 | John Esten Cooke - United States - 1870 - 360 pages
...in a general order : " 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!" There were those of his officers, doubtless, who listened thoughtfully, rather than with enthusiasm,... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 690 pages
...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
...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
...days have determined that our cnemv must either mglorioualy fly or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the TOL. III. — в А fifth, eleventh, and twelfth corpa have been a succession... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Willard W. Glazier - United States - 1875 - 416 pages
...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, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Corps have been a succession of splendid achievements.... | |
 | Joseph Keith Newell - Massachusetts - 1875 - 630 pages
...have determined that our 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. The. operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth corps, have been a succession of splendid achievements.... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Confederate States of America - 1876 - 694 pages
...general order to his troops : " The enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." But he had not counted on the bold strategy of Lee, the splendid executive ability of Jackson, or that... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1877 - 674 pages
...three 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
...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, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth corps have been a succession of splendid achievements."... | |
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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... 
