Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Colonel Theodore S. Bowers to Brigadier-General John Rawlins, August 21, 1864


. . . I never before saw Grant so intensely anxious to do something. He appears determined to try every possible expedient. His plans are good but the great difficulty is that our troops cannot be relied upon. The failure to take advantage of opportunities pains and chafes him beyond anything I have ever before known him to manifest.

Each and every member of the staff daily requests me to present you his kindest remembrances. . . .

James Harrison Wilson, The Life of John A. Rawlins, p. 258

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