 | John George Nicolay - 1902 - 604 pages
...duty as his successor; and in explanation of his action wrote him the following characteristic letter: "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... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 pages
...period of his life better indicates the complete self-control and self-confidence which possessed him. " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," he said. " Of course I have done this upon what appears to me sufficient reason, and yet I think it... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 394 pages
...shall be my desire to make them, perpetual. [Letter to General J. Hooker, Washington, 26 January 1863.] General: I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1903 - 460 pages
...shall be my desire to make them, perpetual. [Letter to General J. Hooker, Washington, 26 January 1863.] General: I have placed you at the head of the Army...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... | |
 | 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. 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... | |
 | Oscar Browning - 1903 - 588 pages
...the Potomac in his place. On this occasion President Lincoln wrote to him in the following terms : " 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 hest for you to know that there are some things... | |
 | 1914 - 538 pages
...Lincoln in his letter to Hooker. Here it is: "Washington, January 26, 1863. "Major-General Hooker: "Dear General — I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. I have done this upon what apears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to... | |
 | United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) - 1905 - 862 pages
...command of the Army of the Potomac, the President addressed to him the following remarkable letter:* EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863....course I have done this upon what appears to me to be suff1cient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to... | |
 | United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) - 1905 - 1066 pages
...command of the Army of the Potomac, the President addressed to him the following remarkable letter:* EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863....the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this u|xin what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there... | |
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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... 
