 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 pages
...; and such a letter Hooker, with mingled feelings of mortification and pride, declared it to be. " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," wrote the President. " Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons,... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...characteristic messages: — (Private.) "EXECUTIVE MANSION, "WASHINGTON, DC Jan. 26, 1863. " MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER : "General: — I have placed you at the head...Of course I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reasons; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 474 pages
...characteristic messages: — (Private.) "EXECUTIVE MANSION, " WASHINGTON, DC Jan. 26, 1863. " MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER : " General: — I have placed you at the head...Of course I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reasons ; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1899 - 196 pages
...phrase, " I will risk the dictatorship."] Executive Mansion, Washington, January 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER : GENERAL : I have placed you at the head of...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | 1899 - 848 pages
...Rosecrans. That Lincoln himself saw danger in the appointment is evident from the letter he wrote to General Hooker : General : I have placed you at the head of...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | James Schouler - 1899 - 870 pages
...humoring Hooker in this new responsibility, to mortify and convince him that he, too, had shortcomings. "I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac, " he wrote on the 26th of January, in a frank and magnanimous strain. "Of course I have done this upon... | |
 | James Schouler - 1899 - 686 pages
...humoring Hooker in this new responsibility, to mortify and convince him that he, too, had shortcomings. " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," he wrote on the 26th of January, in a frank and magnanimous strain. "Of course I have done this upon... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...Rosecrans. That Lincoln himself saw danger in the appointment is evident from the letter he wrote to General Hooker: General: I have placed you at the head of...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...Rosecrans. That Lincoln himself saw danger in the appointment is evident from the letter he wrote to General Hooker: General: I have placed you at the head of...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1901 - 264 pages
...following characteristic letter : "EXECUTIVE MANSION, "WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. ' ' Major- General Hooker : " GENERAL — I have placed you at the head...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some... | |
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General : I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear 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... 
