| James Grant Wilson - Illinois - 1862 - 202 pages
...active operations, and in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always...business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat linn when found— whose policy hue been attack, and not defense. In butone instance has the enemy... | |
| 1863 - 856 pages
...field. Lt vn understand each other. I have come to you from the West where we bare always seen the bocks of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek an adversary and beat him when found ; whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance... | |
| James Grant Wilson - Illinois - 1862 - 212 pages
...in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to yon from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies—from an army whose business it baa been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found—whose... | |
| English Combatant - United States - 1863 - 388 pages
...and in placing you in position from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to yon from the West, where we have always seen the backs...when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence ! In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...labors are nearly completed, and I am about to join you in the field. Let us understand each other. I have come to you from the West where we have always seen the backs of oar enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek an adversary and beat him when found... | |
| English Combatant - United States - 1864 - 608 pages
...active operations, and in placing you in position from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always...when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence ! In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude.... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...active operations, and hi placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. " I have come to you from the West, where we have always...enemies —from an army whose business it has been to »eek the adversary, and to beat him when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defense.... | |
| Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1865 - 494 pages
...active operations, and in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always...when found — whose policy has been attack and not defence. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude.... | |
| Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...active operations, and in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. "I have come to you from the West, where we have always...when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence. " In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our Western armies in a defensive attitude.... | |
| Evert Augustus Duyckinck - United States - 1861 - 852 pages
...active operations, arid in placing you in positions from which you can act promptly and to the purpose. I have come to you from the West, where we have always...when found — whose policy has been attack, and not defence. In but one instance has the enemy been able to place our western armies in a defensive attitude.... | |
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