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" The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south. "
Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session - Page 44
by United States. Congress. Senate - 1863
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History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the ..., Volume 4

Jesse Ames Spencer - United States - 1866 - 620 pages
...greater activity and energy. Under date of October 6th, Halleck sent a telegram of a peremptory sort > " I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Youi army must move now, while the roads STUART'S CAVALRY RAID. 235 are good. If you cross the river...
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The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume 37

Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...McClellan the following positive instructions : WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN : I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President...you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy - In his memoirs McClellan tries to create the im- ble purpose is to see the troops and the battle-field...
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Annual Report of the Secretary of War

United States. War Department - 1862 - 268 pages
...swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered " to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. 4th. In my opinion, there...
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the american annual cyclopaedia

1863 - 856 pages
...had swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. In regard to Gen. McClellan's...
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War in Three Parts

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, Va., 1861 - 1863 - 770 pages
...visited the army. After his return to Washington the following order was sent to General McClellan by General Halleck : '•WAR DEPARTMENT, " Washington,...Your army must move now while the roads are good. t' If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line of operations,...
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The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...McCIellan: WieniHGTOH, DC, Oct. 6, ISiS. My.-Gen. McCIellan: I am instructed to telegraph to you as follow*: The President directs that you cross the Potomac and...him south. Your army must move now while the roads arc good. If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line...
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Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War: Army of the Potomac

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Ball's Bluff, Battle of, 1861 - 1863 - 766 pages
...had swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered "to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or...Your army must move now while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. Fourth. In my opinion,...
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The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents ..., Volume 5

Frank Moore - United States - 1863 - 856 pages
...swollen the Potomac wd impaired the roads. On the sixth of Ocióte he was peremptorily ordered : " To cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...drive him south. Your army must move now, while the rotds are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was firen. 4. In...
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House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1863 - 666 pages
...swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered " to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army m»st move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since...
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McClellan's Military Career Reviewed and Exposed

William Swinton - United States - 1864 - 54 pages
...had now under hiscommand an army 150,000 strong. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or...Your army must move now while the roads are good." Week after week passed without the order being obeyed. — To cover up his disobedience he has much...
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