 Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe...  Chancellorsville: Lee's Greatest Battle - Page 7by Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 398 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Daniel George Macnamara - 1899 - 568 pages
...which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but 1 think that during General Burnslde's command of the army you have taken counsel of your...country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother olllcer. I have heard in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition solely, and thwarted him as much as you could ; in which you...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your saying that both the country and the army needed a dictator. Of course... | |
 | Norman Hapgood - 1899 - 478 pages
...that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition solely, and thwarted him as much as you could; in which you...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your saying that both the country and the army needed a dictator. Of course... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 278 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1900 - 276 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
 | George Baylor - 1900 - 434 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 pages
...ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Henry Ketcham - 1901 - 516 pages
...You are ambitious, which, within reason, does good rather than harm ; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Herman Haupt - 1901 - 354 pages
...ambitious, which, with reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel...and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such a way as I believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the Government needed a dictator.... | |
 | 1901 - 476 pages
...in command of the army. In Lincoln's own peculiarly plain language, he told Hooker that he had done "a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer." "MAJOR GENERAL, I RECKON." At one time the President had the appointment of a large additional number... | |
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