Men of Fire by Jack Hurst

Author:Jack Hurst
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Basic Books

I was surprized to hear that you were to be left behind—and so was Gen Grant . . . He left to Gen McClernand and Gen Smith the [question of which] forces [were] to be left behind—he told me to day that he would give you a Division as soon as the new troops arrive and that he would see that you should have a good position in the next fight. Let me beg of you as your friend that you keep quiet for a day or two—and you will have a position that will suit you in every particular—having no intermediate commander. Be assured that . . . had I thought it possible that a General would be left behind and 7 colonels ordered forward I should have made a more active effort to change it. P.S . . . This thing will work to your advantage—Gen Grant has given positive assurance to me that you shall have a Division in a few days . . .5

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