 | Willis John Abbot - 1916 - 384 pages
...of Sigel. Pope, himself, antagonized his new command by an address in which he said, " I have come from the West where we have always seen the backs...from an army whose business it has been to seek the enemy and to beat him wherever found; whose policy has been attack and not defence." The implied superiority... | |
 | George Francis Robert Henderson - 1919 - 576 pages
...the expense of McCIellan and of McClellan's army. 'I have come to you,' he said to his soldiers, ' from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose businets it has been to seek the adversary, and beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and... | |
 | Walter Gaston Shotwell - 1923 - 398 pages
...given verbatim. After announcing that he was about to join the army in the field, Pope continued : ' I have come to you from the West, where we have always...whose business it has been to seek the adversary and beat him when he was found ; whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance has... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1922 - 696 pages
...war), issued a pompous proclamation, reflecting on the valor of the Army of the Potomac, and beginning: "I have come to you from the West, where we have always...whose business it has been to seek the adversary and beat him when found. ... It is my purpose to do so, and that speedily." It proved, however, not to... | |
 | William Eleazar Barton - 1925 - 566 pages
...successful career in the West, and had the bad taste to tell of it when assuming command. He said : I have come to you from the West, where we have always...enemies; from an army whose business it has been to seek an adversary, and beat him when found; whose policy has been attack and not defense. In but one instance... | |
 | Sir Frederick Maurice - 1925 - 358 pages
...are of greater importance to an army than numbers. They had very unwisely 1 Pope began his address: ' I have come to you from the West, where we have always...backs of our enemies; from an army whose business has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found.' Not very flattering to the men of... | |
 | David Saville Muzzey - 1927 - 710 pages
...war), issued a pompous proclamation, reflecting on the valor of the Army of the Potomac, and beginning: "I have come to you from the West, where we have always...whose business it has been to seek the adversary and beat him when found. ... It is my purpose to do so, and that speedily. " It proved, however, not to... | |
 | Fannie Eoline Selph - 1928 - 416 pages
...Washington. Pope delivered a remarkable "phillippic" to his men in which he said among other things, "I come from the West where we have always seen the backs of our enemies, etc." He began to wage war on peaceable citizens and disaster followed every movement of his "progressive... | |
 | Sir Frederick Maurice - 1925 - 354 pages
...than numbers. They had very unwisely 1 Pope began his address: ' I have come to you from the We»t, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies; from an army whose business has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when he was found.' Not very flattering to the men of... | |
 | James M. McPherson - 1988 - 952 pages
...to diminish his reputation for braggadocio in this singularly inept document. "I come to you out of the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies," he declared. "I am sorry to find so much in vogue amongst you . . . certain phrases [like] . . . 'lines... | |
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I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies, — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and beat him when found, whose policy has been attack, not defense. 
