 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
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 872 pages
...of that position and line of communications. " Second. — LeaveWasMngton secure. " Third. — Hove the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing...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... | |
 | Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1865 - 462 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,...remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by the same route. ' EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War.' Under certain conditions the movement to the... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2d. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3<1. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of tha enemy by some route. Eowijf M. STANTOS, Secretary of War. Major-General GEOKOB B. McCizLLAS. It... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 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,...Monroe, or any-where between here and there, or, at all eveuts, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON,... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Presidents - 1865 - 912 pages
...communication. 2. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomae, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or any-where between here and there, or, at all eveuts, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON,... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 840 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2d. Leave Washington entirely secure. 3d. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Mouroe, or anywhere between here and there ; or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at... | |
 | HORACE GREELEY - 1866 - 808 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. U 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." Just before starting for the Peninsula, Gen. McOlellan received, " with surprise, 5 ' the following... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...himself of that position and 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."* The number of troops composing the Army of the Potomac at this time was 158,419.f General Wadsworth,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...himself of that position and 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."* The number of troops composing the Army of the Potomac at this time was 158,419.f General Wadsworth,... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...Leave Washington entirely secure. "3d. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac—choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between...army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route." Just before starting for the Peninsula, Gen. McClellan received, " with surprise," the following note,... | |
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