 | James Harrison Kennedy - 1888 - 694 pages
...General. It is as follows : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, \ WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863. / MAJOR GENERAL HOOKER: General : — I have placed you at the head...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... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 574 pages
...suggests some of the complicated difficulties of the military and political situation. He wrote : " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know there are some things in regard... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 818 pages
...insight into character and cureful study of the situation that it »«ems proper to insert it here : " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things... | |
 | charles carleton coffin - 1892 - 654 pages
...him." It was a very frank, open, and earnest letter which the President wrote to General Hooker : " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac....course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficieut reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 782 pages
...accompanied. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. WASHINGTON, January 26, 1863. January 26, 1863. — LETTER TO GENERAL J. HOOKER. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863....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... | |
 | Charles E. Davis - 1893 - 558 pages
...Hooker should have taken pride in it, as it is said he did : EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER: GENERAL : I have placed...course I have done this upon what appears to me to he sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard... | |
 | Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 348 pages
...Potomac, of which letter the following is a copy : — (PRIVATE.) EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker : GENERAL, — I have...Of course I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reasons ; and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to... | |
 | William Henry Powell - 1896 - 1066 pages
...Hooker assumed command, and the same day the following letter was sent to him by the President : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, " WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863....head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have doae this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 pages
...; and such a letter Hooker, with mingled feelings of mortification and pride, declared it to be. " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," wrote the President. " Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 pages
...; and such a letter Hooker, with mingled feelings of mortification and pride, declared it to be. " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," wrote the President. " Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons,... | |
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General : 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... 
