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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.... "
Love, Life & Work: Being a Book of Opinions, Reasonably Good-natvred ... - Page 53
by Elbert Hubbard - 1906 - 149 pages
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 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,...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume

John William Jones - 1879 - 402 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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Anecdotes of Abraham Lincoln and Lincoln's Stories: Including Early Life ...

Abraham Lincoln - 1880 - 212 pages
...have plared 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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Obituary Notice of Maj.-Gen. Samuel P. Heintzelman, First Commander of the ...

Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 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...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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The Battle of Chancellorsville

Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 280 pages
...Your sincere friend, ' Commanding corps. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN, Major-General. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKKR : — 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,...
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Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth ...

William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 536 pages
...the following letter, on file in the War Department : EXECUTIVK MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 28, 1863. Major-General Hooker. GENERAL : I have placed...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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Abraham Lincoln: The Man and the War President. Showing His Growth, Training ...

William Osborn Stoddard - 1884 - 716 pages
...on file in the War Department : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1883. Jkfaj&r-General Hooker. GENERAL : I have placed you at the head of...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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Abraham Lincoln: The True Story of a Great Life. Showing the Inner Growth ...

William O. Stoddard - 1884 - 538 pages
...War Department: Major-General Hooker. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1868. GENEBAL : 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 mi* politics with your profession,...
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The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 15

John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond - 1886 - 874 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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Appleton's Cyclopędia of American Biography: Grinnell-Lockwood

James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1887 - 834 pages
...the Army of the Potomac. Of course 1 have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, »nd yet I think it best for you to know that there are...brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. 1 also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence...
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