 | Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 516 pages
...reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and...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,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 pages
...General Hooker command of the Army of the Potomac, the President wrote him privately (January 26th): 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 mix politics with your profession,... | |
 | John Richards Boyle - 1903 - 382 pages
...transmitted with the appointment Mr. Lincoln had written: "I have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for 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,... | |
 | United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) - 1905 - 862 pages
...reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and...soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you to not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself,... | |
 | United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) - 1905 - 1066 pages
...reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there arc some things in regard to which I am not satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and...soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you to not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself,... | |
 | Newton Martin Curtis - 1906 - 446 pages
...aggressive battle which developed into his acting on the defensive: "EXECUTIVE MANSION, "WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. "MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER, "General:...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,... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1906 - 340 pages
...Fredericksburg, on December 13, 1862. "I have placed you," he wrote on giving General Hooker the command, "at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have...you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, .J IN GENERAL MCCLELLAN S TENT which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with... | |
 | John William Jones - 1906 - 504 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...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,... | |
 | Samuel Livingston French - 1906 - 388 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.... 
