 I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you...  The Transaction of Business - Page 160by Sir Arthur Helps - 1907 - 164 pagesFull view - About this book
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...dictatorship. I much fear that the spirit, which you have aided to infuse into the Army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him,...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. The Spectator added no comment, and none was needed, for every word of that immortal letter rang like... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again,...sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." " He talks to me like a father," exclaimed Hooker, enchanted with a rebuke such as this. He was a fine,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes can set up Dictators. What I now ask of you is military...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes can set up Dictators. What I now ask of you is military...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 212 pages
...given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes can set up Dictators. What I now iisk of you is military success, and I will risk the Dictatorship....give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." "When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 196 pages
...— which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear tha: the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." 'When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,... | |
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall 3O2 MEMORIAL VOLUME. assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. The same day, in General Order No. I, Hooker assumed command, saying, among other things, "in equipment,... | |
 | John Lindsay Swift - 1880 - 218 pages
...spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withdrawing confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall...give us victories. " Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." This letter from Abraham Lincoln was written to a distinguished general placed at the head of the Army... | |
 | Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 36 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Having proved himself an organizer, HOOKER'S Chancellorsville campaign exhibited him. as a strategist... | |
 | Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military...go forward and give us victories. Yours very truly, [Signed,] • A. LINCOLN. Hooker came of the good old Puritan stock, which lias furnished so many great... | |
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