 | 1914 - 1066 sider
...addressed probably the most impertinent sentence ever written by a soldier to his military superior. 'If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.' But the same bitterness was manifested toward men much less deserving of it than the commander-in-chief... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - 1857 - 946 sider
...too weak." He concluded: " If I save the army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you nor to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." Stanton still expressed the extraordinary hope that Richmond would fall in a day or two. He had lately... | |
 | 1889 - 1060 sider
...to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. ... If 1 save this army now, 1 tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. The kind and patient words with which President Lincoln replied to this unsoldierly and unmanly petulance,... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 500 sider
...this instant, I could dispose of (10,000) ten thousand fresh men, I could gain the victory to-morrow. I know that a few thousand more men, would have changed...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. GB MCCLELLAN, Major-General. To HON. EM STANTON, Secretary of War. The head-quarters' camp, at Savage's... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 280 sider
...instant, I could dispose of ten thousand (10,000) fresh men, I could gain the victory to-morrow. " I know that a few thousand more men would have changed..." You have done your best to sacrifice this army. "GB McCLELLAN". "Hon. EM STANTON." The headquarters camp at Savage's station was broken up early on... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 256 sider
...this instant, I could dispose often thousand (10,000) fresh men, L could gain the victory to-morrow. " I know that a few thousand more men would have changed..." You have done your best to sacrifice this army. "GB McCLELLAN. "Hon. EM STANTON." The headquarters camp at Savage's station was broken up early on... | |
 | George Brinton MACCLELLAN (General.) - 1864 - 676 sider
...defeat to a victory; as it is, the government must not, and cannot, hold me responsible for the restrlt. I feel too earnestly to-night, I have seen too many...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. GB McCLEIXAN, To HON. EM STANTON, Secretary of War. Major-G«neraI. The head-quarters' camp, at Savage's... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 198 sider
...Government must not, and cannot hold me responsible for the result. I feel too earnestly to-night—I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. "' GB McCLELLAN. " ' To HON. BM STANTON.' " "The head-quarters camp at Savage's station was broken... | |
 | Markinfield Addey - 1864 - 574 sider
...feel too earnestly, to-night — I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise — that the Government has not sustained this army. If...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." The day dawned hot and cheerless to the Army of the Potomac. No sound of a hostile gun disturbed the... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1864 - 256 sider
...too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained thia army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. "If...Washington. "You have done your best to sacrifice this army. "GB McCLELLAN. "Hon. EM STANTON." The headquarters camp at Savage's station was broken up early on... | |
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I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. " If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no... 
