 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 things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 6by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 818 pages
...insight into character and cureful study of the situation that it »«ems proper to insert it here : " I 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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 574 pages
...suggests some of the complicated difficulties of the military and political situation. He wrote : " I 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 there are some things in regard to which... | |
 | 1888 - 334 pages
...remarkable man, and was as follows : EXECUTIVE MANSION, ) WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. j Major-General Hooker : GENERAL : — I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appeared to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 pages
...States. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. To MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER. Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. General: — I have placed you at the head of the...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... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 548 pages
...wrote him the following letter, which is equally remarkable for its frankness and its magnanimity: "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... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1892 - 574 pages
...him." It was a very frank, open, and earnest letter which the President wrote 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, aud yet I thiuk it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...him." It was a very frank, open, and earnest letter which the President wrote 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 sufficieut reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - 1893 - 570 pages
...pride in it, as it is said he did : EXECUTtYE MANStON, WASHtNGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER: GENERAL: I have placed you at the head 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... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 394 pages
...appointment, January 26, 1863, the President wrote a letter remarkable in many points of view: — " GENERAL, — I have placed you at the head of the...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... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 608 pages
...him." It was a very frank, open, and earnest letter which the President wrote 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... | |
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