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quadgram | frequency |
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of the united states | 2085 |
on the th of | 1533 |
the army of the | 1528 |
army of the potomac | 864 |
the morning of the | 754 |
on the morning of | 702 |
of the army of | 662 |
morning of the th | 609 |
the night of the | 555 |
at the same time | 512 |
night of the th | 434 |
for the purpose of | 397 |
the secretary of war | 372 |
on the part of | 310 |
on the d of | 307 |
the th of march | 300 |
president of the united | 291 |
the north side of | 287 |
the house of representatives | 278 |
on the night of | 271 |
the th of may | 270 |
north side of the | 263 |
military division of the | 260 |
on the th i | 258 |
the mouth of the | 258 |
the command of the | 251 |
the south side of | 250 |
army of the tennessee | 249 |
the senate of the | 247 |
of the th corps | 246 |
on the st of | 234 |
of the th of | 233 |
to the command of | 233 |
in command of the | 229 |
the close of the | 226 |
the th of april | 217 |
south side of the | 216 |
and on the th | 213 |
as soon as the | 213 |
the president of the | 209 |
division of the mississippi | 208 |
army of the cumberland | 208 |
the th of june | 204 |
i have the honor | 202 |
side of the river | 199 |
have the honor to | 199 |
the th of february | 197 |
senate of the united | 196 |
the united states of | 194 |
the line of the | 193 |
the part of the | 193 |
in front of the | 190 |
the united states and | 189 |
of the james river | 187 |
to the senate of | 183 |
the secretary of state | 183 |
the th of july | 183 |
army of northern virginia | 180 |
the rest of the | 180 |
the th day of | 179 |
united states of america | 178 |
the city of mexico | 177 |
up to this time | 177 |
the th and th | 176 |
side of the james | 175 |
the rear of the | 175 |
the people of the | 173 |
from the secretary of | 172 |
on the north side | 171 |
the army of northern | 168 |
a part of the | 167 |
the th of september | 167 |
it would have been | 166 |
the end of the | 165 |
command of all the | 164 |
with a view to | 163 |
the hands of the | 162 |
the government of the | 158 |
the department of the | 158 |
to the house of | 156 |
command of the army | 156 |
on the south side | 155 |
the evening of the | 155 |
to the united states | 153 |
during the night of | 152 |
in the direction of | 151 |
the right of the | 150 |
with the exception of | 150 |
into the hands of | 148 |
at the time of | 147 |
of the secretary of | 146 |
the th of december | 144 |
the th of august | 142 |
the th of january | 142 |
the th of october | 140 |
as soon as possible | 139 |
the remainder of the | 138 |
the left of the | 137 |
the armies of the | 137 |
to the north side | 135 |
the constitution of the | 135 |
the head of the | 134 |
i do not know | 134 |
the surrender of the | 133 |
the united states to | 133 |
with the army of | 132 |
that the enemy had | 132 |
army of the ohio | 132 |
government of the united | 129 |
by the th of | 129 |
constitution of the united | 129 |
the secretary of the | 127 |
as soon as he | 126 |
on the th he | 125 |
the afternoon of the | 125 |
on the evening of | 125 |
headquarters military division of | 125 |
at the end of | 123 |
as well as the | 123 |
the th of november | 122 |
the senate and house | 121 |
between the united states | 121 |
to the left of | 120 |
of the mississippi river | 120 |
in the way of | 120 |
as soon as it | 120 |
to the rear of | 120 |
to the army of | 120 |
armies of the united | 119 |
senate and house of | 119 |
and house of representatives | 118 |
the beginning of the | 118 |
force of the enemy | 117 |
bank of the river | 115 |
the report of the | 115 |
army of the james | 114 |
the balance of the | 113 |
on the th day | 113 |
in the united states | 113 |
to the right and | 112 |
on account of the | 112 |
evening of the th | 111 |
to the right of | 111 |
that he could not | 111 |
by the way of | 111 |
to the south side | 111 |
in the face of | 109 |
a day or two | 109 |
general of the army | 108 |
the military division of | 107 |
in the absence of | 107 |
at the mouth of | 106 |
of the th instant | 106 |
in rear of the | 105 |
that it would be | 105 |
close of the war | 105 |
the right and left | 104 |
the latter part of | 104 |
the crossing of the | 104 |
the virginia central railroad | 104 |
of the th and | 103 |
in the rear of | 103 |
of the tennessee river | 103 |
in the midst of | 102 |
the resolution of the | 102 |
citizens of the united | 102 |
that part of the | 101 |
on the th the | 101 |
for the protection of | 101 |
a report from the | 99 |
of the state of | 99 |
two divisions of the | 99 |
the south bank of | 98 |
report from the secretary | 98 |
from the army of | 98 |
after the battle of | 98 |
the north bank of | 97 |
of the two armies | 97 |
a large number of | 97 |
on the right of | 96 |
in a few days | 96 |
the memphis and charleston | 96 |
as soon as i | 96 |
the enemy on the | 95 |
for the use of | 95 |
one of the most | 95 |
i do not believe | 94 |
on the other side | 94 |
in the neighborhood of | 94 |
on the road to | 94 |
on the th and | 93 |
the provisions of the | 93 |
in possession of the | 93 |
of the enemy and | 92 |
the destruction of the | 92 |
afternoon of the th | 92 |
the use of the | 92 |
on the west bank | 92 |
south bank of the | 92 |
as far as the | 91 |
a portion of the | 91 |
division of the th | 91 |
of the house of | 91 |
along the line of | 91 |
the movements of the | 90 |
the officers and men | 90 |
east of the mississippi | 90 |
in the mexican war | 90 |
the fact that the | 90 |
in the hands of | 89 |
on the same day | 89 |
in the course of | 89 |
about the same time | 88 |
of the enemy was | 88 |
in the mean time | 88 |
morning of the d | 88 |
i have no doubt | 88 |
after the fall of | 88 |
at the close of | 88 |
in accordance with the | 88 |
as i have said | 87 |
north bank of the | 87 |
the fire of the | 87 |
i was ordered to | 86 |
to the senate and | 86 |
the officers of the | 86 |
that the enemy was | 86 |
a few hundred yards | 86 |
on the east side | 86 |
in regard to the | 86 |
to the resolution of | 86 |
of the rio grande | 85 |
house of representatives of | 85 |
headquarters of the army | 85 |
the west bank of | 85 |
early on the morning | 85 |
under the command of | 84 |
the point where the | 84 |
of the th the | 84 |
the capture of the | 84 |
from the direction of | 84 |
secretary of the interior | 84 |
for the first time | 84 |
and at the same | 83 |
of the war department | 82 |
that he had been | 82 |
in the shenandoah valley | 82 |
to take advantage of | 81 |
the time of the | 81 |
had been sent to | 81 |
the battle of shiloh | 81 |
west bank of the | 81 |
to the secretary of | 81 |
up to that time | 81 |
the act of congress | 80 |
so far as to | 80 |
the protection of the | 80 |
of the city of | 80 |
of all the troops | 80 |
of representatives of the | 80 |
so as to be | 80 |
assigned to the command | 80 |
in a few minutes | 80 |
in the vicinity of | 79 |
of the confederate army | 79 |
of the people of | 79 |
it was necessary to | 79 |
a good deal of | 79 |
on the afternoon of | 79 |
of the battle of | 78 |
at the head of | 78 |
the mobile and ohio | 78 |
to the james river | 77 |
the condition of the | 77 |
under cover of night | 77 |
on the subject of | 77 |
fell into the hands | 77 |
in line of battle | 77 |
on the pacific coast | 76 |
the advance of the | 76 |
a part of his | 76 |
was assigned to the | 76 |
was one of the | 76 |
at an early hour | 75 |
pieces of artillery and | 75 |
on the other hand | 75 |
west of the mississippi | 75 |
on their way to | 74 |
in the presence of | 74 |
the city of washington | 74 |
had been in the | 74 |
the possession of the | 74 |
the laws of the | 74 |
to the east of | 74 |
the position of the | 74 |
had been ordered to | 73 |
a large amount of | 73 |
would have to be | 73 |
an officer of the | 73 |
the independence of the | 73 |
in the regular army | 73 |
of the department of | 73 |
about the th of | 72 |
by the president of | 72 |
that there was no | 72 |
i do not think | 72 |
answer to the resolution | 72 |
