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" In fact, would it not be less valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? Fifth. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine? "
The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America - Page 356
by Benson John Lossing - 1880
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McClellan's Military Career Reviewed and Exposed: The Military Policy of the ...

William Swinton - Campaign literature - 1864 - 40 pages
...valuable in this : that it would break no groat line of the enemy'* communication, while mine would? 5. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine ? Yours, truly, . AHIÍ А.НЛМ LINCOLN. 12 pletemess with which they cover the whole ground. They...
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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
...in this : that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would 1 5th. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine ? "Yours, truly, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN. "Major General McCLELLAN." These questions were substantially answered...
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Life and Campaigns of George B. McClellan, Major-general U. S. Army

George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...valuable, in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? "5th. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine? "Yours, truly, "Major-General MCCLELLAN." " AuuAii.u: LINCOLN. These questions were substantially answered...
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...this : that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? '•5th. + ? " Yours, truly, " ABBAITAM LINCOLN." These inquiries seem not to have been directly answered ; but,...
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History of the Administration of President Lincoln

Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...valuable in this : that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? 5th. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine ? Tours, truly, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. , Major-General McClBLLAN. General McClellan sent to the Secretary...
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General McClellan and the Conduct of the War

William Henry Hurlbert - History - 1864 - 324 pages
...in this ; that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would ? 5th. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine ? Yours truly, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Rarely, if ever, in the history of the world, have the honesty and...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...valuable in this; that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would ? 5th. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine? Yours, truly, A. LINCOLN. MAJ.-GEN. MCCLELLAN. These plain test questions were never directly met....
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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
...in this : that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would 1 5th. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine ? "Yours, truly, "ABRAHAM LINCOLN, "Major General McCLELLAN." These questions were substantially answered...
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The United States Service Magazine, Volume 1

Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would?" " In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine?" McClellan's objections to the President's plan were numerous. It required a direct attack upon the...
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McClellan's Military Career Reviewed and Exposed: The Military Policy of the ...

William Swinton - Campaign literature - 1864 - 40 pages
...valuable in this: that It would break no great line of the enemy's communication, while mine would ? 6. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan- than mine ? Yours, truly, ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The sagacity of these queries is not lees conspicuous than the compendious...
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