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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1. 23 3 Browse Search
Mrs. John A. Logan, Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife: An Autobiography 15 1 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 14 0 Browse Search
John Harrison Wilson, The life of Charles Henry Dana 12 0 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 4 0 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., General Polk and the battle of Belmont. (search)
raph taken in 1861. In a note to the editors Colonel Frederick D. Grant says of this picture: It was taken in Cairo, Ill., in 1861, and is a remarkably good picture of General Grant as he looked at that time. He had always worn his beard trimmehe winter, and a short time after our arrival in Cairo, General Grant got permission to go to St. Louis on business connectedederals were similarly engaged a good part of the day. General Grant states that he carried 175 prisoners from t;he field, aoops for the service rendered. The chief objects of General Grant's attack, as stated by himself, had been, first to assin familiar to them. The force sent over to aid in opposing Grant was on the ground quite long enough before the battle beganin John A. Rawlins, assistant-adjutant-general on Briggen. Grant's staff. From a photograph taken in 1861. arrived about 12 o'clock, and numbered together but 1,000 men, to drive Grant from the field. The force which won the battle of Belmont was,
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., The battle of Shiloh. (search)
submitted by the editors to General Grant and was approved by him. Subsequently General Grant, through his son, Colonel Frederick D. Grant, furnished the editors with a revision of the official map, agreeing in every respect with the map printed in the Memoirs, here reproduced. In response to an inquiry by the editors for the reasons which influenced General Grant in making the substitution, Colonel Grant wrote as follows, under date of Chicago, Ill., March 20th, 1887: Father was very ill Colonel Grant wrote as follows, under date of Chicago, Ill., March 20th, 1887: Father was very ill when the map used with his article, on Shiloh, by The Century Co., was submitted to him. He looked at the topography and found it about as he remembered the ground; but after you published it, he read some of the criticisms upon both the article anons occupied by the troops at the end of the first day's battle. Therefore, the only reason that can be assigned for General Grant's change of maps is that the one used in his book [Memoirs] was more satisfactory to him, his delicate health having
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: The Opening Battles. Volume 1., Shiloh reviewed. (search)
f the battle-field of Shiloh. I have not spoken to Sherman on that particular subject recently, nor ever that I remember of. The Century, as I understand, has taken the Official Map to illustrate my article. Very truly yours, U. S. Grant. General Grant's approval of the use of the Official Map with his article was given in an interview with one of the editors over the map, at his house early in Nov., 1884. On June 21th, 1885, five months after the appearance of the article, Colonel F. D. Grant wrote to the editor from Mount McGregor, inclosing notes for the revision of the map, and saying: He [General Grant] would like you to make the changes in the map, indicated. For General Grant's map and Colonel Grant's explanation, see page 470.-editors. the official map, as it is called, and second, the personal statements and assumptions of General Grant and General Sherman. I shall examine these data upon the evidence of the official reports and my own observation. The offic