the authorities at washington | 72 |
the result of the | 72 |
that he did not | 71 |
and the army of | 71 |
soon as it was | 71 |
headquarters armies of the | 71 |
the arrival of the | 71 |
department of the tennessee | 71 |
early in the morning | 71 |
at the beginning of | 71 |
of the independence of | 70 |
the capital of the | 70 |
for the relief of | 70 |
in answer to the | 69 |
there was not a | 69 |
to the close of | 69 |
the troops in the | 69 |
the d of july | 68 |
of the th i | 68 |
the junction of the | 68 |
of all the armies | 68 |
to the support of | 67 |
at the city of | 67 |
at the white house | 67 |
of the potomac and | 67 |
night of the d | 66 |
to be sent to | 66 |
in command of all | 66 |
the battle of the | 66 |
under cover of the | 66 |
in advance of the | 66 |
resolution of the house | 66 |
was in command of | 66 |
as a matter of | 66 |
the commander of the | 66 |
north of the james | 66 |
to the end of | 65 |
command of the department | 65 |
out of the way | 65 |
he would have been | 65 |
and the next day | 65 |
from time to time | 64 |
for the safety of | 64 |
in killed and wounded | 63 |
in the battle of | 63 |
the headquarters of the | 63 |
letter of the th | 63 |
hands of the enemy | 63 |
the preservation of the | 63 |
independence of the united | 63 |
the direction of the | 63 |
on the rio grande | 63 |
i transmit to the | 63 |
i told him that | 63 |
morning of the st | 63 |
it was found that | 63 |
by way of the | 62 |
the object of the | 62 |
war of the rebellion | 62 |
the war was over | 62 |
on the left of | 62 |
the east bank of | 62 |
to get possession of | 62 |
in the old army | 62 |
of the mexican war | 62 |
fell into our hands | 62 |
the war of the | 62 |
as soon as they | 62 |
it was impossible to | 62 |
the armies operating against | 62 |
memphis and charleston railroad | 62 |
in a short time | 61 |
the st day of | 61 |
for the surrender of | 61 |
side of the tennessee | 61 |
the east side of | 61 |
the united states in | 61 |
part of the army | 61 |
the attention of the | 61 |
the top of the | 61 |
there would be no | 60 |
the news of the | 60 |
the south side railroad | 60 |
held by the enemy | 60 |
east bank of the | 60 |
of the mississippi in | 60 |
of the military division | 60 |
mississippi in the field | 60 |
with the th corps | 60 |
as well as to | 60 |
of the enemy to | 60 |
march to the sea | 60 |
the mississippi in the | 60 |
in the capture of | 60 |
the united states the | 60 |
the d of march | 60 |
officers of the army | 60 |
the front of the | 59 |
and of the independence | 59 |
resolution of the senate | 59 |
night of the st | 59 |
of the potomac was | 59 |
the whole of the | 59 |
of the capture of | 59 |
bank of the tennessee | 58 |
a few days before | 58 |
by the united states | 58 |
of the th he | 58 |
until the th of | 58 |
to the point of | 58 |
a great deal of | 58 |
on the james river | 58 |
in the army of | 58 |
soon as he could | 57 |
by reason of the | 57 |
to the effect that | 57 |
in charge of the | 57 |
and directed him to | 57 |
a few days after | 57 |
in the state of | 57 |
army of the mississippi | 57 |
from the north side | 57 |
rest of the army | 57 |
the course of the | 57 |
with two divisions of | 56 |
rear of the enemy | 56 |
army of the united | 56 |
the lines of the | 56 |
the seal of the | 56 |
mile and a half | 56 |
with the loss of | 56 |
surrender of the army | 56 |
but he did not | 56 |
as far as possible | 56 |
of the senate of | 56 |
of some of the | 56 |
of the fifteenth corps | 56 |
if it had been | 56 |
in favor of the | 55 |
seal of the united | 55 |
in view of the | 55 |
close up to the | 55 |
th and th corps | 55 |
as much as possible | 55 |
out of range of | 55 |
in the valley of | 55 |
the d and th | 55 |
secretary of the treasury | 55 |
the command of a | 55 |
could not have been | 55 |
the white oak road | 55 |
laws of the united | 55 |
a mile and a | 54 |
all parts of the | 54 |
that portion of the | 54 |
the th army corps | 54 |
the edge of the | 54 |
the middle of the | 54 |
with the remainder of | 54 |
the banks of the | 54 |
that there would be | 54 |
was a man of | 54 |
to the point where | 54 |
in the latter part | 53 |
that there was a | 53 |
in addition to the | 53 |
with a force of | 53 |
the honor to be | 53 |
was ordered to move | 53 |
he could not be | 53 |
the remainder of his | 53 |
about the st of | 53 |
baltimore and ohio railroad | 53 |
the greater part of | 53 |
the condition of affairs | 53 |
the foot of the | 53 |
the city of savannah | 53 |
he was ordered to | 53 |
of the red river | 53 |
the baltimore and ohio | 53 |
people of the united | 53 |
of one of the | 53 |
the safety of the | 53 |
in the possession of | 53 |
get possession of the | 52 |
on the line of | 52 |
he was a man | 52 |
the bulk of the | 52 |
united states and the | 52 |
army in the field | 52 |
armies operating against richmond | 52 |
in addition to this | 52 |
transmit to the senate | 52 |
it had not been | 52 |
with the aid of | 52 |
of the sixth corps | 52 |
a member of the | 52 |
the enemy had been | 52 |
that of the enemy | 52 |
i did not know | 52 |
to the west of | 52 |
for the preservation of | 51 |
the nature of the | 51 |
end of the war | 51 |
found that the enemy | 51 |
of the act of | 51 |
this was the first | 51 |
a force of the | 51 |
east side of the | 51 |
would be able to | 51 |
the passage of the | 51 |
a short time before | 51 |
of the armies of | 51 |
the main body of | 51 |
the action of the | 51 |
the valley of the | 51 |
mobile and ohio railroad | 50 |
as we have seen | 50 |
by the left flank | 50 |
end of the city | 50 |
in the spring of | 50 |
one hundred and fifty | 50 |
caused the seal of | 50 |
fire of the enemy | 50 |
the district of columbia | 50 |
report of the secretary | 50 |
to the people of | 50 |
a flag of truce | 50 |
of the north anna | 50 |
done at the city | 50 |
in the month of | 50 |
of the enemy on | 50 |
by the secretary of | 50 |
of the right wing | 50 |
of the president of | 50 |
of the d of | 49 |
united states to be | 49 |
to the relief of | 49 |
the th i received | 49 |
states to be affixed | 49 |
of the st of | 49 |
mouth of the rio | 49 |
of the national troops | 49 |
the terms of the | 49 |
he was directed to | 49 |
of the surrender of | 49 |
corps of the army | 49 |
the garrison of vicksburg | 49 |
of the confederate states | 49 |
entitled an act to | 49 |
of the army to | 49 |
within a few miles | 49 |
with the view of | 49 |
hereunto set my hand | 48 |
the conduct of the | 48 |
the st of january | 48 |
i explained to him | 48 |
i have hereunto set | 48 |
to the mouth of | 48 |
have hereunto set my | 48 |
movements of the enemy | 48 |
of range of the | 48 |
the enemy was in | 48 |
the presence of the | 48 |
of the general government | 48 |
preservation of the union | 48 |
the general of the | 48 |
on the opposite side | 48 |
the other side of | 48 |
and caused the seal | 48 |
a base of supplies | 48 |
in the open field | 48 |
with the rest of | 48 |
to the best of | 47 |
that he was not | 47 |
against the united states | 47 |
the th of the | 47 |
he was obliged to | 47 |
it was known that | 47 |
the troops that had | 47 |
would not have been | 47 |
was ordered to send | 47 |
section of the act | 47 |
of the southern states | 47 |
the national troops were | 47 |
the enemy out of | 47 |
on the south bank | 46 |
in the case of | 46 |
all the troops in | 46 |
the success of the | 46 |
so as to make | 46 |
of the district of | 46 |
whereof i have hereunto | 46 |
in the hope of | 46 |
of the tennessee and | 46 |
the united states for | 46 |
close to the enemy | 46 |
in the city of | 46 |
set my hand and | 46 |
by the st of | 46 |
the breaking out of | 46 |
to take part in | 46 |
the battle of chattanooga | 46 |
part of the state | 45 |
senate of the th | 45 |
my hand and caused | 45 |
two and a half | 45 |
for a long time | 45 |
amendment to the constitution | 45 |
secretary of the navy | 45 |
at the crossing of | 45 |
the head of his | 45 |
of the d corps | 45 |
the east of the | 45 |
on our extreme left | 45 |
the st of march | 45 |
to take charge of | 45 |
