 I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 7by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Herman Haupt - 1901 - 346 pages
...given you the command. Only those Generals who gain success can set up dictators. What I now ask of yon is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the extent of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do to all commanders.... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes - 1903 - 796 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship." This missive, notifying him of his appointment, written confidentially to Hooker on January 25, 1863,... | |
 | Oscar Browning - 1903 - 588 pages
...spite of it, that I have given you the Command. Only those generals who gain successes. can set up as dictators. What I now ask of you is military success,...support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neithermorenor less than it has done and will do for its commanders. I much fear that the spirit which... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain success can...The Government will support you to the utmost of its abilitv, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders. 1 much fear... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1906 - 622 pages
...that both the army and the government needed a dictator. . . . Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success and I will risk the dictatorship. ... I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army of criticising their commander... | |
 | 1906 - 336 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success and I will risk the dictatorship." And then he made him head of the Army of the Potomac. This forbearance appears impressively in his... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1906 - 256 pages
...dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. . . What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship ! " Letter to General Hooker, Jan., 1863. Still Heard From. In the fall of 1 863, when General Burnside... | |
 | Henry Bryan Binns - 1907 - 428 pages
...this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. . . . Beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 350 pages
...I have heard of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. . . . What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the Dictatorship. ... I much fear that the spirit you have aided in infusing into the Army . . . will now turn upon you."... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 356 pages
...I have heard of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. . . . What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the Dictatorship. ... I much fear that the spirit you have aided in infusing into the Army . . . will now turn upon you."... | |
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