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" In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak. "
Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of ... - Page 110
by George Brinton McClellan - 1864 - 242 pages
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The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet it

Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...with excessive eloquence for more men. " I only wish to say to the President," he remarked in it, " that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was 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...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...side of Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...intimated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. If at this instant I could dispose of 10,000 fresh men, 1 could gain a victory to-morrow. I...
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War in Three Parts

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1863 - 770 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. I should have gained this battle with...
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Army of the Potomac

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, 1861 - 1863 - 766 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth which .to-day has been too plainly proved. I should have gained this battle with...
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Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1863 - 778 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when .1 said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved....
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Letter of the Secretary of War, Transmitting Report on the Organization of ...

George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...intimated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose often thousand (10,000) fresh men, L could gain the victory...
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Letter of the Secretary of War: Transmitting Report of the Orgranization of ...

United States. War Department - United States - 1864 - 256 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...intimated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand (10,000) fresh men, I could gain the victory...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. -Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...intimated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand fresh men, I could gain the victory to-morrow....
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Report on the Organization and Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac: To ...

George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 500 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our material. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...ungenerous, when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth, which to-day has been too plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose...
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Report of Major-General B. McClellan: Upon the Organization of the Army of ...

George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 150 pages
...the Chickahominy, and think I can withdraw all our materiel. Please understand that in this battle we have lost nothing but men, and those the best we...ungenerous, when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth, which to-day has been too plainly proved. If at this instant I could dispose of...
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