the th the enemy | 45 |
one division of the | 45 |
hand and caused the | 45 |
received a dispatch from | 45 |
people of the south | 45 |
the operations of the | 45 |
th day of may | 45 |
on his way to | 45 |
in the afternoon of | 45 |
and that it was | 45 |
so far as the | 45 |
the exception of the | 45 |
with a view of | 44 |
on the way to | 44 |
to get to the | 44 |
on the red river | 44 |
secretary of state and | 44 |
the next day we | 44 |
have no doubt that | 44 |
the st of may | 44 |
it would not be | 44 |
two divisions of cavalry | 44 |
the side of the | 44 |
the character of the | 44 |
will be allowed to | 44 |
take part in the | 44 |
the st of april | 44 |
at the foot of | 44 |
from the rapidan to | 44 |
of the union army | 44 |
balance of the army | 44 |
that he was a | 44 |
to that of the | 44 |
about the middle of | 44 |
for the government of | 44 |
to the rank of | 44 |
of the blue ridge | 43 |
a few miles of | 43 |
the loss of the | 43 |
a copy of the | 43 |
received a letter from | 43 |
of the engineer corps | 43 |
the suppression of the | 43 |
so long as they | 43 |
the st of june | 43 |
later in the day | 43 |
that he would be | 43 |
a leave of absence | 43 |
in the event of | 43 |
the interior of the | 43 |
on the next day | 42 |
on the tennessee river | 42 |
the service of the | 42 |
on the following day | 42 |
to raise the siege | 42 |
the army to the | 42 |
had not yet been | 42 |
the progress of the | 42 |
occupied by the enemy | 42 |
some of his troops | 42 |
to return to the | 42 |
by order of the | 42 |
the execution of the | 42 |
take charge of the | 42 |
but it was not | 42 |
this th day of | 42 |
representatives of the th | 42 |
he did not know | 42 |
to be ready to | 42 |
mouth of the yazoo | 42 |
on the th a | 42 |
to take the offensive | 42 |
in consequence of the | 42 |
to the city of | 42 |
the guns of the | 42 |
resolution of the th | 42 |
up to the point | 42 |
at that time the | 42 |
and that he was | 42 |
and the city of | 42 |
to join the army | 42 |
the d of june | 42 |
at the point where | 41 |
that i could not | 41 |
and munitions of war | 41 |
the st of february | 41 |
to the war department | 41 |
they were ready to | 41 |
by the fact that | 41 |
if they had been | 41 |
on the extreme right | 41 |
at the hands of | 41 |
the majority of the | 41 |
on the north bank | 41 |
the same time to | 41 |
was on his way | 41 |
the members of the | 41 |
a point on the | 41 |
and in a few | 41 |
command of the military | 41 |
and the troops were | 41 |
th and th of | 41 |
of the army and | 41 |
from the command of | 41 |
on the st day | 41 |
the north and west | 40 |
at the time i | 40 |
divisions of the th | 40 |
will be able to | 40 |
any part of the | 40 |
i would have to | 40 |
the enemy did not | 40 |
in a state of | 40 |
object of the expedition | 40 |
in the department of | 40 |
that many of the | 40 |
the command of all | 40 |
the th corps and | 40 |
what was going on | 40 |
it would be impossible | 40 |
to the number of | 40 |
the division of general | 40 |
a council of war | 40 |
on the th general | 40 |
late in the afternoon | 40 |
to the th of | 40 |
against the government of | 40 |
of the national forces | 40 |
and rear of the | 40 |
into the united states | 40 |
and it was not | 40 |
on the east bank | 40 |
but i did not | 40 |
and went into camp | 40 |
line of the enemy | 40 |
and the th corps | 40 |
of the th infantry | 40 |
the two divisions of | 40 |
to the north and | 40 |
rear of the army | 40 |
battle of the wilderness | 39 |
to take command of | 39 |
as he could get | 39 |
from the fact that | 39 |
and that he had | 39 |
the rank of major | 39 |
camp and garrison equipage | 39 |
to the front to | 39 |
of all the forces | 39 |
the first line of | 39 |
the return of the | 39 |
the command of general | 39 |
within a few hundred | 39 |
did not wish to | 39 |
the d of september | 39 |
the movement of troops | 39 |
to provide for the | 39 |
service of the united | 39 |
to send a force | 39 |
from the war department | 39 |
the united states service | 39 |
commanding military division of | 39 |
the united states shall | 39 |
the early part of | 39 |
the face of the | 39 |
he would have to | 39 |
head of the column | 39 |
the th he was | 39 |
i ordered him to | 39 |
at the battle of | 39 |
other side of the | 39 |
as rapidly as possible | 39 |
to the vicinity of | 39 |
to go into the | 39 |
by yeas to nays | 39 |
i was very much | 39 |
commanding army of the | 39 |
the honor to transmit | 38 |
to go into camp | 38 |
to the constitution of | 38 |
of the army in | 38 |
on the mississippi river | 38 |
in a very short | 38 |
transmit a report from | 38 |
the way of the | 38 |
hundred yards of the | 38 |
the army and navy | 38 |
the d of may | 38 |
your letter of the | 38 |
i returned to my | 38 |
a very short time | 38 |
there had been a | 38 |
i transmit a report | 38 |
for the benefit of | 38 |
that i had been | 38 |
breaking out of the | 38 |
that he would have | 38 |
of the fact that | 38 |
as secretary of war | 38 |
the north end of | 38 |
of the condition of | 38 |
there was a good | 38 |
all along the line | 38 |
in the command of | 38 |
the opposite side of | 38 |
the honor to return | 38 |
quite a number of | 38 |
would have been the | 38 |
to the north of | 38 |
resaca de la palma | 38 |
on the th instant | 37 |
and one division of | 37 |
crossed to the north | 37 |
the defence of the | 37 |
fall into our hands | 37 |
to the river below | 37 |
th of the month | 37 |
five pieces of artillery | 37 |
to get back to | 37 |
and there was no | 37 |
the enemy was driven | 37 |
line of the road | 37 |
impossible for him to | 37 |
was at this time | 37 |
and that he would | 37 |
to enable them to | 37 |
front of the enemy | 37 |
on the banks of | 37 |
to make the assault | 37 |
the extreme right of | 37 |
as soon as we | 37 |
out of the state | 37 |
the manner in which | 37 |
a small force of | 37 |
in the war of | 37 |
in the morning to | 37 |
to take the initiative | 37 |
the head of column | 37 |
the st of november | 37 |
a large part of | 37 |
as the army of | 37 |
the day of the | 37 |
part of the line | 37 |
to the enemy as | 37 |
by this time the | 37 |
the crest of the | 37 |
in the nature of | 37 |
up the shenandoah valley | 37 |
a sufficient number of | 36 |
lines of the enemy | 36 |
i received the following | 36 |
so far as i | 36 |
the north and south | 36 |
but i do not | 36 |
the centre of the | 36 |
possession of the enemy | 36 |
in front of petersburg | 36 |
of the enemy at | 36 |
the rapidan to the | 36 |
to break up the | 36 |
under the direction of | 36 |
to repair the railroad | 36 |
as prisoners of war | 36 |
of the cumberland river | 36 |
as a part of | 36 |
the state of mississippi | 36 |
the mississippi central railroad | 36 |
the relief of knoxville | 36 |
but a few miles | 36 |
to enable me to | 36 |
was in possession of | 36 |
the base of the | 36 |
and a half miles | 36 |
but on the th | 36 |
was so great that | 36 |
the d of february | 36 |
in the fall of | 36 |
it would be well | 36 |
the enemy was not | 36 |
me that he had | 36 |
the capture of fort | 36 |
to carry out the | 36 |
to go to the | 36 |
i received a dispatch | 36 |
on the west side | 36 |
the opening of the | 36 |
will have to be | 36 |
condition of the roads | 35 |
in which he was | 35 |
the control of the | 35 |
act of congress approved | 35 |
of the mouth of | 35 |
to the head of | 35 |
greater part of the | 35 |
in the confederate army | 35 |
two hundred and fifty | 35 |
by the use of | 35 |
by order of major | 35 |
chief of the army | 35 |
i had not been | 35 |
cut off from the | 35 |
a few days later | 35 |
explained to him that | 35 |
to the left and | 35 |
a majority of the | 35 |
the field of battle | 35 |
if there had been | 35 |
had been able to | 35 |
on the ground that | 35 |
there would have been | 35 |
of the government of | 35 |
did not want to | 35 |
miles south of the | 35 |
i had been at | 35 |
under the supervision of | 35 |
of the enemy as | 35 |
with a part of | 35 |
fall into the hands | 35 |
the intersection of the | 35 |
