“Please approve” PUSG, IX: 308.
“He had scarcely begun” Porter, Campaigning, 6.
“bluntly but politely” through “material correction” Ibid., 6-7.
“a special train” SM, 376.
“some shallow rifle-trenches” Ibid., 377.
“I am coming” LL, 310.
“as though” and “I was somewhat” M, 239.
“The enemy” SM, 378.
“As soon as” Porter, Campaigning, 9.
“During the fight” Ibid., 9–10.
Howard’s description of the meeting between Grant and Sherman McFeely, Grant, 118–19.
9. CONFUSION AT CHATTANOOGA
“I am convinced” Downey, Storming, 132.
“it was considered” LL, 319.
“the most sensible” Ibid., 321.
“I need not express” Kennett, Sherman, 213. Charles A. Dana wrote that “Grant says the error is his,” but it was clear that Grant had expected Sherman to leave his wagons and arrive sooner (ibid.). Also see LL, 317-18.
“It isn’t possible” Downey, Storming, 162.
“Up and up they went” Ibid., 165.
“Here come fresh troops” Ibid., 164.
“General Sherman carried” and “impracticable” PUSG, IX: 443.
“A full moon made” and “no report” Dana, Recollections, 140.
“Hail to the Chief” LL, 320.
“When General Grant” Williams, McClellan, Sherman and Grant, 100.
“that General Thomas” SM, 402.
“I had watched” Ibid., 404.
“vast masses” Ibid.
“Where is Thomas?” through “All servants, cooks, clerks” The account of this part of the action at Missionary Ridge is from LL, 320-22.
“A crash like a thousand thunderclaps” SG, 278.
“Thomas, who ordered those men” Downey, Storming, 179.
“On, Wisconsin!” SG, 280.
“My God, come and see ‘em” and “It was the sight of our lives” LL, 323.
“You’ll all be court-martialed!” LL, 324.
“Almost up” and “A fellow of the Twenty-second Indiana” Ibid.
“drawn vast masses” SM, 404.
“to march at once” Ibid.
“prompt pursuit” Morris, Sheridan, 147.
“Glory to God” Dana to Stanton, November 24, 1863, Dana, Recollections, 141.
“The storming of the ridge” Wilson, Dana, 293.
“Damn the battle!” Morris, Sheridan, 64.
“The whole philosophy” SCW, 576.
“the whole plan” SM, 396.
“Discovering that the enemy” Thomas, General Thomas, 447.
Regarding his ability to see the entire battlefield clearly, on December 2, 1863, Grant wrote Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, “It is the only battle field I have ever seen where a plan could be followed and from one place the whole field is within view.” PUSG, IX: 490-91.
“weakening his center” Ibid., 562.
“holding a fine lot” SM, 393.
“domiciled” Ibid.
“bleeding feet” M, 246.
Dodge’s account of Grant and Sherman’s day in Nashville Hirshson, Dodge, 86–87.
“being calculated to do injustice” PUSG, IX: 562. Among the words stricken from Grant’s report were, “I have been thus particular in noticing this matter because public notices have, unintentionally no doubt given accounts of the battle of Chattanooga, calculated to do injustice to as brave and gallant troops as fought in that battles.”
“only be considered” LL, 329.
“for their gallantry” SM, 413.
“permit your name” The exchange of letters between Burns and Grant is in PUSG, IX: 541, 542n.
“in the name of the people” SG, 284.
“Nothing could induce me” PUSG, IX: 542n.
“You occupy a position” Ibid., 555n.
“the next year” SCW, 573.
“pecked and pounded” Hirshson, Dodge, 87.
“The only vote that now tells” SCW, 564.
“MY DEAR MADAM” PUSG, IX: 524.
“With him I am” SCW, 580.
“will go to the front” PUSG, IX: 577.
“camp dysentery and typhoid fever” PUSG, X: 74.
Julia Grant’s eyes Ibid., 126–27.
“Longstreet has” Ibid., 86.
“that there was much” Ibid., 85.
“As it is rather desirable” Ibid., 96.
“secure the entire” Ibid., IX: 500.
“Somehow our cavalry” Hirshson, White Tecumseh, 185.
“I have one of my best” PUSG, X: 20.
“Enemy is scattered” Ibid., 21.
