 | Orville James Victor - 1861 - 598 pages
...Atlanta, two expeditions, one from Baton Bouge, La., and one from Vicksburg, Migsa* Said Sherman : " A little loose In foraging, they did some things they ought not to hare done ; yet, on the whole, they have supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - 1862 - 842 pages
...the negroes. To use the words of General Sherman, the men ' were " a little loose in foraging, and ' did some things they ought not to have done,' yet on the whole they supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as could be expected, and as little loss as... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...things that were not. And Gen. Sherman, in las report of his passage through Georgia, says of las men : "A little loose in foraging^ they 'did some things...be expected, and as little loss as I calculated." • Naturally, the "little violence" and "little loss" looked larger, and were regarded with less complaisance,... | |
 | Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - 1865 - 566 pages
...to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear out obstructions, build bridges, make ' corduroy,' or tear up railroads, they have done it with alacrity...of these foraging parties had encounters with the enernv which would, in ordinary times, rank as respectable battles. "The behavior of our troops in... | |
 | William Tecumseh Sherman - 1865 - 220 pages
...fight, to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear out obstructions, build bridges, make "corduroy," or tear up railroads, they have done it with alacrity...and as little loss as I calculated. Some of these foragingparties had encounters with the enemy which would, in ordinary times, rank as respectable battles.... | |
 | George Ward Nichols - 1865 - 414 pages
...to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear out obstructions, build bridges, make " corduroy," or tear up railroads, they have done it with alacrity...violence as could be expected, and as little loss as I caleulated. Some of these foraging parties had encounters with the enemy which would in ordinary times... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1865 - 1244 pages
...clear out obstructions, build bridges, make 'corduroy,' or tear up railroads, they have done it with an alacrity and a degree of cheerfulness unsurpassed....foraging, they ' did some things they ought not to hare done,' yet, on the whole, they have supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1866 - 436 pages
...to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear out obstructions, build bridges, make " corduroy," or tear up railroads, they have done it with alacrity...violence as could be expected, and as little loss as I caleulated. Some of these foraging parties had encounters with the enemy which would in ordinary times... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - 1866 - 794 pages
...fight, to march, to wade streams, to make roads, clear ont obstructions, build bridges, make "corduroy," or tear up railroads, they have done it with alacrity...whole, they have supplied the wants of the army with fts little violence as could be expected, and as little loss as I calculated. Some of these foraging... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 804 pages
...things that were not. And Gen. Sherman, in liis report of his passage through Georgia, says of his men: "A little loose in foraging, they 'did some things...be expected, and as little loss as I calculated." Naturally, the "little violence" and " little loss" looked larger, and were regarded with less complaisance,... | |
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A little loose in foraging, they " did some things they ought not to have done," yet on the whole they have supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as could be expected, and as little loss as I calculated. 
