 Never mind, General, all this has been MY fault — it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can.  Lee and His Generals - Page 102by William Parker Snow - 1867 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1911 - 994 pages
...come right in the end; we'll talk of it afterwards; but in the mean time all good men must rally.' — 'Never mind, General. All this has been my fault....you must help me out of it the best way you can.' So, with incomparable patience, tact, .and energy, the great soldier held his army together after defeat... | |
 | Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle - History - 1863 - 348 pages
...immediately shook hands with him and said, cheerfully, " Never mind, General, all this has been MY fault—it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." In this manner I saw General Lee encourage and reanimate his somewhat dispirited... | |
 | Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle - History - 1863 - 366 pages
...shook hands with him and said, cheerfully, " Never mind, General, all this has been MY fault—it is / that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." In this manner I saw General Lee encourage and reanimate his somewhat dispirited... | |
 | Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 324 pages
...immediately shook hands with him and said cheerfully, " Never mind, General, all this Jias been mr fault — it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." In this manner I saw General Lee encourage and reanimate his somewhat dispirited... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 414 pages
...hands with him and said, cheerfully, " Never mind, general, all this has been MY fault — it is / that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." In this manner I saw Gen. Lee encourage and reanimate his somewhat dispirited... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1865 - 632 pages
...Lee, when he remarked cheerfully : " Never mind, General, all this has been my fault ; it is / who have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." His troops seemed inspired with the utmost confidence in their leader, and,... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1865 - 500 pages
...Lee, when he remarked cheerfully : " Never mind, General, all this has been my fault ; it is / who have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can." His troops seemed inspired with the utmost confidence in their leader, and,... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1866 - 576 pages
...in similar terms ; and, to the slightly wounded, words of exhortation were used for them to bind up their hurts and take a musket again in the emergency....ignoring self and position, encourage and reanimate hid somewhat dispirited troops, and magnanimously take upon his own shoulders the whole weight of the... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...crying, the state of his brigade. General Lee immediately shook hands with him, and said, cheerfully, ' Never mind, General — all this has been my fault;...have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can.' " In this manner I saw General Lee encourage and reanimate his somewhat dispirited... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1867 - 894 pages
...and, in very depressed tones of annoyance and vexation, explained the state of his brigade. But Gen. Lee immediately shook hands with him, and said, in...must help me out of it the best way you can.' In this mannner did Gen. Lee, wholly ignoring self and position, encourage and reanimate his somewhat dispirited... | |
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