 | Clark Prescott Bissett - 1916 - 74 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...I am not quite satisfied with you. "I believe you are a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix in politics... | |
 | 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...skilful 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,... | |
 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1917 - 294 pages
...have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appeared to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it...to which I am not quite satisfied with you. ... I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government... | |
 | 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...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,... | |
 | 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...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 - 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...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 - 1921 - 292 pages
...Secretary of State. LETTER TO GENERAL J. HOOKER Executive Mansion, Washington, DC January 26, 1862 Major-General Hooker, General : I have placed 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,... | |
 | William Charles Henry Wood - 1921 - 482 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,... | |
 | Allen Johnson - 1921 - 460 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,... | |
 | William Wood - 1921 - 474 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,... | |
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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.... 
