 It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our...  The Second Year of the War - Page 271by Edward Alfred Pollard - 1863 - 310 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Tomes, Benjamin G. Smith - Slavery - 1862 - 842 pages
...Commanding General announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. "The operations of the fifth, eleventh,... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 414 pages
...Rappahannock, without opposition and without loss, and to secure a position deemed impregnable — one which, according to the order he issued on Thursday...April, had rendered it necessary that "the enemy must cither ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us (the Yankee army) battle... | |
 | Alonzo Hall Quint - United States - 1864 - 414 pages
...which he characterized as " a succession of brilliant achievements," and saying that the enemy must " ingloriously fly," or " come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Friday, May 1, was a beautiful day.... | |
 | Alonzo Hall Quint - United States - 1864 - 422 pages
...which he characterized as " a succession of brilliant achievements," and saying that the enemy must " ingloriously fly," or " come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Friday, May 1, was a beautiful day.... | |
 | William Jewett Tenney - United States - 1865 - 884 pages
...(¡enerat announces to the armythat the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the fifth, eleventh,... | |
 | William Parker Snow - Confederate States of America - 1865 - 924 pages
...commanding general announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh,... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - United States - 1866 - 1314 pages
...opposition and without loss, and to secure a position deemed impregnable — one which, according tothe order he issued on Thursday the 30th of April, had...Yankee army) battle on our own ground, where certain destructioa waits him." In the mean time, Gen. Lee was not slow to meet the dispositions of his adversary.... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 498 pages
...an order of congratulation to his troops, in which he declared that he occupied a position so strong that " the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction waits him." CHAPTER XXXIV. GENERAL HOOKER ADVANCES.... | |
 | William Swinton - History - 1866 - 702 pages
...reaching Chancellorsville on Thursday night, he issued an order to the troops, in which he announced that " the enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." This boast, so much in the style of... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Biography & Autobiography - 1866 - 490 pages
...of congratulation to his troops, in which he declared that he occupied a position so strong that u the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction waits him." CHAPTER XXXIV. GENERAL HOOKER ADVANCES.... | |
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