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" President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good. "
The Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863: An Inside View of the History of ... - Page 223
by Samuel Livingston French - 1906 - 359 pages
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 pages
...greater activity and energy. Under date of October 6th, Halleck sent a telegram of a peremptory sort > " I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Youi army must move now, while the roads STUART'S CAVALRY RAID. 235 are good. If you cross the river...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

1889 - 1060 pages
...McClellan the following positive instructions : WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN : I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President...you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy - In his memoirs McClellan tries to create the im- ble purpose is to see the troops and the battle-field...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of War

United States. War Department - 1862 - 268 pages
...swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered " to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. 4th. In my opinion, there...
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the american annual cyclopaedia

1863 - 856 pages
...had swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. In regard to Gen. McClellan's...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Volume 6

Frank Moore - 1863 - 888 pages
...of the telegram of the sixth instant : WASUIXOTOU, D. С., October 6, 1362. Major- General McCMlan : I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line of operation, you can be reênforced with thirty thousand men. If you move up the valley of the...
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War in Three Parts

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 770 pages
...to General McClellan by General Halleck : '•WAR DEPARTMENT, " Washington, DC, October 6, 1862. " I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...Your army must move now while the roads are good. t' If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line of operations,...
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The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...

1863 - 848 pages
...McCIellan: WieniHGTOH, DC, Oct. 6, ISiS. My.-Gen. McCIellan: I am instructed to telegraph to you as follow*: The President directs that you cross the Potomac and...him south. Your army must move now while the roads arc good. If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line...
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Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. Senate - 1863 - 778 pages
...General HW HALLECK, General-in- Chief, [Sent 1.30 p. m ] WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, DC, October 6, 1862. I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him eouth. Your army must move now, while the roads are good. If you cross the river between the enemy...
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Army of the Potomac

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 766 pages
...had swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered "to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or...Your army must move now while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. Fourth. In my opinion,...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 5

Frank Moore - 1863 - 856 pages
...swollen the Potomac wd impaired the roads. On the sixth of Ocióte he was peremptorily ordered : " To cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...drive him south. Your army must move now, while the rotds are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was firen. 4. In...
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