 From that event to the close of the war, I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable.  Murray's Magazine - Strona 1421887Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1885 - Liczba stron: 606
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable. Inquiries at the village of Florida divulged the fact that Colonel Harris, learning of my intended... | |
 | Henry Allon - 1886 - Liczba stron: 550
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. There are many testimonies to the fact that Grant was wonderfully cool under fire. He would write a... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1892 - Liczba stron: 612
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable. Inquiries at the village of Florida divulged the fact that Colonel Harris, learning of my intended... | |
 | William Henry Powell - 1895 - Liczba stron: 1076
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. / never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable." During the continuance of the war, it was a matter of some consideration by the writer of these lines... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - Liczba stron: 702
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I ahvays felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his." In November, 1861, he attacked a Confederate camp at Belmont ; a battle ensued which was without result,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - Liczba stron: 702
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his." In November, 1861, he attacked a Confederate camp at Belmont ; a battle ensued which was without result,... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1895 - Liczba stron: 686
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his." In November, 1861, he attacked a Confederate camp at Belmont ; a battle ensued which was without result,... | |
 | William Conant Church - 1897 - Liczba stron: 586
..." he tells us, " I never experienced trepidation upon confronting an enemy. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable." Yet Grant was by no means ignorant of the historical records of war. Indeed, " in addition to his great... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - 1897 - Liczba stron: 450
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his." It is immaterial whether the Union commander learned the valuable lesson in July or, four months later,... | |
 | 1898 - Liczba stron: 1190
...trepidation upon confronting an enemy, though I always felt more or less anxiety. I never forgot that he had as much reason to fear my forces as I had his. The lesson was valuable. Harris had learned of Grant's preparations to attack him and had retreated before the latter's march... | |
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