 | William Swinton - United States - 1866 - 702 pages
...the 7th of June : " I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and take Richmond the moment that McCall reaches here, and the ground will admit the passage of artillery." McCall's division (of McDowell's force) arrived on the 12th and 13th, which increased his effectiTe... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - Ohio - 1868 - 1172 pages
...he i begged to know what re-enforcements he could receive "within the next three days." On the 7th: "I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and...and the ground will admit the passage of artillery." On the 10th: "I shall attack as soon as the weather aud ground will permit. * * I wish to bo distinctly... | |
 | Whitelaw Reid - Ohio - 1868 - 1134 pages
...battle, he begged to know what re-enforcements he could receive "within the next three days." On the 7th: "I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and take Richmond the moment McCnll reaches here, and the ground will admit the passage of artillery." On the 10th: "I shall attack... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - United States - 1870 - 360 pages
...Republic dawned. It was the 9th of June, 1862. Two days before, Gen. McClellen had written to Washington: "I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and...and the ground will admit the passage of artillery." Jackson was to "have his say " in that. At nightfall on the 8th this was the situation of affairs.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1880 - 664 pages
...Fredericksburg as speedily as possible. In reference to that notification the General said in a dispatch :* " I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and...McCall reaches here, and the ground will admit the pas- ° '^ 7' sage of artillery." The loyal people were delighted by this assurance; and when it was... | |
 | Jacob Harris Patton - United States - 1876 - 1086 pages
...dispatched to him, who says in a note to the President, " I shall be ia perfect readiness to move forward to take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery." 8. The plan adopted by McClellan to reach Richmond was by the peninsula formed by the York and James... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - United States - 1877 - 214 pages
...June 7, 1862. — ... I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward to take Richmond the moment that McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery. . . . June 11, 1862. — McCall's troops have commenced arriving at White House. . . . Weather good... | |
 | United States. War Dept - Confederate States of America - 1884 - 1192 pages
...until we have more favorable weather. I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward re-enforcements so vigorously. I shall be in perfect readiness to...admit the passage of artillery. I have advanced my picketo about a mile to-day, driving off the rebelpickets and securing a very advantageous position.... | |
 | Alexander Stewart Webb - Peninsular Campaign, 1862 - 1881 - 248 pages
...Yorktown when Franklin joined ; it was so again now after Fair Oaks, when McClellan wrote, June 7th, " I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and...and the ground will admit the passage of artillery." That the reinforcements were needed is clear enough ; but on the other hand the delay and indecision... | |
 | John W. Urban - United States - 1882 - 342 pages
...until we have more favorable weather. "I am glad to learn that you are pushing forward reinforcements so vigorously. "I shall be in perfect readiness to...pickets, and securing a very advantageous position." To give a proper description of the events which followed, it will be necessary to again return to... | |
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I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward reinforcements so vigorously. " I shall be in perfect readiness to- move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery. 
