 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 582 pages
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 | Newton Martin Curtis - 1906 - 446 pages
...aggressive battle which developed into his acting on the defensive: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, "WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. "MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER, "General:...soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe that you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself,... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1906 - 340 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...you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, .J IN GENERAL MCCLELLAN S TENT which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with... | |
 | John William Jones - 1906 - 504 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...soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe that you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself,... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - 1906 - 388 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1908 - 148 pages
...the world that free men could be prosperous. Eulogy on Henry Clay. Springfield, III. July I, 1852. I HAVE placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....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,... | |
 | 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....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,... | |
 | 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....quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave 57 and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | Joseph Gould - 1908 - 496 pages
...Lincoln appointing Gen. Hooker to succeed Gen. Burnside: "I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you...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,... | |
 | Edward Harold Mott - 1909 - 62 pages
...GENERAL'S WORTH THROUGH His FAULTS. (Letter to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863.) General—I have placed you at the head of the. Army of the Potomac....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,... | |
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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.... 
