 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...dispatch immediately afterward : "SANDT HOOK, June 27, 1853. "Mnj.-Gen. II. W. HA.LLECK, General-inChief: "My original instructions require me to cover Harper's...have now imposed upon me, in addition, an enemy in iny front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully but firmly, that I am unable... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1865 - 854 pages
...following telegram : " JUNE 27, 1863— 1.pm " Major General HALLECK : "My original instructions were to cover Harper's Ferry and Washington. I have now...in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, that I am unable to comply with these conditions... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1865 - 874 pages
...following telegram : " JUNE 27, 1863—1 pm " Major General HALLECK : " My original instructions were to cover Harper's Ferry and Washington. I have now...in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, that I am unable to comply with these conditions... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
..."Washington. I have now imposed upon me, in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully but firmly, that...may at once be relieved from the position I occupy. ''JOSEPH HOOKER, Major-General." Halleck had never regarded Hooker as the proper commander of this... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 836 pages
...dispatch immediately afterward : "SAITOT HOOK, June 27, 1858. "Maj.-Gen. HW HALLECK, General-inChief: " My original instructions require me to cover Harper's...in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully but firmly, that I am unable to comply with this condition,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 804 pages
...immediately afterward: " SANDY HOOK, June 27, 1853. u Maj.-Gen. H. "W. HALLECK, General-inChief: " My original instructions require me to cover Harper's...in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully but firmly, that I am unable to comply with this condition,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1867 - 848 pages
...Washington. I have now imposed upon me, in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully but firmly, that...may at once be relieved from the position I occupy. ''JOSEPH HOOKER, Major-General." Halleck had never regarded Hooker as the proper commander of this... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - 1875 - 460 pages
...accordingly telegraphed, at one p. M. of the 27th, to General Halleck : " My original instructions were to cover Harper's Ferry and Washington. I have now...in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, that I am unable to comply with these conditions... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 674 pages
...the Army of the Potomac telegraphed' to the General-in-Chief, saying, "My original instructions were to cover Harper's Ferry and Washington, I have now imposed upon me, in addition, an enemy jn my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, that I am unable... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - 1879 - 656 pages
...communication : 403 the " SANDY HOOK, June 27, 1863. " MA JOB- GENERAL HW HALLECK, General-in-Chief : li My original instructions require me to cover Harper's...in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my numbers. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, that I am unable to comply with this condition,... | |
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My original instructions require me to cover Harper's Ferry and Washington. I have now imposed upon me, in addition, an enemy in my front of more than my number. I beg to be understood, respectfully, but firmly, that I am unable to comply with this condition... 
