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... river and ordered a general movement of the whole army in the direction of the position lately occu- pied by the enemy . The enemy moved on the morning of the 10th of March , the greater part of it proceeding no further than Fairfax ...
... river and ordered a general movement of the whole army in the direction of the position lately occu- pied by the enemy . The enemy moved on the morning of the 10th of March , the greater part of it proceeding no further than Fairfax ...
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... river , and gave us time to get our material out of the way . " During the night after the battle of Gaines's Mill all our forces were concen- trated on the right bank of the Chickahominy , and the next day the movement to the James river ...
... river , and gave us time to get our material out of the way . " During the night after the battle of Gaines's Mill all our forces were concen- trated on the right bank of the Chickahominy , and the next day the movement to the James river ...
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... river . We should then have had a united army , and the co - operation of the navy , and probably would have been in Richmond in two weeks . The fact that we did not know the character of the Chickahominy as an obstacle , ( as it lay ...
... river . We should then have had a united army , and the co - operation of the navy , and probably would have been in Richmond in two weeks . The fact that we did not know the character of the Chickahominy as an obstacle , ( as it lay ...
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... river between the enemy and Washington , and cover the latter by your line of operations , you can be re - enforced with 30,000 men . If you move up the valley of the Shenandoah , not more than 12,000 or 15,000 can be sent to you . The ...
... river between the enemy and Washington , and cover the latter by your line of operations , you can be re - enforced with 30,000 men . If you move up the valley of the Shenandoah , not more than 12,000 or 15,000 can be sent to you . The ...
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... river , on account of the bad roads , difficulty of transportation , & c .; but no other delay than that which would ... river . The plan determined upon was to cross the river at two points ; the right wing to cross opposite ...
... river , on account of the bad roads , difficulty of transportation , & c .; but no other delay than that which would ... river . The plan determined upon was to cross the river at two points ; the right wing to cross opposite ...
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a. m. to-morrow advance Alexandria Answer Aquia creek arrived artillery attack batteries battle battle of Williamsburg Bottom's Bridge bridge brigade Burnside Captain cavalry Centreville chairman Chandler Chickahominy Colonel committee met pursuant corps cross despatch direction division enemy enemy's fight following witnesses force Fort Monroe fortifications Fortress Monroe Franklin Fredericksburg Frémont front G. B. MCCLELLAN General-in-Chief Gooch guns H. W. HALLECK Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman horses infantry James river land Major General H. W. Major General MCCLELLAN Manassas McDowell miles military morning move movement night o'clock Odell officers operations opinion peninsula pontoons position Potomac President pursuant to adjournment quartermaster Question railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements rebels received regiments retreat Richmond road Secretary Secretary of War sent side Sumner supplies suppose telegraph tion troops wagons WAR DEPARTMENT Warrenton Washington Williamsburg York river Yorktown
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Page 76 - State from the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives in whichsoever house it shall last have been so approved, and he shall carefully preserve the originals.
Page 525 - In coming to us, he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchments of Richmond.
Page 340 - I thought you were ungenerous in assuming that I did not send them as fast as I could. I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington. We protected Washington, and the enemy concentrated on you.
Page 310 - Ordered: That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as in the opinion of the general-in-chief and the commanders of all the army corps shall leave said city entirely secure.
Page 24 - I give you all I can, and act on the presumption that you will do the best you can with what you have, while you continue, ungenerously I think, to assume that I could give you more if I would. I have omitted and shall omit no opportunity to send you reinforcements whenever I possibly can- A.
Page 46 - You seem to act as if this applies against you, but cannot apply in your favor. Change positions with the enemy, and think you not he would break your communication with Richmond within the next twenty-four hours? You dread his going into Pennsylvania; but if he does so in full force, he gives up his communications to you absolutely, and you have nothing to do but to follow and ruin him. If he docs so with less than full force, fall upon and beat what is left behind all the easier.
Page 9 - MY DEAR SIR: — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Page 45 - As I understand, you telegraphed General Halleck that you cannot subsist your army at Winchester unless the railroad from Harper's Ferry to that point be put in working order. But the enemy does now subsist his army at Winchester, at a distance nearly twice as great from railroad transportation as you would have to do without the railroad last named.
Page 44 - The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south.
Page 11 - That any movement, as aforesaid, en route for a new base of operations, which may be ordered by the General-in-Chief, and which may be intended to move upon the Chesapeake Bay, shall begin to move upon the bay as early as the 18th of March, instant, and the General-in-Chief shall be responsible that it so moves as early as that day.