 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 444 pages
...forbearance. His letter to General Joseph Hooker on placing him in command shows how completely this was so. 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 - 1912 - 564 pages
...and appointed Hooker in his place. He did this in a most characteristic letter : " I have placed How 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 right for you to know that there are some things... | |
 | Helen Nicolay - 1912 - 460 pages
...General Joseph Hooker on placing him in command shows how completely this was so. I have placed yon 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 - 1912 - 566 pages
...and appointed Hooker in his place. He did this in a most characteristic letter : " I have placed How you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have Llncoln done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it right for you to know... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1913 - 660 pages
...warning; and accordingly he addressed to General Hooker the following frank, manly, and judicious letter. 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... | |
 | John Codman Ropes - 1913 - 350 pages
...that the first objective should be Lee's army and not Richmond. On the 26th Lincoln wrote to Hooker2: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to be to me sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in... | |
 | Reuben Post Halleck - 1915 - 328 pages
...Abraham Lincoln. Tarbell's Life of Abraham Lincoln. Creelman's Why We Love Lincoln. January 26, 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... | |
 | Godfrey Rathbone Benson Baron Charnwood - 1916 - 500 pages
...a year earlier after the right way of treating McCleUan : " I have placed you," wrote Lincoln, " 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... | |
 | Willis John Abbot - 1916 - 384 pages
...remarkable letter, which he seemingly had discretion of mind enough to take to heart and not resent. " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac," wrote the President. " Of course, I have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, and yet... | |
 | Harris Dickson - 1917 - 186 pages
...interview Lincoln relieved Burnside of command, and appointed Hooker, in this characteristic letter : EXECUTIVE MANSION, Washington, DC, January 26, 1863....done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reason, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things with regard to which I am... | |
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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... 
