| 1914 - 1066 páginas
...addressed probably the most impertinent sentence ever written by a soldier to his military superior. 'If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.' But the same bitterness... | |
| Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 páginas
...in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak." He concluded: " If I save the army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you nor to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." Stanton still... | |
| 1889 - 1060 páginas
...otherwise than that the Government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.l It is probable that no... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 514 páginas
...subordinate was ever before permitted to say to his superior officer without instant dismissal — " If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I...: you have done your best to sacrifice this army." To this dispatch the President replied as follows : WASHINGTON, June 28, 1862. Save your army at all... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - 1864 - 518 páginas
...subordinate was ever before permitted to say to his superior officer without instant dismissal — " If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I...you, have done your best to sacrifice this army.'' To this dispatch the President replied as follows : 'WASHINGTON, June 28, 1862. Save your army at all... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1864 - 426 páginas
...and safe. On the 28th, in the bitterness of his soul, he had said, in a telegraphic message to the Secretary of War, " If I save this army now, I tell...you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." That army he had saved;... | |
| William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 344 páginas
...otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." Stern and terrible words... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 498 páginas
...otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. GB McCLELLAN, Major-General.... | |
| Markinfield Addey - 1864 - 574 páginas
...otherwise — that the Government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." The day dawned hot and... | |
| William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 324 páginas
...otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." Stern and terrible words... | |
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