an immense amount of | 35 |
most of the men | 35 |
middle of the afternoon | 35 |
at the age of | 35 |
the effect of the | 35 |
and the next morning | 35 |
was not aware of | 35 |
of the big black | 35 |
th of september i | 35 |
be in readiness to | 35 |
will be sent to | 35 |
the west side of | 35 |
and the united states | 35 |
your note of this | 35 |
and on the d | 35 |
and as soon as | 35 |
for more than a | 35 |
the time of which | 35 |
time of which i | 35 |
armies of the potomac | 35 |
on the extreme left | 35 |
congress of the united | 34 |
surrender of the city | 34 |
was on the right | 34 |
secretary of war and | 34 |
the immediate command of | 34 |
the united states are | 34 |
of the cavalry corps | 34 |
command of the district | 34 |
the infantry and artillery | 34 |
with reference to the | 34 |
that i had not | 34 |
of the enemy in | 34 |
of state and the | 34 |
this was going on | 34 |
of the regular army | 34 |
the interests of the | 34 |
of the nineteenth corps | 34 |
i was obliged to | 34 |
it would not do | 34 |
of the river to | 34 |
in time of peace | 34 |
the aid of the | 34 |
reason to believe that | 34 |
to report to me | 34 |
line of the tennessee | 34 |
honor to transmit herewith | 34 |
the same time i | 34 |
on the th we | 34 |
but there was no | 34 |
he was able to | 34 |
general in the regular | 34 |
in front of them | 34 |
i do not remember | 34 |
growing out of the | 34 |
the last of the | 34 |
to drive the enemy | 34 |
with that of the | 34 |
advance of the army | 34 |
it would be a | 34 |
in the house of | 34 |
would have been a | 34 |
states of america the | 34 |
the department of state | 34 |
north of the tennessee | 34 |
movement by the left | 34 |
to the fact that | 34 |
with my staff and | 33 |
the power of the | 33 |
the next day i | 33 |
officers and men of | 33 |
leave of absence for | 33 |
on the receipt of | 33 |
went into camp at | 33 |
from the time of | 33 |
the month of may | 33 |
from the south side | 33 |
put an end to | 33 |
from chattanooga to atlanta | 33 |
to the pacific coast | 33 |
territory of the united | 33 |
the cause of the | 33 |
i was in the | 33 |
the same time that | 33 |
compelled to fall back | 33 |
in pursuance of the | 33 |
as little delay as | 33 |
i therefore determined to | 33 |
consideration with a view | 33 |
was directed to move | 33 |
the st of october | 33 |
as one of the | 33 |
part of the country | 33 |
loss in killed and | 33 |
a matter of course | 33 |
with as little delay | 33 |
but was unable to | 33 |
the case of the | 33 |
the history of the | 33 |
after the capture of | 33 |
and the advance of | 33 |
the congress of the | 33 |
up from the south | 33 |
the james river and | 33 |
part of the united | 33 |
by the act of | 33 |
the approval of the | 33 |
a large force of | 33 |
the d of november | 33 |
in the interest of | 33 |
was known as the | 33 |
did not seem to | 33 |
at the time and | 33 |
with the head of | 33 |
should be allowed to | 33 |
representatives of the united | 33 |
it is to be | 33 |
the tennessee and cumberland | 33 |
to report to him | 33 |
the james river canal | 33 |
of the board of | 33 |
the bank of the | 33 |
the following letter to | 33 |
one of the ablest | 33 |
for the reason that | 33 |
not be able to | 33 |
of his troops were | 32 |
on the road from | 32 |
immediately in front of | 32 |
open to the enemy | 32 |
it is probable that | 32 |
as to make it | 32 |
a few of the | 32 |
that the united states | 32 |
i asked him if | 32 |
i sent word to | 32 |
the state of georgia | 32 |
got off on the | 32 |
took possession of the | 32 |
command of the cavalry | 32 |
the city to the | 32 |
the number of men | 32 |
to be given to | 32 |
that it was impossible | 32 |
the st of july | 32 |
would have been to | 32 |
reached on the th | 32 |
back in time to | 32 |
the time i was | 32 |
the face of an | 32 |
department of the ohio | 32 |
the united states senate | 32 |
two or three days | 32 |
below the mouth of | 32 |
the arrival of general | 32 |
and the loss of | 32 |
it so happened that | 32 |
and on the st | 32 |
the big black and | 32 |
i had been in | 32 |
of the th was | 32 |
in one of the | 32 |
early on the th | 32 |
with most of the | 32 |
which had been sent | 32 |
two or three miles | 32 |
banks of the river | 32 |
told him that i | 32 |
to be able to | 32 |
i transmit herewith a | 32 |
we would have to | 32 |
thought it would be | 32 |
by the enemy in | 32 |
to be in the | 32 |
to the north bank | 32 |
to be in readiness | 32 |
the d of december | 32 |
that i should be | 32 |
state of south carolina | 32 |
the benefit of the | 31 |
and was ordered to | 31 |
of the potomac had | 31 |
the army in the | 31 |
the men who had | 31 |
i should not have | 31 |
rapidan to the james | 31 |
the navigation of the | 31 |
take advantage of any | 31 |
under the protection of | 31 |
the james river to | 31 |
movement of the army | 31 |
is one of the | 31 |
in the execution of | 31 |
the siege of vicksburg | 31 |
th of february i | 31 |
to move against mobile | 31 |
to enable us to | 31 |
in the act of | 31 |
and secretary of war | 31 |
of cape fear river | 31 |
i told him i | 31 |
topography of the country | 31 |
the duty of the | 31 |
within the limits of | 31 |
in a position to | 31 |
more than a mile | 31 |
a large portion of | 31 |
had gone to the | 31 |
of most of the | 31 |
cut off from all | 31 |
from the front of | 31 |
in the form of | 31 |
the terms upon which | 31 |
suppression of the rebellion | 31 |
to carry into effect | 31 |
jurisdiction of the united | 31 |
on the second day | 31 |
one of his staff | 31 |
the fall of fort | 31 |
the bulk of his | 31 |
that it would have | 31 |
the enemy at the | 31 |
the road back to | 31 |
the potomac and the | 31 |
a view to ratification | 31 |
with a small force | 31 |
and that of the | 31 |
to withdraw from the | 31 |
on the crest of | 31 |
i would have been | 31 |
the president and secretary | 31 |
the situation of affairs | 31 |
the bridge over the | 31 |
so as to have | 31 |
to the big black | 31 |
the war department to | 31 |
i did not want | 31 |
the completion of the | 31 |
one of my staff | 31 |
ordered to report to | 31 |
after the arrival of | 30 |
by the middle of | 30 |
by the time i | 30 |
he reached on the | 30 |
on the national side | 30 |
parts of the army | 30 |
to enable him to | 30 |
that i did not | 30 |
the minds of the | 30 |
i would like to | 30 |
the virginia and tennessee | 30 |
d and th corps | 30 |
the bridge across the | 30 |
and i determined to | 30 |
answer to their resolution | 30 |
officer of the army | 30 |
to the white house | 30 |
the direct road to | 30 |
of the troops in | 30 |
enemy out of his | 30 |
that he had not | 30 |
the d corps and | 30 |
of the country was | 30 |
repulsed with heavy loss | 30 |
in time to be | 30 |
found that he was | 30 |
to make a reconnoissance | 30 |
transmit herewith a report | 30 |
top of the hill | 30 |
it was at this | 30 |
the troops were to | 30 |
virginia and tennessee railroad | 30 |
to add to the | 30 |
a portion of it | 30 |
but a short time | 30 |
south of the city | 30 |
before the enemy could | 30 |
on the opposite bank | 30 |
to the rio grande | 30 |
the number of troops | 30 |
at a time when | 30 |
join the army of | 30 |
the people who had | 30 |
the cavalry of the | 30 |
that the army of | 30 |
at the time that | 30 |
head of his column | 30 |
and the secretary of | 30 |
the th or th | 30 |
the removal of the | 30 |
the importance of the | 30 |
honor to return herewith | 30 |
the d of april | 30 |
had come up from | 30 |
the troops that were | 30 |
the command of his | 30 |
guns of the enemy | 30 |
president and secretary of | 30 |
but was repulsed with | 30 |
that we could not | 30 |
of the national army | 30 |
the support of the | 30 |
the interest of the | 30 |
at the time he | 30 |
to the time of | 30 |
both sides of the | 30 |
the south side road | 30 |
it could not be | 30 |
been sent to the | 30 |
for the defence of | 30 |
command of the troops | 30 |
the crossings of the | 30 |
the attention of congress | 30 |
the forks of the | 30 |
in answer to a | 30 |
