determination” Ibid., 164.
Porter meets Sherman Kennett, Sherman, 174.
“may change our plans” through “Come over and we will talk” PUSG VI: 404.
“Commerce must follow” LL, 247.
“full of Jews” Hirshson, White Tecumseh, 129.
“If the policy” Kennett, Sherman, 175.
“I cannot take an active part” PUSG, III: 226.
“The Jews” Ibid., VII: 50.
“And so the children of Israel” SG, 226n.
“immediately revoked” and “the President” Ibid., 227n.
“the spirit of the medieval age” Ibid., 226.
“incompetent” Ibid., 223.
“reserved for some special” PUSG, VI: 288.
“The mysterious” Ibid., 310.
“You are hereby authorized” SG, 227.
“Admirable for defense” GMS, 359.
“Well we have been to Vicksburg” SCW, 349.
“I assume responsibility” Kennett, Sherman, 192.
“unaccountable” LL, 264.
“Of course, General Sherman” Ibid.
“Sherman managed his men” M, 210.
“General Sherman is” and “Come with a sword” LL, 266-69.
Grant to Sherman, April 27, 1863 PUSG, VIII: 130.
Sherman to Grant Ibid., 131n.
“foolish, drunken, stupid … ass” Woodward, Grant, 292.
“Suppress the entire press” PUSG, VIII: 38.
“I make these suggestions” SCW, 444.
“the pleasant impression” Dana, Recollections, 36-37.
“I’m glad you’ve come” through “fully endorsed by Grant” Ulysses S. Grant Homepage, 47, citing interview with Wilson in Hamlin Garland Papers, USC.
“Grant wound up” Dana, “General Grant’s Occasional Intoxication,” New York Sun, April 28, 1891, ibid.
Dana’s decision to stand by Grant is confirmed in Wilson, Dana, 232, although Wilson was wrong in saying that Dana never spoke of Grant’s drinking.
“we dined on board” JDG, 112.
“The great essential” GMS, 307.
“perilous trip” Ibid.
“manned them with soldiers” SM, 343.
“their summer songs” JDG, 112.
“Just before ten o’clock” Dana, Recollections, 54.
“All was going well” JDG, 112.
“were immediately under” Dana, Recollections, 55.
“As soon as” SM, 343.
“The air was” JDG, 112.
“had a few words” through “to the shore” SM, 344.
“ordered that” Dana, Recollections, 550.
“Thus General Grant’s army” SM, 344.
7. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
“I know Hooker well” SCW, 452.
“affectionate regards” and “He has lost” Freeman, Lee, II: 560.
“My God! What will the country say!” Donald, Lincoln, 436.
“It’s unnecessary for me” PUSG, VIII: 151.
“stop all troops” SG, 244. See also SCW, 470n.
“what rations of hard bread” SG, 244.
“I knew well” SG, 245.
“You may not hear” PUSG, VIII: 196.
“the operatives were told” GMS, 338.
“mounted on two” Catton, Grant Moves South, 438. See also Wilson, Dana, 219–20.
“is not in good plight” SG, 249.
“I was close enough” Ibid.
“A pontoon-bridge” SM, 349.
“These were still” GMS, 326.
“Until this moment” LL, 277.
“was in my rear” GMS, 355.
“resulted in securing” Ibid., 354.
“The heads of Colums” through “a dirty dog” SCW, 472.
“I want this planted” LL, 279.
“The attack was gallant” GMS, 335.
“This last attack” Ibid., 356.
“I now determined” Ibid., 357.
“a dozen or two of poultry” through “But the intention was good” Ibid., 364.
“Among the earliest arrivals” Ibid.
“I am too weak” Symonds, Johnston, 212.
“Not a day passed” Hoehling, Vicksburg, 147.
“I was just within” Ibid., 75-76.
“When I was driving stakes” Ibid., 146.
“Say! You old bastard” Ibid., 93.
“Dear General” SCW, 474.
“I would add” PUSG, VIII: 395.
“A force of some two thousand” Dana, Recollections, 93.
“I am anxious to get” PUSG, IX: 23.
“The negro troops” Ibid., 110.
“I would prefer” LL, 303.
“the great solicitude” SG, 232.
