 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
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 460 pages
...This remarkable letter, dated January 26, 1863, though printed many times, is worth reading again : 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... | |
 | Clarence Edward Noble Macartney - 1925 - 256 pages
...the head of the State such a letter. The letter, which shows Lincoln at his best, ran as follows : General : I have placed you at the head of the Army...Of course I have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it is best for you to know that there are some things in regard... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - 1925 - 472 pages
...him correct. He was succeeded by Joseph Hooker, and on making this appointment Lincoln wrote Hooker: "I have placed you at the head of the army of the...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... | |
 | Perry Belmont - 1925 - 652 pages
...General Joseph Hooker, a graduate of West Point. On January 26, 1863, the President wrote him as follows: "General, I have placed you at the head of the Army...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
...implying that he would make a good one. In appointing him, Lincoln wrote Hooker a characteristic letter: "Major General Hooker. General : — I have placed...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
...that the first 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
...insight into character 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
...satisfied with you." 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
...HEINTZELMAN, Major- General. EXECUTIVE 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
...satisfied with you." 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... | |
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