communication with the north | 30 |
the house of a | 30 |
the board of supervisors | 30 |
could be brought to | 29 |
the united states as | 29 |
the united states was | 29 |
of the supreme court | 29 |
the right wing of | 29 |
that they would not | 29 |
a suspension of hostilities | 29 |
was found to be | 29 |
that they could not | 29 |
at the house of | 29 |
said to me that | 29 |
did not succeed in | 29 |
if he had been | 29 |
main body of the | 29 |
of the potomac in | 29 |
if there should be | 29 |
in answer to their | 29 |
to the movement of | 29 |
up the south side | 29 |
the heart of the | 29 |
who had been in | 29 |
the assistance of the | 29 |
early in the day | 29 |
the fifteenth army corps | 29 |
of the civil war | 29 |
of the illustrious soldier | 29 |
the battle of belmont | 29 |
to the south and | 29 |
the right flank of | 29 |
it had to be | 29 |
back from the river | 29 |
as well as in | 29 |
in the habit of | 29 |
at amelia court house | 29 |
headquarters department of the | 29 |
the story of the | 29 |
the th to the | 29 |
part of his command | 29 |
the railroad east of | 29 |
of molino del rey | 29 |
i did not believe | 29 |
to look after the | 29 |
in time to take | 29 |
him that i would | 29 |
to report to general | 29 |
the authority of the | 29 |
position of the enemy | 29 |
the enemy made a | 29 |
that some of the | 29 |
opposite side of the | 29 |
the subject of the | 29 |
and for other purposes | 29 |
be it further enacted | 29 |
assumed command of the | 29 |
be found in the | 29 |
a letter from general | 29 |
the fall of atlanta | 29 |
from all communication with | 29 |
a force of about | 29 |
nature of the ground | 29 |
our base of supplies | 29 |
it seems to me | 29 |
i knew that the | 29 |
to their resolution of | 29 |
to hold the enemy | 29 |
to do with the | 29 |
the failure of the | 29 |
of the union forces | 29 |
the terms of surrender | 29 |
the receipt of this | 29 |
at this time the | 29 |
could be found in | 29 |
important to the enemy | 28 |
the object being to | 28 |
by the president and | 28 |
that it was the | 28 |
beginning of the war | 28 |
a division of cavalry | 28 |
for which he was | 28 |
to be retained by | 28 |
beyond the limits of | 28 |
it must have been | 28 |
it will be seen | 28 |
about three miles from | 28 |
way back to the | 28 |
a mile from the | 28 |
of the first day | 28 |
under the provisions of | 28 |
a report of the | 28 |
have been obliged to | 28 |
under the cover of | 28 |
all the officers and | 28 |
the topography of the | 28 |
in pursuit of the | 28 |
on the side of | 28 |
of the north and | 28 |
on the eve of | 28 |
as close to the | 28 |
the whole of it | 28 |
as may be necessary | 28 |
prosecution of the war | 28 |
i had with me | 28 |
a portion of his | 28 |
the railroad back to | 28 |
the mississippi river was | 28 |
this condition of affairs | 28 |
from the beginning of | 28 |
the big black river | 28 |
he wanted me to | 28 |
i directed him to | 28 |
the rest of his | 28 |
and found that the | 28 |
in compliance with the | 28 |
a force sufficient to | 28 |
on the virginia central | 28 |
he said that he | 28 |
the mississippi river to | 28 |
tennessee and cumberland rivers | 28 |
to return to their | 28 |
conduct of the war | 28 |
i was on the | 28 |
did not know that | 28 |
it was not until | 28 |
had been in command | 28 |
it was better to | 28 |
people of the north | 28 |
be ready to move | 28 |
on the one hand | 28 |
and had to be | 28 |
what should be done | 28 |
there at the time | 28 |
department of the south | 28 |
it is not probable | 28 |
of the th inst | 28 |
about one hundred and | 28 |
along the whole line | 28 |
in the shape of | 28 |
as fast as they | 28 |
to the importance of | 28 |
of two or three | 28 |
to be relieved from | 28 |
the tennessee river at | 28 |
that it was a | 28 |
the attack was made | 28 |
late in the evening | 27 |
there could be no | 27 |
orders were given for | 27 |
four pieces of artillery | 27 |
he found the enemy | 27 |
to me that the | 27 |
up arms against the | 27 |
a division of the | 27 |
was light enough to | 27 |
on both sides of | 27 |
was an officer of | 27 |
of the arrival of | 27 |
move at the same | 27 |
an act for the | 27 |
to turn over the | 27 |
there is no doubt | 27 |
to do was to | 27 |
it seemed to me | 27 |
was at that time | 27 |
that could be spared | 27 |
of the virginia central | 27 |
importance to the enemy | 27 |
to the defence of | 27 |
the hopelessness of further | 27 |
turned over to the | 27 |
the fact that he | 27 |
by the morning of | 27 |
to get upon the | 27 |
right and left of | 27 |
of the garrison of | 27 |
the view of the | 27 |
soon as it is | 27 |
would be sent to | 27 |
my staff and a | 27 |
to attack the enemy | 27 |
of the constitution of | 27 |
commanding officer of the | 27 |
to the surrender of | 27 |
been at west point | 27 |
was cut off from | 27 |
as far as he | 27 |
the presence of an | 27 |
as soon as general | 27 |
when we reached the | 27 |
of that part of | 27 |
the necessary orders for | 27 |
in the summer of | 27 |
the consent of the | 27 |
and it may be | 27 |
but as soon as | 27 |
of the state and | 27 |
by the national troops | 27 |
few hundred yards of | 27 |
to send a division | 27 |
they could not be | 27 |
on its way to | 27 |
placed in command of | 27 |
up the tennessee river | 27 |
was ordered back to | 27 |
the credit of the | 27 |
of america the ninety | 27 |
through a hostile country | 27 |
it could have been | 27 |
have been able to | 27 |
and many of the | 27 |
would have to pass | 27 |
his line of march | 27 |
of the potomac to | 27 |
the declaration of independence | 27 |
a heavy fire of | 27 |
hopelessness of further resistance | 27 |
attention of the enemy | 27 |
of the memphis and | 27 |
the big black at | 27 |
i learned that the | 27 |
the pursuit was continued | 27 |
by the south side | 27 |
loss of the enemy | 27 |
the state of missouri | 27 |
division of the missouri | 27 |
who was in command | 27 |
from its source to | 27 |
the summit of the | 27 |
the consideration of the | 27 |
the north of the | 27 |
view of the enemy | 27 |
had been at west | 27 |
and that i would | 27 |
command in the field | 27 |
up the james river | 27 |
the rio grande and | 27 |
on my return to | 27 |
portion of the army | 27 |
four or five miles | 27 |
th day of june | 27 |
to hold his position | 27 |
to say that the | 27 |
the west of the | 27 |
branch of the government | 27 |
i have often heard | 27 |
of the utmost importance | 27 |
the order of the | 26 |
i received orders to | 26 |
vast importance to the | 26 |
the enemy had taken | 26 |
down the river to | 26 |
and i do not | 26 |
to take the field | 26 |
the occupation of the | 26 |
i telegraphed to general | 26 |
to go back to | 26 |
saying that he had | 26 |
to keep up the | 26 |
the east end of | 26 |
it was absolutely necessary | 26 |
section of the country | 26 |
he had been in | 26 |
crossed the big black | 26 |
from which they could | 26 |
expedition against fort fisher | 26 |
west side of the | 26 |
on the weldon railroad | 26 |
on the th sherman | 26 |
up my mind to | 26 |
in conjunction with the | 26 |
those of the enemy | 26 |
asked him if he | 26 |
of food and forage | 26 |
made up my mind | 26 |
i did not see | 26 |
as well as a | 26 |
on the field of | 26 |
the ground over which | 26 |
of the enemy had | 26 |
from the view of | 26 |
potomac and the james | 26 |
up the river to | 26 |
the th i ordered | 26 |
by one of the | 26 |
as fast as possible | 26 |
that he was the | 26 |
in testimony whereof i | 26 |
troops in the field | 26 |
there should be a | 26 |
the st of december | 26 |
so that they could | 26 |
of the treaty of | 26 |
the th i had | 26 |
tired of the war | 26 |
the time of his | 26 |
of the country and | 26 |
years at west point | 26 |
to the conclusion that | 26 |
the rank and file | 26 |
the men of the | 26 |
more than a week | 26 |
to destroy the railroad | 26 |
the object of this | 26 |
to a resolution of | 26 |
a resolution of the | 26 |
that we would have | 26 |
arms against the government | 26 |
do not believe that | 26 |