“It now looks as if” Ibid., 100.
“He was to go for Lee” LL, 345.
10. GRANT AND SHERMAN BEGIN TO DEVELOP THE WINNING STRATEGY
“I was ordered” GMS, 469.
Exchange of letters upon Grant’s promotion to lieutenant general and general in chief Grant to Sherman, March 4, 1864, PUSG, X: 186; Sherman to Grant, March 10, 1864, PUSG, X: 187-88n; SCW, 602.
Account of Grant and his son Fred’s arrival in Washington, and Grant’s reception that evening at the White House SG, 289–90.
“Assuring him” Ibid., 291.
“I never met” Ibid.
“serve to the best” and “assured him” GMS, 470.
“to the lowest number” SG, 296.
“(Sherman was tall” SG, 295.
“On reflection I agree” SCW, 604.
“You I propose to move” PUSG, X: 274.
“Like yourself,” “I will not,” and “Enlightened War” SCW, 617.
“Lee’s army will be” PUSG, X: 274.
“My entire headquarters” LL, 353.
“I think I rank you” and “You and I” Sag, 297.
“We must make up” Ibid., 301.
“In battle, the sphinx awoke” Ibid., 295.
“the most belligerent man” Ibid., 346.
“At times the wind” Porter, Campaigning, 72-73.
Page’s description Page, Letters, 50.
“I never saw a man so agitated” Freeman, Lee, III: 298n.
“We fought them” McWhiney, Battle, 45.
“Who are you, my boys?” Flood, Lee, 54–55.
“He looks as if he meant it” Catton, Grant Takes Command, 159.
“General” through “instead of what Lee is going to do’” Porter, Campaigning, 59–70.
“Most of us thought” SG, 337.
“Our spirits rose” and “Give way” Ibid., 338.
“Wild cheers” Porter, Campaigning, 79.
“Undismayed” SG, 338–39.
“We have now ended” PUSG, X: 422.
“After eight days” McKinney, Battle in the Wilderness, 88.
11. SHERMAN SAVES LINCOLN’S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
“He is a butcher” Ross, The General’s Wife, 184.
“a stupendous failure” Boatner, Civil War Dictionary, 649.
“Grant is as good a leader” SCW, 613.
“I begin to see it” SG, 373.
“a mere question of time” Freeman, Lee, III: 398. The observation was made to General Jubal Early.
Greeley’s meeting at Niagara Falls Roland, Iliad, 192.
Weed and Raymond’s remarks Ibid., 195.
“This morning” SG, 383n.
“Who shall revive” LL, 398.
“Hood is a bold fighter” Wagner, Civil War Desk Reference, 413.
“so directly opposite” and “that we should force” Symonds, Johnston, 324.
“At all points” SM, 531.
“Hello, Johnny” LL, 368.
“to carry the presidential” Symonds, Johnston, 328.
“My satisfaction” JDG, 326.
“I expected something” LL, 387.
“His mouth twitched” Simpson, Grant, 360.
“the nation had” PUSG, XI: 397, 397–98n.
“Your p
rogress” Ibid., 381.
“I was gratified” Ibid., 381n.
“We must try” Ibid., 392
“Is there any” Ibid., 408.
“will be immediately” Ibid., 401.
“The draft must be” Ibid., 425.
“My withdrawel now” Ibid., 424.
“I have seen” SG, 382.
“great victory” LL, 406.
“I do not wish to waste lives” Ibid., 408.
“amid great rejoicing” PUSG, XII: 127.
“We want to keep” Ibid., 144.
“you have accomplished” Ibid., 155.
“I found him” Porter, Campaigning, 283.
“They would seek” Ibid., 284.
“Mrs. Grant, who was” Ibid., 379.
“And he had sent” JDG, 137.
“there is no chance” SCW, 685.
“We have Atlanta close aboard” Ibid., 671.
“They must understand” Ibid., 664.
“He was just forty-four” Porter, Campaigning, 290-91.
12. PROFESSIONAL JUDGMENT AND PERSONAL FRIENDSHIP: SAVANNAH FOR CHRISTMAS
“I admire” SCW, 724.
“Even without” Ibid., 751.
“the utter destruction” through “I can make the march” Ibid., 731.
“If there is any way” PUSG, XII: 290.
