 I 20,000 or even 10,000 fresh troops to use to-morrow I could take Richmond, but I have not a man in reserve, and .shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. If we have lost the day we have yet preserved our honor,...  General McClellan and the Conduct of the War - Page 241by William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...in reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat, and save the material and personnel of the army. If we have lost the day we have yet preserved our...need blush for the Army of the Potomac. I have lost the battle because my force was too small. I again repeat that I am not responsible for this, and I... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Campaign literature, 1864 - 1864 - 198 pages
...in reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our...Army of the Potomac. I have lost this battle because wy force was too small. I again repeat that I am not responsible for this, and I say it with the earnestness... | |
 | Hiram Ketchum - Campaign literature - 1864 - 80 pages
...man in reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personal of the army. If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our...and no one need blush for the Army of the Potomac. " 1 have lost this battle because my force was too small ; I again repeat I am not responsible for... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 836 pages
...man in reserve, and sh A be glad to gover my retreat and save the material and perionnel of the army. If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our...Potomac. I have lost this battle because my force was too email. I again repeat, that I am not responsible for this ; and I say it with the earnestness of a... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1866 - 662 pages
...thousand, or even ten thousand fresh troops, to use to-morrow, I could take Richmond. I have lost the battle because my force was too small. I again repeat, that I am not responsible for this. If. I save this army now, I tell you plainly, that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1880 - 664 pages
...In reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. If we Have lost the day, we have yet preserved our...say it with the earnestness of a general who feels ii» his heart the loss of every bravo man who has been needlessly sacrificed." He told the Secretary... | |
 | United States. War Dept - Confederate States of America - 1884 - 1192 pages
...in reserve, and .shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. If we have lost the day we have yet preserved our...because my force was too small. I again repeat that I am uot responsible for this, and I say it with the earnestness of a general who feels in his heart the... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 632 pages
...reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. ... If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our...have lost this battle because my force was too small. .... If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 614 pages
...reserve, and shall be glad to cover my retreat and save the material and personnel of the army. ... If we have lost the day, we have yet preserved our...have lost this battle because my force was too small. .... If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons... | |
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