 I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 274by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Sarah Nicholas Randolph - 1876 - 394 pages
...received your note informing me that yon were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. "'I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1876 - 694 pages
...received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your energy and... | |
 | William Wallace Bennett - 1877 - 454 pages
...occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. " I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy. " Host truly yours, " (Signed) RE LEE, General." Our readers know the result of the great battle of... | |
 | William Wallace Bennett - 1877 - 456 pages
...received your note, informing me that you are wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. " I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 294 pages
...he set his hand to, was equally pronounced. Honestly, though with too much modesty, did Lee say : " Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead." But, illy as Lee could spare Jackson, less still could the Army... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1883 - 662 pages
...received your note informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the conntry, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory, which is due to... | |
 | Samuel Sullivan Cox - 1885 - 766 pages
...Green, on May 10th. General Lee wrote him a brief yet beautiful letter on the 4th, in which he said : " Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead." At the very moment General Jackson was shot, a scouting party of... | |
 | Armistead Lindsay Long, Marcus Joseph Wright - 1886 - 760 pages
...received your note informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen for the good of the country to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1887 - 500 pages
...Jackson has lost his left arm," said Lee, " but I have lost my right arm." He wrote to Jackson : ' ' Could I have directed events, I should have chosen for the good of the country to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and... | |
 | H. O. Mackey - 1890 - 360 pages
...received your note, informing me that you are wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and... | |
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