Grenville Dodge: “That brought me respect in all my dealings with them, and I treated them with respect, courtesy, and consideration, and…”

Every man was at his post; every man doing a hero's duty.

After your expedition started I received documentary proof from Captains Sturgis, Schofield, and Totten, and a number of other officers, in regard to his conduct on those occasions, which destroyed all confidence in him.

It was thought, and was also stated in the papers, that I could not live, and I told General Halleck afterwards that they expected to have the credit of making a Brigadier-General and at the same time to have a vacancy, too, but that on…

His ability and foresight in organizing the transportation of an Army, feeding it, and fitting it for a campaign, was shown every day.