“On reflection” Ibid., 298.
“a misstep now” Ibid., 303.
“Do you not think” Ibid., 370.
“if I turn back” Ibid., 372.
“I do not really see” Ibid., 373.
“Great good fortune” Ibid., 394.
“the army will forage liberally” M, 506.
“Behind us lay Atlanta” SCW, 147.
“Started this morning” Hanson, Soul of Battle, 150.
“this may be the last” Ibid., 150.
“Grant has the bear” LL, 485.
“Oh, no, we have heard nothing” M, 306.
“on Salt Water some place” PUSG, XIII: 129.
“If you delay” Ibid., 107.
“had been in the service” Hanson, Soul of Battle, 153.
“It is a magnificent army” Ibid., 182.
“prowling around” M, 304.
“General Sherman is” Barrett, Sherman’s March, 33.
“Yankee soldiers” M, 321.
“Dar’s millions of ’em” Hanson, Soul of Battle, 155.
“the distinction between” Liddell-Hart, Sherman, 333-34.
“soldiers emerging” M, 302.
“My husband is a captain” Hanson, Soul of Battle, 175.
“The old lady forced it on me” Ibid., 197.
“The boys would stir up” Glatthaar, March, 72.
“well dressed” Ibid., 76.
“wild-animal stare” LL, 448.
“every effort” Long, Civil War, 599.
“I know that in the beginning” LL, 442.
“It is impossible” Hanson, Soul of Battle, 176.
“I have seen officers themselves” LL, 440.
“It was very touching” Ibid.
“The negro should be” SCW, 522. Also see p. 227.
“A nigger as such” Kennett, Sherman, 107.
“spare nothing” SM, 662. See also Hanson, Soul of Battle, 211.
“has settled down” Ibid., 206.
“Anything and Everything” Glatthaar, March, 79.
“The prevailing feeling” Hanson, Soul of Battle, 160.
“Is Fort McAllister taken?” LL, 463. Figures of Union losses at Fort McAllister vary. In his memoirs (SM, 675), Sherman puts it as “killed and wounded, ninety-two.”
“The last letter” SCW, 785.
“come here by water” and “I have concluded” PUSG, XIII: 72–73.
“I beg to present you” SCW, 772.
“He’s made it!” LL, 470.
“Our Military Santa Claus” M, 311.
“My Dear General Sherman” LL, 470.
“I congratulate you” PUSG, XIII: 129.
“Sherman has now demonstrated” Ibid., 149.
Edinburgh Review and London Times M, 311.
“After seeing what we have” Jones, When Sherman Came, 105–106.
Account of Allie Travis Ibid., 5-6.
“I feel a just pride” SCW, 788.
“There are some” Ibid., 792.
“I can hardly realize it” Ibid., 785.
“His conduct and deportment” Merrill, Sherman, 278.
“Where is Mary?” Thomas, Stanton, 35.
“The blood spouted up” Ibid., 41.
“so as to communicate” Ibid., 342.
“Mr. Stanton has been here” SCW, 538.
“Let ‘em up easy” Winik, April 1865, 208.
13. THE MARCH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS, AND AN ADDITIONAL TEST OF FRIENDSHIP
“close out Lee” PUSG, XIII: 72.
“I don’t like to boast” SCW, 774.
“I am fully aware” Ibid., 784.
“How few there are” PUSG, XIII: 203.
“I can not say” Ibid., 154.
“I will accept no commission” SCW, 809.
“I would rather have you” PUSG, XIII: 351n.
“I have received” Ibid., 350.
“the possibility of arriving” Lee to Grant March 2, 1865, PUSG, XIV: 99n.
“The President directs” Stanton to Grant, March 3, 1865, ibid., 91n.
“I was afraid” GMS, 535.
“Don’t forget” Hirshson, White Tecumseh, 277.
“I almost tremble” SCW, 776.
“Should you capture Charleston” LL, 472.
“How shall I let you know” Davis, Sherman’s March, 141.
“If Sherman has really left” LL, 457.
Experience recounted by Mrs. Alfred Proctor Aldrich Jones, When Sherman Came, 114–21.
“Northern snow-storm” SM, 760.
“the whole air” Ibid., 767.
“very frequently had to” Hirshson, White Tecumseh, 283.
