...command over to him. Then was issued Hooker's remarkable General Order Number 47, reading as follows: "It is with heartfelt satisfaction the commanding...either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations...

...Chancellorsville about 5 PM and published the following order: It is with heartfelt satisfaction that the commanding general announces to the army that...either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations...

...confidence which would burst from lips not tutored to keep still. 'The finest army on the planet.' 'The operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him.' 'My plans are perfect, and...

...little army caught in a trap between his two grand divisions. In his proclamation he boldly announced: " The operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where...

...order which he issued just before the battle. " The operations of the last three days," he declared, " have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him." Well might it...

...STILES, BRUNSWICK, GA. GENERAL HOOKER'S VIEW. "April 30, 1863— It is with heartfelt satisfaction that the commanding general announces to the army that...either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defenses [which he did] and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him...

...confidence which would burst from lips not tutored to keep still. "The finest army on the planet." "The operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." *0 "My plans are perfect,...

...full of confidence s and issued a boastful order. "The operations of the last three days," he said, "have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences and give [us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Hooker had said...

...full of confidence 3 and issued a boastful order. "The operations of the last three days," he said, "have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences and give [us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Hooker had said...

...the 30th of April with so little opposition, he was elated. He sent a congratulatory dispatch saying: "The operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain...