Ulysses S Grant a Paper Read Before the Missouri Commandery of the Military O
Ulysses S Grant a Paper Read Before the Missouri Commandery of the Military O
William H William Henry Powell
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" "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer. " During the advance on Richmond, in May, 1864, it is said that after a hard-fought battle in which the loss in both Grant's and Lee's armies was very great. Grant's Corps Commanders met that night at his headquarters to propose to him a council of war to consider the situation, which was granted, which resulted in advising Grant to tall back and cover Washington. The silent man listened only, and on the retirement of the council... bade them good night; near midnight Grant issued an order to his Commanders to be in readiness at four o'clock next morning to " move to the front by the left flank " and engage the enemy ; upon receipt of which several Com- manders collected together immediately and repaired to Grant's headquarters to ask if there was not some mistake in the orders they had received. Reporting to Grant the purpose of their second visit, and the supposed mistake in the orders they had received, he promptly asked, " What were the orders you 12 received ?
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