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" 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 will support... "
Obituary Notice of Maj.-Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, First Commander of the ... - Page 19
by Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 40 pages
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 119

1917 - 996 pages
...wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...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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History of the Civil War in America, Volume 3

Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1888 - 970 pages
...to believe it, of your recently saying that b and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it wa but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. generals who gain successes can set up dictators. Wl of you is military success, and I will risk the...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong both to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable...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
...which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your...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
...which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your...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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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
...wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...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
...command of the Army of the Potomac, wrote him, under date of January 26th, 1863, " I have heard in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...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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Abraham Lincoln: The Nation's Leader in the Great Struggle Through which was ...

Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...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....
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Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion: Addresses Delivered ...

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. New York Commandery - 1897 - 368 pages
...wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that...given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can set up as Dictators. What I now ask of you is military success and I will risk the Dictatorship."...
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Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. Sherman

Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 534 pages
...in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needs a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in...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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