He wrote to his wife, "With the whole southwest thus in the enemy's possession, my crime would have been unpardonable had I kept my noble little army to be ice-bound in the northern clime, without tents or shoes, and obliged to forage daily for bread, etc."
Han skrev til sin kone: "Med hele Sydvesten således i fjendens besiddelse, ville det have været en utilgivelig forbrydelse, hvis jeg havde fastholdt min lille tapre hær i det isbundne nordlige klima uden telte og sko og være tvunget til at fouragere dagligt efter brød etc."