Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Part Two
By (author): "Ulysses S. Grant"
Publish Date:
July 18th 1969
ISBN1417907525
ISBN139781417907526
AsinPersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Part Two
SeriesThe Papers of Ulysses S. Grant #2
There were no possible means of obtaining news from the garrison, and information from outside could not be otherwise than unfavorable. What General Taylor's feelings were during this suspense I do not know; but for myself, a young second-lieutenant who had never heard a hostile gun before, I felt sorry that I had enlisted. A great many men, when they smell battle afar off, chafe to get into the fray.