 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 626 pages
...Fredericksburg, on December 13, 1862. "I have placed you," he wrote on giving General Hooker the command, " 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 256 pages
...minute that he would see what I was at." Related by General JB Fry. " I will Risk the Dictatorship." " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. . . I have heard ... of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Charles Richardson - 1907 - 146 pages
...written about in the foregoing story. Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker. GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of...appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I trust it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied... | |
 | Sir Arthur Helps - 1907 - 170 pages
...letter entire, and so here it is : "EXECUTIVE MANSION, "WASHINGTON, 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 332 pages
...1863: See BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E.] Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, 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... | |
 | George Clifford Thomas - 1907 - 102 pages
...1863. This letter is as follows: — 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 knowthat there are some things... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 pages
...1863: See BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E.] Executive Mansion, Washington, DC, 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 404 pages
...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 tilings in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Herbert Vaughan Abbott - 1908 - 232 pages
...Lincoln to Major General Hooker shows how well simple words will serve a man even in a great emergency: 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... | |
 | 1908 - 102 pages
...JANUARY 26, 1863 EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. Major-General HOOKER. 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... | |
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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... 
