...neither know nor seek to know," he wrote. And, in the summer of 1863, after the capture of Vicksburg: " I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." On March 10, 1864, in an impressive ceremony, Lincoln appointed Grant to the newly-created office of...

...neither know nor seek to know," he wrote. And, in the summer of 1863, after the capture of Vicksburg: " I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." On March 10, 1864, in an impressive ceremony, Lincoln appointed Grant to the newly-created office of...

...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. After Burnside took possession of Knoxville and repulsed Longstreet, and Chattanooga...

...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northwards, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment, that you were right, and I was wrong. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN." To Major-General Grant. Is not this the apology of a great and noble soul;...

...down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northwest, east of the Big Black, I thought it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal...acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong. Yours very truly, A. Lincoln." I presume it is a fair and reasonable statement, that the world's history...

...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." A few months later, April 30, 1864, Lincoln wrote as follows to General Grant, who was then in command...

...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong." Lincoln at once named Grant a major-general in the regular army. He had not needed Stanton's bribe....

...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. To McClernand (August 12) My dear Sir: Our friend William G. Greene has just presented a kind letter...

...should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the...acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong. On the 1st of August, * when Halleck received Grant's report, he wrote: In boldness of plan, rapidity...

...Vicksburg from the rear. "I feared it was a mistake," Lincoln wrote in his letter of congratulation. "I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong." According to Grant's later reputation, however, he had done more than merely look to his immediate...