 | Philip Langer, Robert Pois - History - 2004 - 304 pages
...prepared as any martyr ever was: "I will do all that a general can do with the splendid army I have the honor to command, and, if it is destroyed by overwhelming numbers, can at least die with it and share its fate."'o: There is always the interesting speculation of what might have happened if McClellan had... | |
 | James V. Murfin - History - 2004 - 476 pages
...that I am in no way responsible for it. ... if [the army] is destroyed by overwhelming numbers, [I] can at least die with it and share its fate. But if the result of the action, ... is a disaster, the responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders; it must rest where it belongs.... | |
 | Doris Kearns Goodwin - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 945 pages
...reinforcements he had repeatedly requested, but, he continued, if his "great inferiority in numbers" caused "a disaster the responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders — it must rest where it belongs." Irked, Lincoln replied that McClellan's talk of responsibility "pains me very... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...should be concentrated here. I will do all that a general can do with the splendid army I have the honor to command, and, if it is destroyed by overwhelming...within a short time, is a disaster, the responsibility can not be thrown on my shoulders ; it must rest where it belongs. Secretary Stanton replied : WASHINGTON,... | |
 | United States - 1884 - 1198 pages
...should be concentrated here. I will do all that a general can do with the splendkl inny I have the honor to command, and if it is destroyed by overwhelming...responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders ; it must rest where it belongs. Since I commenced this I have received additional intelligence confirming the... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1866 - 828 pages
...should be concentrated here. I will do all that a general can do with th» splendid army I have the honor to command; and if it is destroyed by overwhelming...fate. But if the result of the action, which will occur to-morrow, or within a short time, is a disaster, the responsibility cannot be thrown on my shoulders;... | |
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I will do all that a general can do with the splendid army I have the honor to command, and, if it is destroyed by overwhelming numbers, can at least die with it and share its fate. But if the result of the action which will probably occur to-morrow,... 