“no one ordered it” LL, 504.
“If I had made up my mind” Fellman, Sherman, 231.
“Columbia!” Merrill, Sherman, 289.
“It’s the damnedest” LL, 513.
“Our combinations were” PUSG, XIV: 205n.
“A locomotive” SCW, 847.
“Splendid legs!” LL, 517.
“Sherman is simply” Ibid., 468.
“it is the talk” Glatthaar, March, 175.
“It might lead” GMS, 712.
“had never thought of it” Ibid.
“if I get” and “I think I see” SCW, 828, 830.
“rushed around him” and “I’m going up to see” Barrett, Sherman’s March, 195.
“There is no doubt” SCW, 836–37.
14. GRANT, SHERMAN, AND ABRAHAM LINCOLN HOLD A COUNCIL OF WAR–AND PEACE
“will not let the lady” JDG, 147.
“Three tiny kittens” Porter, Campaigning, 410.
“You may tell” SCW, 833.
“General Grant and” Porter, Campaigning, 417.
“Sherman then seated” Ibid., 418.
“his sandy whiskers” M, 336.
“his features express” LL, 525.
“I’m sorry to break up this” Porter, Campaigning, 419.
“Did you see Mrs. Lincoln?” Ibid., 140. A slightly varying version of this conversation concerning Mrs. Lincoln is in Hirshson, White Tecumseh, 301.
“Well, Julia” This part of the conversation among Grant, Julia Grant, and Sherman is from Porter, Campaigning, 420-21.
“wide of the mark” JDG, 135.
“a long talk of troops and movements” through “no, I can manage everything” Ibid.
“A crow could not fly” Lyman, Quotations, 206.
“Men, by God” Morris, Sheridan, 234.
“Retreat, hell!” Ibid.
“turning what bid fair” Ibid., 219.
“join General Grant” Ibid., 239.
“or go on to Sherman” PUSG, XIV: 183.
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a “blind” Morris, Sheridan, 241.
“Sheridan became a good deal” Porter, Campaigning, 422.
“After the general compliments” SM, 811.
“at that very instant” Ibid.
“was strong enough” Ibid.
“blood enough shed” Ibid.
“one more desperate” Ibid., 812.
“sat smoking” Ibid.
“What was to be done” Ibid.
“When at rest” Ibid., 813.
“ought to clear out” through “‘unbeknown’ to him” Ibid., 812.
“In his mind” Ibid., 813.
“wanted peace on almost any terms” Ibid., 814-17.
“you are not to decide” PUSG, XIV: 91n.
“Of all the men I ever met” SM, 813.
“incontestably the greatest” SG, 412.
15. “I NOW FEEL LIKE ENDING THE MATTER”: GRANT’S FINAL OFFENSIVE
“She bore the parting” Porter, Campaigning, 425.
“Mr. Lincoln looked” through “I think we can send him” Ibid., 425–26.
“I will haul out” SCW, 847.
“the next two months” Ibid., 849.
“I now feel like” PUSG, XIV: 136.
“our troops have all been” Ibid., 135.
“I shall … endeavor” Freeman, Lee, IV: 21.
“until it is seen” PUSG, XIV: 253.
“the heavy rain” Morris, Sheridan, 243.
“pacing up and down” Porter, Campaigning, 429.
“hold on to Dinwiddie” Ibid., 246.
“Well, Colonel, it has happened” Freeman, Lee, IV: 51.
“I advise” Ibid., 49.
“All indications are” and “Rebel Armies” PUSG, XIV: 352.
“I am delighted” SCW, 850.
“I therefore request” Freeman, Lee, IV: 129-30.
“sick headache” through “I felt like anything rather” GMS, 730-35.
“I take it” through “And it will be a great relief” Flood, Lee, 10-11.
“Then there is nothing left” Ibid., 4.
“we are all one country” Ibid., 152.
“there was not a man” Ibid., 22.
“I knew” Ibid.
16. THE DAYS AFTER APPOMATTOX: JOY AND GRIEF
“I have this moment” SCW, 859.
“Lee’s surrendered!” Barrett, Sherman’s March, 207.
“I never heard such cheering” Glatthaar, March, 176.
“Yankee Doodle” M, 339.
“Glory to God” Barrett, Sherman’s March, 207.
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