 | 1917 - 996 pages
...Hooker: — I have placed you at the head of the Army. Of course, I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it...regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious,... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...year earlier after the right way of treating McClellan : " I have placed you," wrote Lincoln, " at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...written by Lincoln : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863.— Mnj.-Oen. Hooker— GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied wiih you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier — which, of course, I like. I also believe... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...written by Lincoln : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 18G3. — Maj.-Gen. Hooker — GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....what appears to me to be sufficient reasons ; and yell think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 282 pages
...here following : — EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. MAJOR-GEN. HOOKER. General, — I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...Burnside by Hooker. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKEB, GENERAL : — I have placed you at the head of the Army of 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 - 194 pages
...CHANCELLORSVILLE. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, BC, Jan. 26, 186s. 1863. MAJOR-GEN. HOOKER. General, — I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 280 pages
...Your sincere friend, ' Commanding corps. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Major-General. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKKR : — I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865) - 1884 - 432 pages
...a place here : — EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26th, 1K63. Major-General Hooker: — I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 536 pages
...War Department : EXECUTIVK MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 1863. Major-General Hooker. GENERAL : I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
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I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear 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 you. 
