 Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route.  General Johnston - Page 109by Robert Morton Hughes - 1893 - 353 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. " 2d. Leave Washington entirely secure. "3d. 1862. ( "The army will resume its inarch tomorrow,...Middletown, with such portion as he may select, tak ofthe enemy by some route. " EDWIST M. STANTOS, " Secretary of War." Gen. McClellan hereupon ordered... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1864 - 518 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...or, at all events, move such remainder of the army ot once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Major-General GEORGE... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 498 pages
...the remainder of the force down the Potomac — choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or any where between here and there ; or at all events move such...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. My preparations were at once begun in accordance with these directions,... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 150 pages
...certain that the enemy shall not repossess himself of that position and line of communication. "3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, OP, at all events, move such remainder of tke army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. "2.... | |
 | George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 280 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. "2. Leave Washington entirely secure. " 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortrese Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all events, move such remainder of the... | |
 | Hiram Ketchum - Campaign literature - 1864 - 80 pages
...repossess limself of that position and line of Communication. "2d. Leave Washington entirely secure. " 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new >ase at Portress Monroe, or any whero >etween here and there; or at all ivents move such remainder... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - United States - 1865 - 416 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. "2. Leave Washington entirely secure. "3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. "EDWIN M. STANTON, " ISecretary of War. " Major-General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN." On the 14th day of March,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...repossess himself of that position aud line of communication. 2d. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3d. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Major-General GEORGE B. MCC/LELLA.N. Secretary of War. It will readily be seen, from... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...himself of that position and lino of communications. " Second. — Leave Washington secure. " Third. — Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...at once, in pursuit of the enemy, by some route." On the 1st of March official reports showed that the troops in and around Washington, including those... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Maj.-Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN. McClellan replied that this would... | |
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