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A. P. Hill advance ammunition Army of Northern artillery assault attack batteries Beauregard brigade Bull Run burg Burnside campaign capture cavalry Centerville Chancellorsville Colonel column command Confederacy Confederate corps crossed Culp's Hill D. H. Hill defeat division Emmitsburg Emmitsburg road enemy enemy's eral Ewell field fight fire flank force Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Gettysburg campaign Grant ground guns Halleck Hampton Roads conference Hancock Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS Hooker horses Hunt says infantry intrenchments Jackson James river Jefferson Davis Johnston Lee's army letter Lincoln Little Round Top Longstreet says loss lost Malvern Hill Manassas mand McClellan McDowell McLaws Meade Meade's military morning move movement Napoleon night North Northern Virginia officers Petersburg Pickett Pope position Potomac R. E. LEE Rapidan rear regiments reinforcements repulse retreat Rhodes says Richmond Round Top Schurz sent soldiers South Stuart success troops Valley victory wounded wrote
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Page 196 - ... to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him but an equal submission with the loyal section of our common country to the constitution and laws of the land.
Page 178 - In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.
Page 46 - I think Lee has made a gross mistake, and that he will be severely punished for it. The army is in motion as rapidly as possible.
Page 39 - 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.
Page 39 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted : first, to concentrate all our available forces to open communication with Pope ; second, to leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all our means to make the capital perfectly safe.
Page 38 - I now know the full history of the day. On this side of the river (the right bank) we repulsed several strong attacks. On the left bank our men did all that men could do, all that soldiers could accomplish, but they were overwhelmed by vastly superior numbers, even after I brought my last reserves into action.
Page 69 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 69 - I 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 best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 39 - taking strong positions and holding them," of "lines of retreat," and of "bases of supplies.
Page 39 - I presume that I have been called here to pursue the same system and to lead you against the enemy. It is my purpose to do so, and that speedily.