 | 1914 - عدد الصفحات: 1066
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 946
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 1060
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 280
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 256
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 676
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 198
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 256
...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... 
