| United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...is, the Government must not and cannot hold me responsible for the result. I feel too earnestly — I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel...army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost." The President, naturally seeking to vindicate the mistaken movements for the defense of Washington,... | |
| Emory Upton - United States - 1904 - 538 pages
...is, the Government must not and cannot hold me responsible for the result. I feel too earnestly — I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel...sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the gатe is lost." The President, naturally seeking to vindicate the mistaken movements for the defense... | |
| Frank Abial Flower - History - 1905 - 580 pages
...retreat, telegraphing to Stanton that he was "not responsible" for the result and closing: "If I save the army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or any person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." "Had such language been... | |
| Samuel Livingston French - History - 1906 - 382 pages
...the Government must not and cannot hold me responsible for the result. I feel earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel...plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. ' ' In any other country perhaps,... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 pages
...men. ... I have lost this battle because my force was too small. ... I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel...I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or 1 My authorities for this account are: the correspondence, OR, vol. xi. parts i. and iii. ; McClellan's... | |
| Alonzo Rothschild - History - 1906 - 576 pages
...government must not and cannot hold me responsible for the result. I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel...do not do so now, the game is lost. If I save this anny now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other persons in Washington. You... | |
| Henry Cabot Lodge - World history - 1906 - 766 pages
...he wrote to the Secretary of War in a spirit half of despair and half of insubordination, saying : " If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice it." After the battle of Malvern Hill McClellan... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 626 pages
...when his fault-finding reached the height of telegraphing to the Secretary of War, " If I save the army now I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." The President answered... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - Children's literature - 1906 - 606 pages
...when his fault-finding reached the neight of telegraphing to the Secretary of War, " If I save the army now I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." The President answered... | |
| James Kendall Hosmer - History - 1907 - 414 pages
...brought the army to a pass so critical, he breaks out: "The Government has not sustained this army. If I save this army now I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." 2 Still more unbecoming was... | |
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