 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 508 pages
...year earlier after the right way of treating McClellan : " I have placed you," wrote Lincoln, " 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... | |
 | Reuben M. Wanamaker - 1918 - 384 pages
...Potomac in the place of General Burnside, who had been relieved after the battle of Fredericksburg: "GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... | |
 | Luther Emerson Robinson - 1918 - 376 pages
...historic estimate of the men immediately available for the place when Hooker received the appointment. GENERAL : I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... | |
 | Byron Johnson Rees - 1919 - 586 pages
...ASK OF you is MILITARY SUCCESS"] 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 - 1920 - 362 pages
...brilliant and valuable, and is fully appreciated by the country and government. To Hooker (Jan. 26) General: I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1921 - 136 pages
...the letter entire, and so here it is: 79 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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1921 - 292 pages
...State. LETTER TO GENERAL J. HOOKER Executive Mansion, Washington, DC January 26, 1862 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... | |
 | Grant Martin Overton - 1921 - 486 pages
...grow! One day Walt saw a copy of a letter just written (26 January, 1863) to General Hooker. It ran: " General: I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... | |
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 450 pages
...here it is: "Executive Mansion, Washington, January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker : s General : — 1 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... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1923 - 252 pages
...independent is one of the soundest indications of manly character. — Samuel Smiles. .'••» .-••» GENERAL:— I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... 
