 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
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 350 pages
...Army . . . but I think that during [your predecessor, General Burnside's] command . . you have . . . thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the Country ... I have heard of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. .... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1907 - 356 pages
...Army . . . but I think that during [your predecessor, General Burnside's] command . you have . . . thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the Country ... I have heard of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. .... | |
 | Joseph Gould - 1908 - 486 pages
...which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics...and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such a way as to believe it of your recently saying that the Government and the army needed a dictator.... | |
 | Franklin Thomas Baker, Herbert Vaughan Abbott - 1908 - 234 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.... | |
 | 1908 - 102 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.... | |
 | James Morgan - 1908 - 510 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 - 1908 - 214 pages
...which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Bumside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your...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 - 1908 - 148 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...most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I kp-rc heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government... | |
 | George Waldo Broune - 1908 - 424 pages
...have placed you at the head of the army, but I think that during your predecessor's command you have thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country. I have heard of your recently saying that both the army and the country needed a dictator. What I now... | |
 | Edward Harold Mott - 1909 - 62 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.... | |
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