| Abraham Lincoln - 1927 - 474 pages
...said in it. Please write me if anything more comes to light. TO GENERAL JOSEPH HOOKER January 26, 1863 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,... | |
| Edward Howard Griggs - 1927 - 392 pages
...Men of Manchester, England, Executive Mansion, Washington, Jan. 19, 1863: Writings, Vol. VI, p. 250. appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think...regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I Th6 believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of letter to Hookercourse I like. I also believe... | |
| William Eleazar Barton - 1928 - 48 pages
...mind of Abraham Lincoln as he wrote with his own hand : 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 skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1917 - 526 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,... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics - 1969 - 1348 pages
...if I still have a few minutes I'd like to share it with you. He wrote as follows : "To Major General Hooker: "General : "I have placed you at the head...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,... | |
| Dale Carnegie - 1982 - 308 pages
...sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which 1 am not quite 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,... | |
| Herman Hattaway, Archer Jones - 1991 - 788 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 protession,... | |
| United States. War Department - 1972 - 1100 pages
...head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have don« this upon what appears to me to be suf flcient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that...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 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,... | |
| |