 My idea, from the start, had been to beat Lee's army north of Richmond if possible ; then, after destroying his lines of communication north of the James River, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond or follow him south if...  Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant - 第504页作者：Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1894 - 666 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | Charles E. Davis - 1894 - 564 页
...of Richmond; then, after destroying his lines of communication north of the James River, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond, or follow him south if he should retreat. I now lind, after more than thirty days of trial, that the enemy deems it of the first importance to run... | |
 | Capers Dickson - 1896 - 292 页
...possible, north of Richmond, then, after destroying his communication north of the James, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond, or follow him south if he should retreat," but also "to hammer continuously against the armed forces of the enemy and his resources, until, by... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 页
...after having destroyed his lines of communication on the north side of the James River, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond, or follow him south should he retreat. I now find, after over thirty days of trial, the enemy deems it of the first importance... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 页
...after having destroyed his lines of communication on the north side of the James River, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond, or follow him south should he retreat. I now find, after over thirty days of trial, the enemy deems it of the first importance... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 764 页
...Richmond, then, after destroying his lines or communication north of the James river, to transfer the array to the south side and besiege Lee, in Richmond, or...him south if he should retreat. I now find, after more than thirty days of trial, that the enemy deems it of the first importance to run no risks with... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1972 - 1248 页
...possible ; then, after destroying his lines of communication north of the James River, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond or follow him south if he should retreat. After the battle of the Wilderness it was evident that the enemy deemed it of the first importance... | |
 | John Joseph Bowen - 1914 - 310 页
...COLD HARBOR, June 5, 1864. " MAJOR GENERAL HALLECK, " Chief of staff of the Army, " Washington. "... I now find, after over thirty days of trial, the enemy deems it of the first importance to run no risk with the armies they now have. They act purely on the defensive, behind breastworks, or feebly... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Butler - 1917 - 1042 页
...of Richmond; then, after destroying his lines of communication north of the James River, to transfer the army to the south side and besiege Lee in Richmond,...him south if he should retreat. I now find, after more than thirty days of trial, that the enemy deems it of the first importance to run no risks with... | |
 | Louis Arthur Coolidge - 1917 - 642 页
...James, seize Petersburg, which controlled the approach to the Confederate Capital twenty miles below, besiege Lee in Richmond or follow him south if he should retreat. Therefore, on the 5th of June, while the dead and wounded at Cold Harbor still lay on the ground, he... | |
 | William Wood - 1921 - 714 页
...Potomac." Cold Harbor caused a change of plan. Reporting two days later Grant said: "I now find, after thirty days of trial, the enemy deems it of the first...importance to run no risks with the armies they now have. Without a greater sacrifice of human life than I am willing to make all cannot be accomplished that... | |
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