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" All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available man brought here — a decided victory here, and the military strength of the rebellion is crushed — it matters not what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere.... "
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union ... - Page 81
by United States. War Dept - 1884
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The North American Review, Volume 130

North American review - 1880 - 672 pages
...not cease to reiterate the memorable words of his dispatch to General Halleck, of August 4, 1862 : " Here is the true defense of Washington ; it is here,...the banks of the James, that the fate of the Union is to be decided." Yet it was not for the glory snatched from McClellan that we have ever grieved....
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The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the ...

Allan Pinkerton - Secret service - 1883 - 1076 pages
...elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available man brought here. A decided victory here and the strength of the rebellion is crushed, it matters not...here, on the banks of the James, that the fate of tJie Union should be decided. Clear in my convictions of right, strong in the consciousness that I...
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McClellan's Last Service to the Republic: Together with a Tribute to His Memory

George Ticknor Curtis - United States - 1885 - 166 pages
...not cease to reiterate the memorable words of his dispatch to General Halleck, of August 4, 1862 : " Here is the true defense of Washington ; it is here,...the banks of the James, that the fate of the Union is to be decided." Yet it was not for the glory snatched from McClellan that we have ever grieved....
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The Spy of the Rebellion: Being a True History of the Spy System of the ...

Allan Pinkerton - Secret service - 1885 - 750 pages
...elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available mao Lro'.-^ht here. A decided victory here and the strength of the rebellion is crushed, it matters not...what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere. litre is the true defense of Washington; it is here, o» the banks of the Janus, that the fate of the...
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Drum-beat of the Nation: The First Period of the War of the ..., Volume 4

Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1887 - 506 pages
...the rebellion ; it is here we should strike the blow which will determine the fate of this nation. A decided victory here, and the military strength of the rebellion is crushed," he said to Halleck. He thought that the Union army would be demoralized if withdrawn. Not till August...
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Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read Before the Commandery of the ...

Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Commandery of the State of Illinois - United States - 1899 - 508 pages
...reaching Harrison's Landing, " Here, directly in front of this army, is the heart of the rebellion. It is here on the banks of the James that the fate of the Union should be decided," — he stated a fact which Grant learned by hard pounding from Fredericksburg to the James. They remember...
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The Story of One Regiment in the War of the Rebellion

Maine volunteer infantry. 11th regiment - 1896 - 542 pages
...James River, so that we are free to act in any direction. All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned and every available man brought...elsewhere, here is the true defense of Washington." General Halleck answered : " I was advised by high officers, in whose judgment I had great confidence,...
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The Story of the Civil War: The campaigns of 1862

John Codman Ropes - United States - 1898 - 500 pages
...the blow which will determine the fate of this nation. All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available man brought...reverses we may meet with elsewhere ; here is the true defence 'I6W. R.,8. of Washington. It is here, on the bank of the James River, that the fate of the...
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850....: 1862-1864

James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 618 pages
...the blow which will determine the fate of the nation. All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available man brought...reverses we may meet with elsewhere. Here is the true defence of Washington. It is here on the banks of the James that the fate of the Union should be decided....
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History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850...

James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1899 - 624 pages
...crushed. It matters not what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere. Here is the true defence of Washington. It is here on the banks of the James that the fate of the Union should be decided. ... I entreat that this order may be rescinded." 3 The events of the next two years added a tremendous...
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