| Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...wrote Lincoln, " 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...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe that you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| American essays - 1917 - 996 pages
...Hooker: — I have placed you at the head of the Army. Of course, I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it...regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons; and yet I think it...things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied wiih you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier — which, of course, I like. I also believe... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons ; and yell think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied wilh you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier — which, of course, I like. I also believe... | |
| Theodore Ayrault Dodge - History - 1881 - 282 pages
...have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course, I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| Samuel Penniman Bates - Chancellorsville, Battle of, Chancellorsville, Va., 1863 - 1882 - 280 pages
...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...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and a skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| Benjamin F. Cook - Massachusetts - 1882 - 194 pages
...have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 36th (1862-1865) - United States - 1884 - 432 pages
...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...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1887 - 834 pages
...the Army of the Potomac. Of course 1 have done this upon what appear to me sufficient reasons, »nd yet I think it best for you to know that there are...satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. 1 also believe you do not mix politics with your profession,... | |
| Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 pages
...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...there are some things in regard to which I am not satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also... | |
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