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" have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What 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... "
Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life ... - Page 136
by Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 188 pages
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I gave you the command. Only those generals who gain successes...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding...
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History of the Civil War in America, Volume 3

Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - 1888 - 970 pages
...is military success, and I will risk the dicta; Government will support you to the utmost of its abi neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to in army, of criticising their commander and withholdir...
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Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...yourself — which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious — which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...I will risk the dictatorship. The 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 you have aided to infuse into the army of criticising their commander and withholding confidence...
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In Memoriam, Major-General Joseph Hooker

Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 36 pages
...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 recently saying that...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding...
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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
...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 recently saying that...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the Army, of criticising their commander and withholding...
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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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The Battle of Chancellorsville

Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 280 pages
...which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander, and withholding...
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History of the Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteers (Webster Regiment)

Benjamin F. Cook - 1882 - 194 pages
...which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your...has done and will do for all commanders. I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding...
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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
...will risk the dictatorship. The Government 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 which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding...
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