 | 1917 - 996 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories. The Spectator added no comment, and none was needed, for every word of that immortal letter rang like... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it; and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories." " He talks to me like a father," exclaimed Hooker, enchanted with a rebuke such as this. He was a fine,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 212 pages
...could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. . Beware of rashness, but, with energy and sleepless...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." "When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but, with energy and sleepless...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. An Amusing Anecdote of a "Hen-Pecked Husband." When General Phelps took possession of Ship Island,... | |
 | John William Jones - 1879 - 402 pages
...could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now, beware of rashness! beware of rashness! but with energy and sleepless...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. The same day, in General Order No. I, Hooker assumed command, saying, among other things, "in equipment,... | |
 | John Lindsay Swift - 1880 - 218 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness! Beware of rashness ! but, with energy and sleepless...give us victories. " Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." This letter from Abraham Lincoln was written to a distinguished general placed at the head of the Army... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 282 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. Hooker was appointed Jan. 26, 1863; and Burnside, with a few earnest words, took leave of the army.... | |
 | Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 36 pages
...could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness — beware of rashness; but. with energy and sleepless...give us victories. Yours, very truly, A. LINCOLN. Having proved himself an organizer, HOOKER'S Chancellorsville campaign exhibited him. as a strategist... | |
 | Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless...go forward and give us victories. Yours very truly, [Signed,] • A. LINCOLN. Hooker came of the good old Puritan stock, which lias furnished so many great... | |
 | Benjamin F. Cook - 1882 - 194 pages
...again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it. And now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless...and give us victories. Yours very truly, A. LINCOLN. 1863. With this letter in his pocket Hooker assumed the command, and straightway order began to come... | |
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I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were... 