“delivered that admirable communication” Ulysses S. Grant Homepage, 47, citing “General Grant’s Occasional Intoxication,” New York Sun, April 28, 1891.
“only served to increase” GMS, 356.
“did great injustice” Ibid., 367.
“we lost, needlessly” SCW, 487.
“I should have relieved him” PUSG, VIII: 385n.
“most pernicious consequences” Ibid., 386n.
“not an officer” SCW, 501.
“You will go” PUSG, VIII: 408.
“I have given” Ibid., 402.
“I did hope” SCW, 500.
“with him I am” Ibid., 580.
Grant to Sherman, June 23, 1863 PUSG, VIII: 411.
“very often oxen” Hoehling, Vicksburg, 165.
“Hotel de Vicksburg” and menu Ibid., 163.
“How the other troops” Ibid., 169.
“What’s become of Fido?” Ibid., 162.
“I’m going down” and “I want to see” LL, 287.
“I am personally acquainted” PUSG, VIII: 414.
The effort to capture Frederick Grant is from Casey, “When Grant Went A-Courtin’.”
“Many Soldiers” letter Hoehling, Vicksburg, 241; LL, 290.
“Fred. Has returned” through “Kiss the children” PUSG, VIII: 445.
Details of the surrender negotiations GMS, 374-79; SG, 254-56; PUSG, VIII: 455-59.
“Pemberton was much excited” Dana, Recollections, 101.
“sitting on my little cot” through “a general rejoicing” Hoehling, Vicksburg, 272.
“Not a cheer went up” LL, 290.
“it was good to see” Ibid., 291.
“At Vicksburg” GMS, 384.
“We met” Hoehling, Vicksburg, 276.
“What a cont
rast” SG, 256.
“I rode into” Hoehling, Vicksburg, 280.
“No one” SG, 256.
“I judge” PUSG, VIII: 460.
“When we go in” Ibid.
“I want Johnston” Ibid., 461.
“If you are” Ibid., 461n.
“There is but little” Ibid.
“The news is so good” Ibid., 463n.
“I can hardly” through “sling the knapsack for new fields” LL,, 291–92.
Grant to Sherman, July 4, 1863 PUSG, VIII: 479.
“Never mind, General” Freeman, Lee, III: 130.
“I had been a most bitter” Vandiver, Civil War Battlefields, 79.
“stating that Meade” PUSG, IX: 18.
“the news from the Potomac” SCW, 503.
“Victory! Waterloo Eclipsed!” Wagner, Civil War Desk Reference, 31.
“The Father of Waters” SG, 258.
“envelop the insurgent states” Wagner, Civil War Desk Reference, 334.
“Grant is my man” SG, 259.
“My Dear General” Ibid., 257.
8. PAIN AND PLEASURE ON THE LONG ROAD TO CHATTANOOGA AND MISSIONARY RIDGE
“The dirt road” LL, 294.
“If Johnston is pursued” This exchange between Grant and Sherman is in PUSG, IX: 66–68.
“a large, white” JDG, 119.
“It combines” SCW, 521.
“Victor” Ross, The General’s Wife, 153.
“I may wish to use” SG, 261.
“The people of these states” Ibid., 377.
“Rude Barbarians” SCW, 448.
“I doubt if History affords” Ibid., 492.
“a Civil Government now” Ibid., 546–48.
“boned” Glatthaar, Partners, 143.
“He is not” SCW, 236.
“we have in Grant” Ibid., 500–501.
“To me he is a mystery” M, 385.
“As we sat in Oxford” SCW, 506.
“stunned and confused” SG, 263.
“Willy then told me” Hirshson, White Tecumseh, 165-66.
“Mrs. Sherman, Minnie, Lizzie, and Tom” SM, 374.
“this is the only death” PUSG, IX: 274.
“private letter” Ibid., 272.
“My Dear Friend” SM, 374-75.
“I have got up early” SCW, 552.
“The moment I begin to think” Ibid., 556.
“My heart is now” M, 238.
“He knew & felt” SCW, 565.
“We must all now” Ibid., 537.
“Hold Chattanooga” PUSG, IX: 302.
“was seated entirely alone” SG, 265.
“a horse-back ride” PUSG, IX: 317.
Porter’s account of his first experience with Grant Porter, Campaigning, 1-5.
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