 It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our...  The Campaigns of the Seventeenth Maine - Page 52by Edwin B. Houghton - 1866 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1914 - 1066 pages
...'The operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him.' 'My plans are perfect, and when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on General Lee, for I... | |
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...last three days have determined that the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. "The operations of the fifth, eleventh, and twelfth corps have been a succession of splendid achievements."... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 852 pages
...the bt three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. " The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth corps have been a series of splendid successes."... | |
 | Markinfield Addey - Soldiers - 1863 - 262 pages
...last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." On Friday morning General Hooker began the strategetic disposition of his force. It was formed in a... | |
 | Alonzo Hall Quint - United States - 1864 - 422 pages
...brilliant achievements," and saying that the enemy must " ingloriously fly," or " come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Friday, May 1, was a beautiful day. It being "muster day," that work was begun as usual. But when it... | |
 | Alonzo Hall Quint - United States - 1864 - 450 pages
...brilliant achievements," and saying that the enemy must " ingloriously fly," or " come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Friday, May 1, was a beautiful day. It being "muster day," that work was begun as usual. But when it... | |
 | Edwin Winchester Stone - Rhode Island - 1864 - 448 pages
...announcing to the army that the enemy were where they " must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." But this declaration proved premature. The current of events turned. The breaking of the Eleventh corps,... | |
 | David Wright Judd - United States - 1864 - 446 pages
...last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits them. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth Corps have been a series of splendid successes.... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...last three days have determined that our enemy must either inglonously fly or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the fifth, eleventh, and twelfth corps have been a sue«:eion of splendid achievements.... | |
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