in the service of | 26 |
about the time the | 26 |
army to the south | 26 |
would be obliged to | 26 |
for a number of | 26 |
a sufficient force to | 26 |
that they did not | 26 |
all the troops that | 26 |
with the idea that | 26 |
the situation of the | 26 |
if he had not | 26 |
line in front of | 26 |
be given to the | 26 |
the objective point of | 26 |
so that it was | 26 |
and be it further | 26 |
the form of a | 26 |
with more or less | 26 |
brought to bear upon | 26 |
a mile of the | 26 |
do not know what | 26 |
of the line of | 26 |
to the commanding officer | 26 |
drive the enemy from | 26 |
made up his mind | 26 |
of the fifth corps | 26 |
the state of louisiana | 26 |
take advantage of the | 26 |
the territory of the | 26 |
that the enemy would | 26 |
of the seventeenth corps | 26 |
for the support of | 26 |
their resolution of the | 26 |
bank of the james | 26 |
of about one hundred | 26 |
to be disturbed by | 26 |
condition of the army | 26 |
there was no time | 26 |
me to say that | 26 |
command of the th | 26 |
testimony whereof i have | 26 |
a depot of supplies | 26 |
the great majority of | 26 |
to the extent of | 26 |
did not like to | 26 |
for a distance of | 26 |
the fate of the | 26 |
the great mass of | 26 |
to commence on the | 26 |
they would have to | 25 |
would have been in | 25 |
had to be done | 25 |
i was directed to | 25 |
a lodgment on the | 25 |
to get into the | 25 |
that they were not | 25 |
remainder of the army | 25 |
by the time the | 25 |
received from the secretary | 25 |
the enemy fell back | 25 |
the enemy in his | 25 |
which the enemy had | 25 |
act for the relief | 25 |
a copy of a | 25 |
while this was going | 25 |
had been captured by | 25 |
to the dignity of | 25 |
did not intend to | 25 |
to the grade of | 25 |
my recollection is that | 25 |
in any of the | 25 |
that had crossed the | 25 |
the effect of this | 25 |
on the th to | 25 |
in consequence of this | 25 |
single piece of artillery | 25 |
position of the two | 25 |
i had no doubt | 25 |
that they should be | 25 |
his lines of communication | 25 |
and many of them | 25 |
in the organization of | 25 |
a mile or more | 25 |
by the senate and | 25 |
for the troops to | 25 |
a couple of days | 25 |
that it was my | 25 |
and said that he | 25 |
from grand gulf to | 25 |
north of the city | 25 |
the th corps to | 25 |
evident that the enemy | 25 |
take the place of | 25 |
under command of general | 25 |
i determined to make | 25 |
to me that he | 25 |
i had never met | 25 |
the enemy would have | 25 |
near the mouth of | 25 |
to my mind that | 25 |
officers and men to | 25 |
heavy loss in killed | 25 |
to prepare for the | 25 |
on the right and | 25 |
entitled an act for | 25 |
further resistance on the | 25 |
it is possible to | 25 |
in the name of | 25 |
it was light enough | 25 |
the gulf of mexico | 25 |
the enemy in force | 25 |
the movement of the | 25 |
resistance on the part | 25 |
point on the th | 25 |
it was difficult to | 25 |
at west point with | 25 |
be done with the | 25 |
the th corps was | 25 |
th day of october | 25 |
the state of south | 25 |
in front of his | 25 |
surrender of the garrison | 25 |
of the laws of | 25 |
i do not want | 25 |
by the rear of | 25 |
in connection with the | 25 |
that i was not | 25 |
troops could be got | 25 |
the flank of the | 25 |
the reports of the | 25 |
the nature of a | 25 |
i am aware that | 25 |
as a base of | 25 |
as long as the | 25 |
the establishment of a | 25 |
many of the men | 25 |
your attention to the | 25 |
west of the road | 25 |
command of the whole | 25 |
on the th there | 25 |
from the fire of | 25 |
would like to have | 25 |
at an early day | 25 |
and most of the | 25 |
for the time being | 25 |
side of the chickahominy | 25 |
a little to the | 25 |
place on the th | 25 |
but he could not | 25 |
the left flank of | 25 |
the midst of a | 25 |
the th there was | 25 |
out of his position | 25 |
at the earliest practicable | 25 |
the united states is | 25 |
in the early part | 25 |
and took possession of | 25 |
one of the first | 25 |
capital of the state | 25 |
north and south carolina | 25 |
a distance of about | 25 |
for a day or | 25 |
with him in the | 25 |
the pickets of the | 25 |
flank of the enemy | 25 |
to move against the | 25 |
set forth in the | 25 |
to get out of | 25 |
the valley of virginia | 25 |
i did not wish | 25 |
period of the war | 25 |
of the river at | 25 |
started on his return | 25 |
flank the enemy out | 25 |
that the enemy has | 25 |
beat a hasty retreat | 25 |
as it was light | 25 |
during the th and | 25 |
seemed to be the | 24 |
i have received your | 24 |
on the big black | 24 |
cut him off from | 24 |
to the department of | 24 |
of the destruction of | 24 |
to join in the | 24 |
about ten thousand men | 24 |
to the assistance of | 24 |
by some of the | 24 |
of citizens of the | 24 |
of so much importance | 24 |
to the battle of | 24 |
up and down the | 24 |
the united states that | 24 |
the troops on the | 24 |
th day of march | 24 |
up to the very | 24 |
the troops were in | 24 |
to fall back to | 24 |
on either side of | 24 |
north of the river | 24 |
to me on the | 24 |
the assault was made | 24 |
if it had not | 24 |
the work of the | 24 |
in this way he | 24 |
during the winter of | 24 |
was to be done | 24 |
during the night the | 24 |
about half a mile | 24 |
for some little time | 24 |
as could be found | 24 |
it became evident that | 24 |
was sent to the | 24 |
received the news of | 24 |
the next day the | 24 |
that on the th | 24 |
send a force to | 24 |
time to be of | 24 |
if there was a | 24 |
out of the rebellion | 24 |
of the union troops | 24 |
of the city and | 24 |
hundred and fifty miles | 24 |
and some of the | 24 |
to be on the | 24 |
and the capture of | 24 |
within a few days | 24 |
of the potomac by | 24 |
was on the th | 24 |
received your note of | 24 |
little delay as possible | 24 |
the battles of the | 24 |
of the river and | 24 |
i had no idea | 24 |
sent to the senate | 24 |
was ordered to join | 24 |
the operation of the | 24 |
to cross the tennessee | 24 |
of the men who | 24 |
the resources of the | 24 |
not far from the | 24 |
that it would take | 24 |
one hundred and thirty | 24 |
than that of the | 24 |
the ground on which | 24 |
to take the place | 24 |
of the valley pike | 24 |
on the top of | 24 |
that we did not | 24 |
the district of south | 24 |
the exchange of prisoners | 24 |
the movement of our | 24 |
to cross the river | 24 |
of the th general | 24 |
fired upon by the | 24 |
no time during the | 24 |
the united states have | 24 |
the loss of a | 24 |
that we had to | 24 |
coming up from the | 24 |
in the morning of | 24 |
this time the enemy | 24 |
i was with the | 24 |
under the fire of | 24 |
about eight thousand men | 24 |
had it not been | 24 |
what was known as | 24 |
large number of prisoners | 24 |
to save the union | 24 |
what had taken place | 24 |
to the state of | 24 |
to remain in the | 24 |
the resolution was referred | 24 |
explained to me that | 24 |
that he had no | 24 |
so that i could | 24 |
and one hundred and | 24 |
would have been impossible | 24 |
to cut loose from | 24 |
all the troops he | 24 |
as long as he | 24 |
and i told him | 24 |
it is possible that | 24 |
a good supply of | 24 |
of infantry and a | 24 |
at that time there | 24 |
at the junction of | 24 |
me that he was | 24 |
side of the appomattox | 24 |
i wanted him to | 24 |
battle of bull run | 24 |
would be impossible to | 24 |
department of the cumberland | 24 |
the annexation of texas | 24 |
back with heavy loss | 24 |
with the balance of | 24 |
for the defense of | 24 |
cavalry of the army | 24 |
the country through which | 24 |
the best of my | 24 |
department of the missouri | 24 |
to come to the | 24 |
washington on the th | 24 |
to be allowed to | 24 |
had to be made | 24 |
troops which had been | 24 |
the commanding officer of | 24 |
from the river above | 24 |
from the battle of | 24 |
he replied that he | 24 |
time to take part | 24 |
to do the same | 24 |
out of the war | 24 |
the limits of the | 24 |
the isthmus of panama | 23 |
the united states until | 23 |
