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The navy and the powder-boat would be all-sufficient, and I rather liked the notion, as the expedition would be entirely a naval affair.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
He did not say a monument to what, but he meant, I am sure, to leave it as a monument to the loyalty of our soldiers, who would bear all the horrors of Libby sooner than desert their flag and cause.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
As to the navy, it is said the several commanding officers grounded on the beef-bones thrown overboard from their flag-ships, but this I do not believe.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
I think every man should be obliged to take that oath, for I have seen more treason in the last ten days than I ever supposed could exist in the United States Navy.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
Regulations of the Navy provide that medical officers shall exercise no military authority. If I give you a flag, the line officers will think I have gone crazy.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
There was a time not long ago when Vicksburg could have been easily captured, but it is now a second Gibraltar, and the navy alone could do nothing toward capturing it.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
Think of the President drinking imported liquors while his soldiers were living on pop-corn and water!
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
I was much disappointed at seeing those who had once belonged to the United States navy excelled in matters of honor and propriety by the officers of another corps.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
It looked queer to me to see boxes labeled 'His Excellency, Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America'.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
There lies the best man I ever knew or ever expect to know; he was just to all men, and his heart was full to overflowing with kindness toward those who accomplished his death.
[T]he navy must be an adjunct to the army, yet the officers and men of the navy should always have full credit for the service they perform.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
Twenty years have passed since that event; it is almost too new in history to make a great impression, but the time will come when it will loom up as one of the greatest of man's achievements, and the name of Abraham Lincoln — who of his own will struck the shackles from the limbs of four millions of people — will be honored thousands of years from now as man's name was never honored before.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
Why, Mister President, the general impression is that Grant won the battle of Shiloh; as he commanded the army, he would seem entitled to the credit.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
'Good wine needs no bush' is an old and good saying, and I think that the navy had very little cause to exculpate itself on any occasion when it co-operated with the army, and never entertained a difference of opinion when it came in contact with regular officers.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
[T]he navy performed its part of the operations.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
The passions which animated men in high places have died out, but Grant and Sherman still live, and are gratefully remembered by their countrymen for the invaluable services they rendered during the most trying times of the Republic's existence.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
I never encouraged officers to discuss politics at all, and, as a rule, officers of the navy were exempt from political bias, and considered that it was their duty to heartily support the Government in any measures which might be taken to preserve the Union. This was my view of the subject, and I tried to impress it upon others, and succeeded in excluding politics from the mess-table.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
I do think if I had given him two fence-rails to sleep on he would not have found fault. That was Abraham Lincoln in all things relating to his own comfort. He would never permit people to put themselves out for him under any circumstances.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
Such was the discipline of the navy at that time, and such the anxiety to conform to the law of Congress against spirituous liquors, that no officer or man in the service would take a drink out of a bottle unless it was marked 'Medicine.'
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)
The army and navy had plenty of bad powder and worthless vessels in fact, material for half a dozen powder-boats if necessary. I don't know whether the general claimed the powder-boat as an original idea, but there is nothing new under the sun, and such a means of attack has been employed before.
Incidents and Anecdotes of the Civil War (1885)