 | Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 418 pages
...as an essential part of the record: Executive Mansion, Washington, January 26, 1863. Major General Hooker: General: I have placed you at the head of...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, or course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Civil War Institute Gettysburg College Gabor S. Boritt Director - 1994 - 278 pages
...decision to appoint him for almost a century. Written January 26, 1863, the confidential letter stated: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Dale Carnegie - 2010 - 293 pages
...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...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Walter H. Hebert - 1999 - 396 pages
...Lincoln wrote he had sufficient reasons to make the appointment, then bluntly continued to speak of things "in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you." He praised Hooker's bravery, soldierly skill, and restraint from politics, then went on to criticize... | |
 | Eliot A. Cohen - 2002 - 312 pages
...in April 1864 is his 26 January 1863 letter of appointment to the blustering General Joseph Hooker: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and a skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | George Walsh - 2003 - 502 pages
...Hooker an extraordinary letter. "I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," he said. "Of course I have done this upon what appear to me...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. . . . You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds,... | |
 | Herman Hattaway - 2004 - 272 pages
...well, Lincoln, upon his appointment, sent him a meticulous letter containing this remarkable statement: There are some things in regard to which, I am not...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 452 pages
...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...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | 2006 - 340 pages
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 | Abraham Lincoln - 2006 - 264 pages
...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...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier — which, of course, I /ike. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession... | |
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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 with you.... 
