 | 1889 - 1060 pages
...be lost. ... I think Lee has made a gross mistake, and that he will be severely punished for it. ... I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency." [War Records.] 6 If he had thrown forward his army with the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1863 - 778 pages
...hope for a great success if the plans of the rebels remain unchanged. We have possession of Catoctin. I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. • I now feel that I can count on them as of old. All forces... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 766 pages
...hope for a great success if the plans of the rebels remain unchanged. We have possession of Catoctin. I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. I now feel that I can count on them as of old. All forces of... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 770 pages
...hope for a great success if the' plans of the rebels remain unchanged. We have possession of Catoctin. I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. I now feel that I can count on them as of old. All forces of... | |
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - 1906 - 412 pages
...a great mistake and will be severely punished for it. The army is in motion as rapidly as possible. I have all the plans of the rebels and will catch them in their own trap, etc." This despatch shows that McClellan had the lost despatch before noon of the I3th, and that he... | |
 | 1889 - 1016 pages
...be lost. ... 1 think Lee has made a gross mistake, and that he will be severely punished for it. ... I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency." [War Records.] 5 If he had thrown forward his army with the... | |
 | James Longstreet - 1895 - 808 pages
...hope for a great success if the plans of the rebels remain unchanged. We have possession of Catoctin. I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. I now feel that I can count on them as of old. All forces of... | |
 | Edward Oliver Lord - 1895 - 1132 pages
...hope for a great success if the plans of the rebels remain unchanged. We have possession of Catoctin. I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. I now feel that I can count on them as of old. All forces of... | |
 | Peter Smith Michie - 1901 - 534 pages
...September I3th, 12 M., it appears that this order reached his hands before noon of that day, for he says, " I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency." A dispatch received by McClellan on the I3th, from Governor... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 pages
...as rapidly as possible. I hope for a great success if the plans of the rebels remain unchanged. ... I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency. I now feel that I can count on them as of old. . . . My respects... | |
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I think Lee has made a gross mistake, and that he will be severely punished for it. The army is in motion as rapidly as possible. 
