 I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite 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, in...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 6by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...1863: See BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E.] Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker. General : I have placed you at the head of...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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 pages
...1863: See BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E.] Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker. General : I have placed you at the head of...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,... | |
 | Charles Richardson - 1907 - 146 pages
...Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I trust it best for you to know that there are some things...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 pro56 fession,... | |
 | George Clifford Thomas - 1907 - 102 pages
...done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to knowthat there are some things in regard to which, I am not...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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some tilings in regard to which I am not quite 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,... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Herbert Vaughan Abbott - 1908 - 232 pages
...Lincoln to Major General Hooker shows how well simple words will serve a man even in a great emergency: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | 1908 - 102 pages
...JANUARY 26, 1863 EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. Major-General HOOKER. GENERAL:—I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave 57 and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 214 pages
...desire to make them, perpetual. — Letter to the Workingmen of Manchester, England; January 19, 1863. be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for...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,... | |
 | Joseph Gould - 1908 - 496 pages
...Lincoln appointing Gen. Hooker to succeed Gen. Burnside: "I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Edward Harold Mott - 1909 - 62 pages
...GENERAL'S WORTH THROUGH His FAULTS. (Letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863.) 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 skillful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
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