 | Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach - 1927 - 416 Seiten
...with you on the i8th inst., I have felt that I ought no longer to retain my commission in the army. I therefore tender my resignation which I request...which I have devoted all the best years of my life, all the ability I possessed. During the whole of that time, more than thirty years, I have experienced... | |
 | Edward Howard Griggs - 1927 - 392 Seiten
...It would have been presented at once but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years...of that time — more than a quarter of a century — I have experienced nothing but kindness from my superiors, and the most cordial friendship from... | |
 | John Cournos - 1928 - 494 Seiten
...wrote, "but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life and all the ability I possessed." After thanking the general for all the kindness he had received, and expressing regret for having to... | |
 | 1910 - 874 Seiten
...manly letter, expressing his regret at separating himself from the service ' to which I have devoted the best years of my life and all the ability I possessed ' ; and adding, 'save in the defense of my native State I never desire again to draw my sword.' Immediately... | |
 | Kathy Sammis - 1997 - 132 Seiten
...take no part in an invasion of the southern states. It has been a struggle to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years of my life [resigning from the US Army]. With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty... | |
 | Byron Farwell - 2001 - 936 Seiten
...he spoke of "the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life and all the ability I possessed. . . . Save in defense of my native State, I never desire again to draw my sword." Three days later... | |
 | J. William Jones - 2004 - 484 Seiten
...It would have been presented at once, but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years...of that time — more than a quarter of a century — I have experienced nothing but kindness from my superiors, and the most cordial friendship from... | |
 | Robert E. Lee - 2004 - 434 Seiten
...once but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life, and all the ability I possessed....of that time — more than a quarter of a century — I have experienced nothing but kindness from my superiors and a most cordial friendship from my... | |
 | Frederick Trevor Hill - 2004 - 224 Seiten
...once but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life and all the ability I possessed. During the whole of that time. ..I have experienced nothing but kindness from my superiors and a most cordial friendship from my comrades.... | |
 | Henry Alexander White - 2004 - 569 Seiten
...once but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted the best years of my life, and all the ability I possessed. During the whole of that time—more than a quarter of a century—I have experienced nothing but kindness from my superiors... | |
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It would have been presented at once, but for the struggle it has cost me to separate myself from a service to which I have devoted all the best years of my life, and all the ability I possessed. 
