Browsing named entities in Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant. You can also browse the collection for December 6th, 1864 AD or search for December 6th, 1864 AD in all documents.

Your search returned 1 result in 1 document section:

Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, The battle of Franklin-the battle of Nashville (search)
retreating give him no peace. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General City Point, Va., December 5, 1864. Major-General Thomas, Nashville, Tenn. Is there not danger of Forrest moving down the Cumberland to where he can cross it? It seems to me whilst you should be getting up your cavalry as rapidly as possible to look after Forrest, Hood should be attacked where he is. Time strengthens him in all possibility as much as it does you. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General City Point, Va., December 6, 1864, 4 P. M. Major-General Thomas, Nashville, Tenn. Attack Hood at once and wait no longer for a remnant of your cavalry. There is great danger of delay resulting in a campaign back to the Ohio River. U. S. Grant, Lieutenant-General City Point, Va., December 8, 1864, 8.30 P. M. Major-General Thomas, Nashville, Tenn. Your dispatch of yesterday received. It looks to me evident the enemy are trying to cross the Cumberland River, and are scattered. Why not attack at once? By all