 | William Swinton - Campaign literature - 1864 - 40 pages
...this awt'nl mystery of organization. One would suppose from the tone of General McClellan that when he came to the Army of the Potomac there was no army...44), "no army to command — a mere collection of regiment», cowering on the bank« of the Potomac, some perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 150 pages
...vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull run. " I found no army to command; a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. " Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital j by means... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 280 pages
...27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull run. 44 REPORT OF GENERAL GEORGE B. M'CLELLAN. " I found no army to command ; a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. " Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull run. " I found no army to command ; a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. '' Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 344 pages
...the vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull Run. I found no army to command ; a mere collection of regiments,...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | William Henry Hurlbert - History - 1864 - 324 pages
...the vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull Run. I found no army to command ; a mere collection of regiments,...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | United States. War Department - United States - 1864 - 256 pages
..." SIR: Task your indulgence for the following paper, rendered necessary by circumstances. " I found no army to command ; a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. " Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 1226 pages
...the vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1801, six days after the battle of Bull Run. I found no army to command — a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. Nothing of any consequence had been done to secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | United States. War Dept - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 1236 pages
...the vicinity of Washington on Saturday, July 27, 1861, six days after the battle of Bull Eun. I found no army to command — a mere collection of regiments...perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. . Nothing of any consequence had been done ; > secure the southern approaches to the capital by means... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - America - 1888 - 838 pages
...perfect military genius. In his report he declared that, on his arrival at Washington, he had " found no army to command — a mere collection of regiments...Potomac, some perfectly raw, others dispirited by recent defeat, some going home. There were no defensive works on the southern approaches to the capital.... | |
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I found no army to command — a mere collection of regiments cowering on the banks of the Potomac, some perfectly raw, others dispirited by the recent defeat. 
