I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with... Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 6by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 347 pages
...following letter from Mr. Lincoln : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC. January 2G, 1863. Major-General Hooker : General — I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 188 pages
...must have been written by Lincoln : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863.— Mnj.-Oen. Hooker— GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 188 pages
...must have been written by Lincoln : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. — Maj.-Qen. Hooker — GENERAL : I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons ; and yet I think it best for you to know that .there are some... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 188 pages
...: EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863.— Mnj.-Qen. Hootei — GENERAL: I have plared you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons ; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 261 pages
...bis appointment, here following : — EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. MAJOR-GEN. HOOKER. General, — I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 40 pages
...supersession of Burnside by Hooker. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKEB, GENERAL : — I have placed you at the head of the...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appeared to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Benjamin F. Cook - 1882 - 167 pages
...UNDES HOOKEB. — CHANCELLORSVILLE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, BC, Jan. 26, 186s. 1863. MAJOR-GEN. HOOKER. General, — I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | 1886
...months before Hooker's death, in 1879. "Executive Mansion, Washington, January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker : • General : I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | 1887
...servant, HW HALLECK, General-in-Chief. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER : 'GENERAL : I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1887
...insight into character and careful study of the situation that it seems proper to insert it here: " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course 1 have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, »nd yet I think it best for you to know... | |
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