 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1896 - 320 pages
...forces from your command that can be spared from garrison duty to operate on the south side of the James river, Richmond being your objective point."...by the allies in their campaign against France in 1818-14. When these movements began the situation was about as follows: In the possession of the Union... | |
 | Adam Badeau - United States - 1881 - 618 pages
...operate against Richmond from the south side of the river. His movement will be simultaneous with yours. Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. The only point upon which I am now in doubt is whether it will be better to cross the Rapidan above,... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - Generals - 1885 - 686 pages
...operate against Richmond from the south side of the river. His movement will be simultaneous with yours. Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. The only point upon which I am now in doubt is, whether it will be better to cross the Rapidan above... | |
 | Euripides, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff - 1889 - 720 pages
...Federal armies to survive while the enemy army at last disintegrated. 'Ъее'з army," he told Meade, "will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also."27 When Sheridan went to deal with Early's Confederate force in the Shenandoah Valley, Grant... | |
 | American Historical Association - Electronic journals - 1909 - 550 pages
...but he escaped with his own army from the danger to which it was exposed. Grant had said to Meade, " Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also." And as long as Grant fought it out on this line, wherever Meade went there Lee sat down before him... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Butler - Generals - 1892 - 1252 pages
...operate against Richmond from the south side of the river. His movement will be simultaneous with yours. Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. The only point upon which I am now in doubt is whether it will be better to cross the Rapidan above... | |
 | William Henry Powell - United States - 1895 - 1076 pages
...his plan of action. To General Meade, commanding the Army of the Potomac, he sent the following : " Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. The only point upon which I am now in doubt is whether it will be better to cross the Rapidan above... | |
 | Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1896 - 320 pages
...quiet and allow me to take the initiative in the spring campaign, to work all the parts of the arm}' together and somewhat toward a common center. You...by the allies in their campaign against France in 181H-14. When these movements began the situation was about as follows: In the possession of the Union... | |
 | William Conant Church - Generals - 1897 - 586 pages
...the Wilderness. 245 against their war resources." In his letter of instruction to Meade, he said : " Lee's Army will be your objective point ; wherever Lee goes there you will go also. The only point upon which I am now in doubt, is whether it will be better to cross the Rapidan above... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Generals - 1897 - 450 pages
...1864, he said to Sherman, " Rebel armies are now the strategic points to strike." In a communication to Meade he wrote: " Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee's army goes, you will go also ; " and to an intimate military friend Grant remarked, in one of... | |
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Lee's army will be your objective point. Wherever Lee goes, there you will go also. 
