 | 1879 - 810 pages
...and I am going to strike him." I felt then that it was my duty to express my convictions ; I said : " General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position," pointing to Cemetery Hill. General Lee, in reply to this, ordered me to prepare Pickett's Division... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - 1887 - 644 pages
...I am going to strike him.' I felt that it was my duty to express my convictions. I said: 'General,! have been a soldier all my life. I have been with...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position,' pointing to Cemetery Hill. General Lee, in reply to this, ordered me *The severity of this engagement... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - 1887 - 644 pages
...I am going to strike him.' I felt that it was my duty to express my convictions. I said: 'General,! have been a soldier all my life. I have been with...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position,' pointing to Cemetery Hill. General Lee, in reply to this, ordered mo •The severity of this engagement... | |
 | Ezra de Freest Simons - 1888 - 430 pages
...and I am going to strike him.' I felt then that it was my duty to express my convictions. I said : 'General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have...one what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no 1 5,OOO men ever arrayed for battle can take that position,' pointing to Cemetery Hill. General Lee... | |
 | Helen Dortch Longstreet - 1904 - 400 pages
...LieutenantGeneral Confederate Army. Philadelphia: JB Llppincott Company, 1896. Revised. 1903. 46 gaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments,...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position,' pointing to Cemetery Hill. " General Lee, in reply to this, ordered me to prepare Pickett's division... | |
 | Helen Dortch Longstreet - 1904 - 384 pages
...and I am going to strike him.' I felt then that it was my duty to express my convictions. I said, ' General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers en•"From Manassas to Appomatox," by James Longstreet, LieutenantGeneral Confederate Army. Philadelphia:... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1907 - 414 pages
...ground up. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, — by squads, companies, regiments, armies, — and should know as well as any one what...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." * But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1907 - 401 pages
...have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples,—by squads, companies, regiments, armies,—and should know as well as any one what soldiers can do....men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." x But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1907 - 432 pages
...charging column of fifteen thousand, the Georgian burst out : "I have been a soldier from the ground up. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, — by squads, companies, regiments, armies, — and should know as well as any one what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no fifteen... | |
 | Ripley Hitchcock - 1909 - 464 pages
...ground up. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, armies, and should know as well as any one what soldiers...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." * But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
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General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, divisions, and armies, and should know, as well as any one, what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no fifteen thousand... 
