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" I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes... "
The Fifth Army Corps (Army of the Potomac): A Record of Operations During ... - Page 410
by William Henry Powell - 1895 - 900 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 119

1917 - 996 pages
...saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is success, and I will risk the dictatorship....
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Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 212 pages
...saying that both the army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command....who gain successes can set up Dictators. What I now iisk of you is military success, and I will risk the Dictatorship. The Government will support you...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government...
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The Campaign of Chancellorsville

Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 282 pages
...saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship....
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The Campaign of Chancellorsville

Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 294 pages
...saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generaIs who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will...
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History of the Civil War in America: book 1. The war on the Rapidan. book 2 ...

Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1883 - 1012 pages
...saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command,...will support you to the utmost of its ability, which ia neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit...
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History of the Thirty-sixth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1862-1865

United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865) - 1884 - 432 pages
...saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command....risk the dictatorship. The government will support y011 to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for...
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The Life of Abraham Lincoln, Volume 1

Isaac N. Arnold - 1885 - 476 pages
...but in spite of it, that i have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can be dictators. What i now ask of you is military success, and i will risk the dictatorship. The government wHl support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 15

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1886 - 874 pages
...saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government...
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The North American Review, Volume 144

1887 - 668 pages
...saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command....generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." General Lee was a typical American,...
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