the point where it | 23 |
department of the gulf | 23 |
the point at which | 23 |
for the consideration of | 23 |
and could not be | 23 |
it was necessary that | 23 |
the expiration of the | 23 |
the vicinity of the | 23 |
in case of a | 23 |
an attack on the | 23 |
i received a letter | 23 |
and one or two | 23 |
front of the city | 23 |
the tennessee river to | 23 |
became evident that the | 23 |
by the people of | 23 |
hundred yards from the | 23 |
the forces in the | 23 |
assigned to command the | 23 |
and ordered him to | 23 |
to be in a | 23 |
the enemy as possible | 23 |
west of the alleghanies | 23 |
we could see the | 23 |
the strength of the | 23 |
from the united states | 23 |
and did not know | 23 |
th of march i | 23 |
some distance to the | 23 |
convention between the united | 23 |
armies of the u | 23 |
it may be that | 23 |
the fifth military district | 23 |
the departments of the | 23 |
the troops of the | 23 |
in the winter of | 23 |
out of the valley | 23 |
at the last moment | 23 |
the fall of vicksburg | 23 |
purely on the defensive | 23 |
the orders of the | 23 |
at that time was | 23 |
east of the blue | 23 |
secretary of war to | 23 |
staff of the army | 23 |
would be well to | 23 |
the lower end of | 23 |
of the same day | 23 |
of the cumberland was | 23 |
the good of the | 23 |
face of an enemy | 23 |
on the following morning | 23 |
halls of the montezumas | 23 |
the road to the | 23 |
would like to see | 23 |
to make an attack | 23 |
so much of the | 23 |
to move to the | 23 |
impossible for me to | 23 |
as to what was | 23 |
of the baltimore and | 23 |
to me to be | 23 |
that i would have | 23 |
the jurisdiction of the | 23 |
at west point and | 23 |
bank of the mississippi | 23 |
he was in the | 23 |
and under cover of | 23 |
the republican party was | 23 |
two pieces of artillery | 23 |
explained that he had | 23 |
in proportion to the | 23 |
the continuance of the | 23 |
as far as i | 23 |
from the date of | 23 |
the results of the | 23 |
the rank of brigadier | 23 |
the campaign against vicksburg | 23 |
the united states during | 23 |
virginia central railroad and | 23 |
use of the army | 23 |
carry into effect the | 23 |
from east to west | 23 |
three or four days | 23 |
of further resistance on | 23 |
the day after the | 23 |
the defense of the | 23 |
at the opening of | 23 |
and the fact that | 23 |
me on the th | 23 |
at the breaking out | 23 |
to the ohio river | 23 |
of the position of | 23 |
with a large force | 23 |
the month of august | 23 |
which had been left | 23 |
until the d of | 23 |
in your letter of | 23 |
thousand five hundred men | 23 |
side of the potomac | 23 |
soon as he can | 23 |
i came to the | 23 |
early the next morning | 23 |
an incident of the | 23 |
up his mind to | 23 |
the march to the | 23 |
to march to the | 23 |
answer to a resolution | 23 |
had not gone far | 23 |
and a number of | 23 |
it was impossible for | 23 |
just in time to | 23 |
were sent to the | 23 |
some of the men | 23 |
in the hope that | 23 |
to move by the | 23 |
eleven pieces of artillery | 23 |
is not probable that | 23 |
that is to say | 23 |
the heads of the | 23 |
he explained to me | 23 |
the seat of government | 22 |
hundred feet above the | 22 |
turned to the left | 22 |
the troops under my | 22 |
th day of april | 22 |
on the danville road | 22 |
in the state service | 22 |
at the earliest possible | 22 |
i do not see | 22 |
there were quite a | 22 |
i found that he | 22 |
best of my ability | 22 |
of the fourteenth corps | 22 |
act to provide for | 22 |
the troops under general | 22 |
my object was to | 22 |
as i have stated | 22 |
it was possible for | 22 |
was to be made | 22 |
to hold the line | 22 |
of the twentieth corps | 22 |
one division of cavalry | 22 |
could have been taken | 22 |
to make an assault | 22 |
fell back to the | 22 |
the enemy had come | 22 |
him from the field | 22 |
up to the enemy | 22 |
far as he could | 22 |
and several hundred prisoners | 22 |
the approach of the | 22 |
be taken from the | 22 |
information as to the | 22 |
by an attack on | 22 |
to be prepared for | 22 |
the administration of president | 22 |
a few minutes the | 22 |
i should have been | 22 |
it will be better | 22 |
troops under my command | 22 |
for the capture of | 22 |
further effusion of blood | 22 |
in the belief that | 22 |
charles city court house | 22 |
by the evening of | 22 |
capture of the city | 22 |
of the city to | 22 |
this time i had | 22 |
i was ready to | 22 |
was assigned to command | 22 |
the killed and wounded | 22 |
that had been made | 22 |
all communication with the | 22 |
on the day of | 22 |
soon as the news | 22 |
departments of the government | 22 |
but he was not | 22 |
it was supposed that | 22 |
was still in the | 22 |
the right wing was | 22 |
the loss of life | 22 |
the james river by | 22 |
the citizens of the | 22 |
and a large number | 22 |
to the base of | 22 |
to the capital of | 22 |
i would not be | 22 |
where he found the | 22 |
the d of october | 22 |
it was my intention | 22 |
resulted in the capture | 22 |
troops that had been | 22 |
close of the rebellion | 22 |
states of america and | 22 |
country was covered with | 22 |
of the rebel army | 22 |
the rear of our | 22 |
a portion of our | 22 |
at all events he | 22 |
further orders from me | 22 |
of the army was | 22 |
troops that were to | 22 |
two or three hundred | 22 |
went so far as | 22 |
would have given us | 22 |
cross the big black | 22 |
states until properly exchanged | 22 |
of the operations of | 22 |
witness whereof i have | 22 |
corinth on the th | 22 |
that if he had | 22 |
preparations were at once | 22 |
the enemy south of | 22 |
the army of occupation | 22 |
a dispatch from general | 22 |
the battle of chickamauga | 22 |
in the same way | 22 |
of the weldon railroad | 22 |
they will be sent | 22 |
ought not to be | 22 |
so that he could | 22 |
by the war department | 22 |
later in the war | 22 |
the mexican war and | 22 |
the constitution and laws | 22 |
of the government to | 22 |
i had been a | 22 |
drawn up in line | 22 |
headquarters army of the | 22 |
would have been very | 22 |
to within a few | 22 |
under these circumstances i | 22 |
i was prepared to | 22 |
order of the president | 22 |
be sent to you | 22 |
to the right to | 22 |
south of the enemy | 22 |
it would be better | 22 |
th of may the | 22 |
i had given him | 22 |
all the way from | 22 |
the capture of vicksburg | 22 |
within range of the | 22 |
for him to do | 22 |
some four or five | 22 |
rations in their haversacks | 22 |
candidate for the presidency | 22 |
the state of the | 22 |
of the road from | 22 |
its source to its | 22 |
command of the armies | 22 |
the details of the | 22 |
of his artillery and | 22 |
i am satisfied that | 22 |
still farther to the | 22 |
a desperate effort to | 22 |
in order to get | 22 |
would have been obliged | 22 |
the tennessee and the | 22 |
to flank the enemy | 22 |
i was anxious to | 22 |
large portion of the | 22 |
the d of august | 22 |
the duties of his | 22 |
up to that point | 22 |
before the battle of | 22 |
be brought to bear | 22 |
for a short time | 22 |
a member of congress | 22 |
on the approach of | 22 |
return to their homes | 22 |
an act of congress | 22 |
majority of the people | 22 |
both houses of congress | 22 |
which he had to | 22 |
between us and the | 22 |
was said to have | 22 |
the valley of mexico | 22 |
what he was doing | 22 |
the capture of petersburg | 22 |
the value of the | 22 |
that he was to | 22 |
in witness whereof i | 22 |
he had not been | 22 |
of the d and | 22 |
was on its way | 22 |
at the rate of | 22 |
had been sent out | 22 |
source to its mouth | 22 |
supplies for the army | 22 |
and the rest of | 22 |
informing him of the | 22 |
were on their way | 22 |
loss to the enemy | 22 |
the united states should | 22 |
in camp on the | 22 |
directly to his front | 22 |
the top of lookout | 22 |
th of may and | 22 |
did not know but | 22 |
and i returned to | 22 |
in relation to the | 22 |
in such manner as | 22 |
united states until properly | 22 |
of the road to | 22 |
to the government of | 21 |
