The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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... Army of the Potomac , after the Battle of Fredericksburg , where the Union forces suffered one of the most crushing defeats of the war . MESSAGE TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Executive Mansion Washington , December 22 , 1862 O THE ARMY OF ...
... Army of the Potomac , after the Battle of Fredericksburg , where the Union forces suffered one of the most crushing defeats of the war . MESSAGE TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Executive Mansion Washington , December 22 , 1862 O THE ARMY OF ...
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania , and , I think , can ul- timately drive it out of existence . But no paper compromise to which the controllers of Lee's army are not agreed can at all affect that army . In an effort at such ...
... army can keep Lee's army out of Pennsylvania , and , I think , can ul- timately drive it out of existence . But no paper compromise to which the controllers of Lee's army are not agreed can at all affect that army . In an effort at such ...
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