 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 690 pages
...now a position so strong that " the enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Such were the joyful anticipations of General Hooker, who seems to have regarded the campaign as virtually... | |
 | Wade Hampton - Generals - 1871 - 54 pages
...this occasion by the Federal Commander — to " either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." These were the boastful words in which he — forgetful of the example of Pope, and unmindful of, if... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1872 - 886 pages
...April 30th, 1863. S It is with heartfelt satisfaction that thoCommanding Genera] announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our cnemv must either mglorioualy fly or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own... | |
 | 1873 - 806 pages
...in declaring that "the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his intrenchments and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Chancellorsville was a solitary brick mansion, surrounded by a few outbuildings, standing in a clearing... | |
 | Joseph Keith Newell - Massachusetts - 1875 - 630 pages
...April 30, 1863. It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground,... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - United States - 1875 - 416 pages
...April 30th, 1863. It is with heartfelt satisfaction that the commanding General announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or 10* come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground,... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Confederate States of America - 1876 - 694 pages
...occupied a position so strong that " the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction waits him." ' CHAPTER XXXIV. GENERAL HOOKER ADVANCES. GENERAL HOOKER'S preparations were at last complete,... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...days have determined that onr enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits Mm. The operations of the Fifth, Kleventh, and Twelfth corps, have been a succession of splendid achievements."... | |
 | John William Jones - United States - 1879 - 402 pages
...curiously reads thus: "It is with heartfelt satisfaction that the Commanding-General announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground,... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - New York (State) - 1879 - 656 pages
...issuing a congratulatory Order upon their successful crossing of the rivers, and declared therein " that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground,... | |
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It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our... 
