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" I have heard, in such 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,... "
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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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...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,...Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, %vhich is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear the spirit...
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The Campaign of Chancellorsville

Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 294 pages
...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...ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done or will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit you have aided to infuse into the army,...
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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
...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...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
...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...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 North American Review, Volume 144

1887 - 668 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those 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, and knew that the Southern States could only succeed in forming...
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Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. Sherman

Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 538 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those 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, and knew that the Southern States could only succeed in forming...
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Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. Sherman

Thomas Clement Fletcher - 1891 - 518 pages
...that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." General L/ee was a typical American, and knew that the Southern States could only succeed in forming...
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Wit, Wisdom and Eloquence of Col. R.G. Ingersoll: Including Eloquent ...

Robert Green Ingersoll - 1894 - 346 pages
...those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military successes, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will...utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less thon it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to...
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Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read Before the Commandery of the ...

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois - 1894 - 574 pages
...that I have given you the command ; only those generals who can succeed, can set up as dictators ; and what I now ask of you is military success, and I will...the dictatorship. The Government will support you with all the determination of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it will do for all commanders...
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