 At that moment —Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have been lost. Lee's army might then have marched as it pleased on Washington, Baltimore,...  The Strategy of Robert E. Lee - Page 81by John Joseph Bowen - 1914 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 500 pages
...— Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country ; extorted tribute from wealthy... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...— Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastaled country ; extorted tribute from wealthy... | |
 | United States. War Department - United States - 1864 - 256 pages
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 | George Brinton McClellan - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 198 pages
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 | George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...moment—Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded—the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country, extorted tribute from wealthy... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...— Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country ; extorted tribute from wealthy... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 150 pages
...moment—Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded—the national cause coald afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...pleased on Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia or New Yorfc It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country; extorted tribute from... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - United States - 1865 - 416 pages
...— Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded — the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country, extorted tribute from wealthy... | |
 | Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 590 pages
...moment, Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded, the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...pleased, on Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or Xew York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile and undevastated country, extorted tribute... | |
 | Robert Lewis Dabney - 1866 - 556 pages
...moment, Virginia lost, Washington menaced, Maryland invaded, the national cause could afford no risks of defeat. One battle lost, and almost all would have...Lee's army might then have marched, as it pleased, on AVashington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York. It could have levied its supplies from a fertile... | |
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