 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...position until it could be so reenforced would almost destroy it in that climate. In the mean time Pope's forces would be exposed to the heavy blows...without the slightest hope of assistance from you. He tells McClellan, in conclusion, that a large number of his highest officers are decidedly in favor... | |
 | 1863 - 856 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling ana the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...fatal to the health of your army, but in the mean time Gen. Pope's forces would be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy, without the slightest hope of... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1862 - 268 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...only be fatal to the health of your army, but in the meantime General Pope's forces would be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy, without the slightest... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling ana the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...fatal to the health of your army, but in the mean time Gen. Pope's forces would be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy, without the slightest hope of... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 852 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...fatal to the health of your army, but in the mean time Gen. Pope's forces would be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy, without the slightest hope of... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 668 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...only be fatal to the health of your army, but in the meantime General Pope's forces would be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy, without the slightest... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...you must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. • " It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...without the slightest hope of assistance from you. _ " In regard to the demoralizing effect of a withdrawal from the Peninsula to the Rappahannock, I... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 500 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries, before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...army ; but in the mean time General Pope's forces weald be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy without the slightest hope of assistance from you.... | |
 | George Brinton MACCLELLAN (General.) - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 676 pages
...that you must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries, before you could advance on Richmond. It is by no means certain that the reduction of these...health of your army; but in the mean time General Pope.'s forces would be exposed to the heavy blows of the enemy without the slightest hope of assistance... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...that yon must reduce Fort Darling and the river batteries before you could advance on Richmond. " It e vour army, but in the mean " August 4-5. H On the 4th, dated 3d. M August 7. 1 August 6. RETREAT FROM... | |
| |
It is by no means certain that the reduction of these fortifications would not require considerable time — perhaps as much as those at Yorktown. " This delay might not only be fatal to the health of your army, but in the mean time... 
