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" I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence. "
The Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863: An Inside View of the History of ... - Page 115
by Samuel Livingston French - 1906 - 359 pages
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...to Stone1 ... I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies; from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defense. ... I presume that I have been called here...
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Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the ...

James Grant Wilson - Illinois - 1862 - 202 pages
...the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat linn when found— whose policy hue been attack, and not defense. In butone instance has the enemy...
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the american annual cyclopaedia

1863 - 856 pages
...has been to seek an adversary and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude. I presume I hire been called here to pursue the same system, and to lead you...
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Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers Engaged in the War Against the ...

James Grant Wilson - Illinois - 1862 - 212 pages
...to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found—whose policy has been attack, and not rlffea.tr. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude. I presume I have been called here to pursue the same system, and to lead you...
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Battle-fields of the South: From Bull Run to Fredericksburg; with ..., Volume 1

English Combatant - United States - 1863 - 388 pages
...the purpose. I have come to yon from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence ! In but one instance has the enemy been able...
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The American Annual Cyclopędia and Register of Important Events ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...has been to seek an adversary and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude. I presume I hare been called here to pursue the same system, and |p lead you...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...our enemies —from an army whose business it has been to »eek the adversary, and to beat him when say they were of a character not to be foreseen nor prevented by human sagacity or resources. " a defensive attitude, I presume that I have been called iere to pursue the same system, and to lead...
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History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close ..., Volume 1

Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...purpose. "I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence. " In but one instance has the enemy been able...
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History of the American War, Volume 2

Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1865 - 470 pages
...the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance has the enemy been able...
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History of the American War, Volume 2

Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1865 - 494 pages
...to seek the adversary and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude. I presume that I have been called here to pursue the same system, and to lead...
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