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" I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were... "
Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read Before the Commandery of the ... - Page 50
by Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois - 1894
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The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 119

1917 - 996 pages
...into the Army, of criticizing their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...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...
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

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,...
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Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,...
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Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 212 pages
...into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." "When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

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,...
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About Grant

John Lindsay Swift - 1880 - 218 pages
...into the army, of criticising their commander and withdrawing confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...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...
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The Campaign of Chancellorsville

Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 294 pages
...into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. Hooker was appointed Jan. 26, 1863 ; and Burnside, with a few earnest words, took leave of the army....
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In Memoriam, Major-General Joseph Hooker

Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 36 pages
...into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you, as far as I can, to put it...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Having proved himself an organizer, HOOKER'S Chancellorsville campaign exhibited him. as a strategist...
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Obituary Notice of Maj.-Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, First Commander of the ...

Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...into the Army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...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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History of the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteers (Webster Regiment)

Benjamin F. Cook - 1882 - 194 pages
...into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. 1863. With this letter in his pocket Hooker assumed the command, and straightway order began to come...
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