 | United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 118th (1862-1865) - 1905 - 866 pages
...command of the Army of the Potomac, the President addressed to him the following remarkable letter:* EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, January 26, 1863....of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done 1his upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that... | |
 | Albert Stanburrough Cook, Allen Rogers Benham - 1905 - 176 pages
...could be free. Yours, A. LINCOLN. LXIII Abraham Lincoln to Joseph Hooker Executive Mansion, Washington, January 26, 1863. MAJOR-GENERAL HOOKER : GENERAL :...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 - 1905 - 412 pages
...ABRAHAM LINCOLN. LETTER TO GENERAL J. HooKER1 EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, DC, 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... | |
 | Newton Martin Curtis - 1906 - 446 pages
...his generalship in fighting an aggressive battle which developed into his acting on the defensive: "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... | |
 | Elbert Hubbard - 1906 - 166 pages
...liable. Perhaps we had better give the letter entire, and so here it is : Executive Mansion, Washington, January 26, 1863. Major-General Hooker: General: —...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... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 626 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 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... | |
 | 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 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... | |
 | Mary Mapes Dodge - 1906 - 606 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 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 - 1906 - 256 pages
...minute that he would see what I was at." Related by General JB Fry. " I will Risk the Dictatorship." " I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. . . I have heard ... of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 336 pages
...See MANSFIELD, JKF Nov. 5, 1862: See MCCLELLAN, GEORGE B. Jan. 25, 1863: See BURNSIDE, AMBROSE E.] 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... | |
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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... 
