 It is with, heartfelt satisfaction that the Commanding General announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our...  The Campaign of Chancellorsville - Page 38by Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 261 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1914 - 1066 pages
...'The operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him.' 'My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on General Lee, for I... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1863 - 888 pages
...last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle on our own ground, where...certain destruction awaits him. " The operations of tho Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth corps have been a series of splendid successes." — See Supplement.... | |
 | Markinfield Addey - 1863 - 262 pages
...last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." On Friday morning General Hooker began the strategetic disposition of his force. It was formed in a... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1863 - 882 pages
...noted in our last Record, to the effect that the " enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Thus far the object of the movement had been attained. The Confederate intrenchments, from the front... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - 1863 - 324 pages
...order he issued on Thursday, the 30th of April, had rendered it necessary that " the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences and give us (the Yankee army) battle on our own ground, where certain destruction waits him." In the meantime,... | |
 | Alonzo Hall Quint - 1864 - 422 pages
...three days, which he characterized as " a succession of brilliant achievements," and saying that the enemy must " ingloriously fly," or " come out from...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Friday, May 1, was a beautiful day. It being "muster day," that work was begun as usual. But when it... | |
 | Alonzo Hall Quint - 1864 - 450 pages
...three days, which he characterized as " a succession of brilliant achievements," and saying that the enemy must " ingloriously fly," or " come out from...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Friday, May 1, was a beautiful day. It being "muster day," that work was begun as usual. But when it... | |
 | Edwin Winchester Stone - 1864 - 448 pages
...announcing to the army that the enemy were where they " must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." But this declaration proved premature. The current of events turned. The breaking of the Eleventh corps,... | |
 | David Wright Judd - 1864 - 446 pages
...last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits them. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth Corps have been a series of splendid successes.... | |
 | Horace Greeley - 1866 - 842 pages
...that our enemy must either ingloriously Hy or come out from behind his defenses and give us hnttle f yesterday, I did not intend to propose the 6th, llth, and 12th I'm [is liuve heen a succession of splendid achievements. " By command of Mnj.-Gen.... | |
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