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| Perry Belmont - 1925 - 652 pages
...West Point. On January 26, 1863, the President wrote him as follows: "General, I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
| Edward Howard Griggs - 1927 - 392 pages
...Lincoln wrote Hooker a characteristic letter: "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 * Lincoln in letter to the Working Men of Manchester, England, Executive Mansion, Washington, Jan.... | |
| James Irvin Robertson (Jr.) - 1913 - 354 pages
...objective should be Lee's army and not Richmond. On the 26th Lincoln wrote to Hooker2: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to be to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 940 pages
...and careful study of the situation that it Seems pro|irr to insert it here: " 1 have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to... | |
| Dale Carnegie - 1982 - 308 pages
...Talk about tact! And diplomacy! Here is the letter addressed to General Hooker: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
| United States. War Department - 1972 - 1100 pages
...MANSION, Washington, D. С., January 26, 1863. Major-General HOOKER: GENERAL : I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have don« this upon what appears to me to be suf flcient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know... | |
| Dale Carnegie - 2010 - 293 pages
...Talk about tact! And diplomacy! Here is the letter addressed to General Hooker: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
| Helen Nicolay - 2004 - 196 pages
...McClellan's successor, General Burnside, at the battle of Fredericksburg, on December 13, 1862. "1 have placed you," he wrote on giving General Hooker...what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet 1 think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied... | |
| Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 452 pages
...he embodied in the following letter, under date of January 26, 1863: General : I have placed you at the head of the army of the Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 2006 - 264 pages
...EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 28, 1863.— Ma.j.-Qm,. Hooker — GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons ; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
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