| United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1865 - 854 pages
...judgment, so undeserved that I feel compelled most respectfully to ask to be immediately relieved from the. Having performed my duty conscientiously and to the best of my ability, the censure of command of this army. G FORGE G. MEADE, Major General, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, .April... | |
| United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1865 - 874 pages
...judgment, so nndeserved that I feel compelled most respectfully to ask tp be immediately relieved from the Having performed my duty conscientiously and to the best of my ability, the censure of command of this army. G FORGE G. MEADE, Major Ornerai, Commanding. HEADQUARTERS Of THE Au.MV, April... | |
| John William Draper - 1870 - 716 pages
...Having performed my duty conscientiously, and to the best of my ability, the censure of the President is, in my judgment, so undeserved, that I feel compelled...immediately relieved from the command of this army." He was informed, in reply, that the remark was not intended as a censure, but as a stimulus to active... | |
| Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1887 - 996 pages
...remove the impression that it has not been sufficiently active heretofore." Second. Meade to Halleck : " Having performed my duty conscientiously and to the...censure of the President (conveyed in your dispatch of one PM this day) is in my judgment so undeserved, that I feel compelled most respectfully to ask to... | |
| John William Draper - 1870 - 708 pages
...remove the impression that it has not been sufficiently active heretofore." To this Meade replied, " Having performed my duty conscientiously, and to the best of my ability, the censure of the President is, in my judgment, so undeserved, that I feel compelled most respectfully to ask to be immediately... | |
| Samuel Penniman Bates - 1875 - 460 pages
...any forces are still on north side, try and cut them up. MEADE TO HALLECK, July 14, 1863 — 2.30 PM Having performed my duty conscientiously and to the...ability, the censure of the President (conveyed in your despatch of 1 p. M. this day) is, in my judgment, so undeserved that I feel compelled most respectfully... | |
| Régis de Trobriand - 1888 - 816 pages
...has not been sufficiently pressed up to this time." General Meade replied immediately, " Having done my duty conscientiously, and to the best of my ability, the censure of the President, conveyed in your despatch of to-day, is, in my judgment, so undeserved that I feel compelled to respectfully ask to... | |
| United States. War Department - 1889 - 1194 pages
...THE POTOMAC, July 14, 1863— 2.30 pm (Received 3.iOp. m.) Maj. Gen. HW HALLECK, Oeneral-in- Chief : Having performed my duty conscientiously and to the...pm this day, is, in my judgment, so undeserved that 1 feel compelled most respectfully to ask to be immediately relieved from the command of this army.... | |
| William Henry Powell - 1895 - 1076 pages
...impression that it has not been sufficiently active heretofore." To this General Meade replied : " Having performed my duty, conscientiously and to the...censure of the President, conveyed in your dispatch of i PM this day [July i4th] is, in my judgment, so undeserved, that I feel compelled, most respectfully,... | |
| Isaac Rusling Pennypacker - 1901 - 452 pages
...of censure sent from Washington at one o'clock, the high-spirited Meade at half past two replied : " Having performed my duty conscientiously and to the...censure of the President (conveyed in your dispatch of I P. M this day) is, in my judgment, so undeserved that I feel compelled most respectfully to ask to... | |
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