regiments of infantry and | 21 |
that could be brought | 21 |
and whereas it is | 21 |
after a few days | 21 |
which he had been | 21 |
about four thousand men | 21 |
he was forced to | 21 |
without the loss of | 21 |
there was a small | 21 |
but i had no | 21 |
the united states on | 21 |
for the accomplishment of | 21 |
explosion of the mine | 21 |
up in line of | 21 |
the time we were | 21 |
the whole army was | 21 |
in advance of his | 21 |
battle of molino del | 21 |
about a mile and | 21 |
so as to cover | 21 |
before i could get | 21 |
on one side of | 21 |
the retreat of the | 21 |
by the destruction of | 21 |
that he would not | 21 |
the united states troops | 21 |
was said to be | 21 |
chief of staff of | 21 |
part of the enemy | 21 |
the united states at | 21 |
the whole line of | 21 |
at appomattox court house | 21 |
may be able to | 21 |
daylight the next morning | 21 |
of which i have | 21 |
on the land side | 21 |
about the d of | 21 |
for the arrival of | 21 |
be called upon to | 21 |
and drove it back | 21 |
bank of the cumberland | 21 |
to whom the resolution | 21 |
got out of the | 21 |
in the war department | 21 |
of the public service | 21 |
the experience of the | 21 |
attracting the attention of | 21 |
commissioner of indian affairs | 21 |
of the st the | 21 |
in north and south | 21 |
necessary for me to | 21 |
north of the potomac | 21 |
of white oak road | 21 |
the government at washington | 21 |
if he could not | 21 |
made by the enemy | 21 |
as you may deem | 21 |
time during the war | 21 |
he said to me | 21 |
to the top of | 21 |
east end of the | 21 |
order of the secretary | 21 |
manner in which the | 21 |
will be seen that | 21 |
the road leading from | 21 |
war between the states | 21 |
a plan of campaign | 21 |
of the men were | 21 |
the united states city | 21 |
as much as i | 21 |
and i did not | 21 |
driving the enemy from | 21 |
from which he could | 21 |
of congress of the | 21 |
by the end of | 21 |
to which i was | 21 |
that could have been | 21 |
on our extreme right | 21 |
united states city point | 21 |
states of the union | 21 |
which they could not | 21 |
whom the resolution was | 21 |
to believe that the | 21 |
on the arrival of | 21 |
by the army of | 21 |
and the rio grande | 21 |
there were but two | 21 |
th i received a | 21 |
him in command of | 21 |
but little doubt that | 21 |
not much more than | 21 |
the last session of | 21 |
would not only have | 21 |
to the south of | 21 |
he would like to | 21 |
of the white oak | 21 |
in front of our | 21 |
distance to the rear | 21 |
for a few days | 21 |
i happened to be | 21 |
as a member of | 21 |
the legislature of virginia | 21 |
a line of battle | 21 |
one of the best | 21 |
the nashville and chattanooga | 21 |
the relief of the | 21 |
to be made in | 21 |
the way back to | 21 |
in such a manner | 21 |
the appearance of the | 21 |
the southern part of | 21 |
if i had been | 21 |
of the legislature of | 21 |
to go to st | 21 |
men of all arms | 21 |
battle of five forks | 21 |
the brigade to which | 21 |
the city of new | 21 |
were sent out to | 21 |
the united states by | 21 |
by a large force | 21 |
hundred and sixty miles | 21 |
it for granted that | 21 |
i returned to the | 21 |
saying that he was | 21 |
till the th of | 21 |
to move up the | 21 |
the supreme court of | 21 |
in the army and | 21 |
commanding the department of | 21 |
battle of white oak | 21 |
as rapidly as the | 21 |
that time i had | 21 |
as i have already | 21 |
there seemed to be | 21 |
the next morning we | 21 |
his chief of staff | 21 |
not aware of the | 21 |
one side of the | 21 |
after my arrival at | 21 |
for the fiscal year | 21 |
one or the other | 21 |
so far as it | 21 |
was not sufficient to | 21 |
as it had been | 21 |
his way back to | 21 |
from six to ten | 21 |
of richmond and petersburg | 20 |
south was a military | 20 |
the dead and wounded | 20 |
the offensive against the | 20 |
th a reconnoissance was | 20 |
part of our line | 20 |
with heavy loss in | 20 |
i was going to | 20 |
all points of the | 20 |
to send one division | 20 |
of the different corps | 20 |
the receipt of your | 20 |
to such an extent | 20 |
rear of the th | 20 |
i had known him | 20 |
for three years or | 20 |
the san cosme road | 20 |
it was not a | 20 |
united states for the | 20 |
troops that had crossed | 20 |
we were going to | 20 |
the restoration of the | 20 |
enabled the enemy to | 20 |
had to be protected | 20 |
of the enemy that | 20 |
the forenoon of the | 20 |
whom i had known | 20 |
an assault on the | 20 |
to this time he | 20 |
but a few days | 20 |
was by no means | 20 |
the th a reconnoissance | 20 |
the plan had been | 20 |
loss on both sides | 20 |
of the government in | 20 |
officers and men were | 20 |
to this time i | 20 |
the business of the | 20 |
by the terms of | 20 |
rode to the front | 20 |
him that i had | 20 |
in some way or | 20 |
in rebellion against the | 20 |
took command of the | 20 |
to form a junction | 20 |
would no doubt have | 20 |
in front of these | 20 |
light enough to see | 20 |
put in command of | 20 |
a matter of fact | 20 |
for the possession of | 20 |
in their respective fronts | 20 |
the sixth corps to | 20 |
was not permitted to | 20 |
to the defences of | 20 |
command of a corps | 20 |
hundred and fifty men | 20 |
on the south carolina | 20 |
was absent from the | 20 |
as fast as the | 20 |
what had been done | 20 |
a squadron of cavalry | 20 |
all of which were | 20 |
knew that he was | 20 |
in support of the | 20 |
on the direct road | 20 |
the exception of one | 20 |
and i have no | 20 |
was in full view | 20 |
making it difficult to | 20 |
the fiscal year ending | 20 |
sent a staff officer | 20 |
he met the enemy | 20 |
remainder of his force | 20 |
officer of the united | 20 |
during the mexican war | 20 |
after the close of | 20 |
in that part of | 20 |
of the first importance | 20 |
in a very few | 20 |
the united states with | 20 |
to fight the enemy | 20 |
on each side of | 20 |
and that if he | 20 |
do not know that | 20 |
water from the river | 20 |
of the peace commissioners | 20 |
the enemy and the | 20 |
get out of the | 20 |
the enemy was found | 20 |
up his line of | 20 |
to the junction of | 20 |
brigade to which i | 20 |
awaiting the arrival of | 20 |
the tops of the | 20 |
of his staff officers | 20 |
the evacuation of corinth | 20 |
it was evident that | 20 |
for consideration with a | 20 |
my mind that the | 20 |
was grown up with | 20 |
more than a hundred | 20 |
up to within a | 20 |
the defeat of the | 20 |
his majesty the king | 20 |
an army in the | 20 |
of the tennessee was | 20 |
there had been no | 20 |
of the army washington | 20 |
a considerable number of | 20 |
that the people of | 20 |
which had been built | 20 |
the point of land | 20 |
was directed to send | 20 |
which could not be | 20 |
line over which to | 20 |
city point on the | 20 |
possession of the national | 20 |
could be sent to | 20 |
i was afraid that | 20 |
but it would have | 20 |
in the minds of | 20 |
in conformity with the | 20 |
the james and appomattox | 20 |
could not see how | 20 |
hold themselves in readiness | 20 |
a few minutes later | 20 |
which had to be | 20 |
and suggested that i | 20 |
governor of the state | 20 |
hands of the national | 20 |
for supplying the army | 20 |
fallen into our hands | 20 |
the th corps will | 20 |
heavy growth of timber | 20 |
as well as of | 20 |
had been assigned to | 20 |
the exception of a | 20 |
was the first to | 20 |
to the condition of | 20 |
emptying into the tennessee | 20 |
into the service of | 20 |
on receipt of this | 20 |
on the first day | 20 |
for the united states | 20 |
to move at the | 20 |
the defence of richmond | 20 |
until the war was | 20 |
from day to day | 20 |
heart of the city | 20 |
to hold themselves in | 20 |
to run the batteries | 20 |
the confidence of the | 20 |
the treaty of washington | 20 |
of the armies operating | 20 |
either side of the | 20 |
years or the war | 20 |
of the sixteenth corps | 20 |
if he did not | 20 |
the night the enemy | 20 |
under a heavy fire | 20 |
took up his line | 20 |