Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. General Johnston - Page 109by Robert Morton Hughes - 1893 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1863 - 778 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. " Second. Leave Washington secure. " Third. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...at once, in pursuit of the enemy, by some route." The army was directed to return to Alexandria to be embarked for the peninsula ; previous to their... | |
| United States. War Department - United States - 1864 - 256 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. ' " 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. " 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. "EDWIN M. ST ANTON, " Secretary of War. "Major General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN." My preparations were at... | |
| Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Maj.-Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. McClellan replied that this would... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. "2. Leave Washington entirely secure. " 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. "EDWIN M. ST ANTON, " Secretary of War. "Major General GEORGE B. McCLELLAN." My preparations were at... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. "2. Leave Washington entirely secure. " 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. "EowiN M. STANTON, " Secretary of War. " Major-General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN." On the 14th day of March,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - History - 1864 - 492 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Major-General GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. It will readily be seen, from... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 514 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STAN-TON, Secretary of War. Major-General GEORGE B. MoCLELLAN. It will readily be seen, from... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 258 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication, "2. Leave Washington entirely secure. " 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. "EDWIN M. STANTON, " Secretary of War. "Major General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN." My preparations were at... | |
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