 | Markinfield Addey - Soldiers - 1863 - 262 pages
...to have sent it to Burnside's relief. McClellan glanced at the western sky, and then said slowly : " Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war....battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." When the messenger was riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then... | |
 | Markinfield Addey - 1864 - 574 pages
...have sent it to Burnside's relief. McClellan glanced at the western sky, and then said, slowly : " Tell General Burnside -this is the battle of the war....battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." When the messenger was riding away, he called him back. "Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then... | |
 | J. T. Headley - United States - 1866 - 640 pages
...McClellan's only answer' is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks, very slowly : 4 Tell General Burnside, this is the battle of the war....battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry.' Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back : — 'Tell him if he cannot hold his ground,... | |
 | Frank Moore - United States - 1866 - 654 pages
...McClellan's only answer for the moment is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly : "Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war....battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back. " Tell him if he cannot hold his ground,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - United States - 1866 - 662 pages
...McClellan's only answer for the moment is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly: 'Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war....Battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry.' Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back. ' Tell him if he cannot hold his ground,... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly : " Tell General Burnside that this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground...battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back — " Tell him if he can not hold his ground,... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1866 - 780 pages
...is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly : " Tell General Buruside that this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground...battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called him back — " Tell him if he can not hold his ground,... | |
 | John Stevens Cabot Abbott - Civil war - 1866 - 688 pages
...sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly : ' Tell General Burna'de this is the battle of the war. lie must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will...Battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry.' Then, as the messenger was riding away, he called Mm back. ' Tell him if he cannot hold his ground,... | |
 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1866 - 554 pages
...turns and speaks very slowly : " Tell General Burnside that this is the battle of the war. He milst hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send...battery. I can do nothing more. I have no infantry." Then, as the messenger •was riding away he called him back. " Tell him if he can not hold his ground,... | |
 | New York state, bureau of military statistics - 1867 - 708 pages
...troops and guns. If you do not send them I cannot hold my position half an hour." The answer was : " Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war....battery,' I can do nothing more. I have no infantry. Tell him if he cannot hold his ground, then the bridge to the last man, always the bridge ! If the... | |
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McClellan's only answer for the moment is a glance at the western sky. Then he turns and speaks very slowly : "Tell General Burnside this is the battle of the war. He must hold his ground till dark at any cost. I will send him Miller's battery. I can... 
