 | United States - 1906 - 462 pages
...himself of that position and line of communication. Secondly, leave Washington entirely secure. Thirdly, move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy, by some route." Portrait of Abraham Lincoln DL magnificent in material,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1912 - 540 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication; Second. Leave Washington secure; Third. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...there; or at all events move such remainder of the army tit once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. <* March 17, Major-General EA Hitchcock was placed... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 544 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication; Second. Leave Washington secure; Third. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...there; or at all events move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. <* March 17, Major-General EA Hitchcock was placed on... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 774 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 Fort Monroe or anywhere between here and there; or at all events move such remainder of the army at... | |
 | James V. Murfin - History - 2004 - 476 pages
...McClellan must see to that before he left. Stanton's message to McClellan struck an impatient cord. "Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...anywhere between here and there; or at all events, move the remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route." 40 Few times in the history... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 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,... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - American literature - 1862 - 506 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 at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. SPEECH TO A PARTY... | |
 | United States - 1882 - 1236 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 at оисе in pursuit of the enemy by some route. >d EDWIN M. STANTOX, Secretary of War. Maj. Gen.... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1866 - 828 pages
...himself of that position and line of communications, " Second. — Leave Washington secure. 11 Third. — Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once, in pursuit Of the enemy, by some route." On the 1st of March official reports showed that... | |
 | Edwards Pierrepont - 1868 - 294 pages
...not repossess himself of that position and line of communication. 2d. Leave Washington secure. 3d. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the onemy by some route. Seven o'clock, forty minutes. EDWIN M. STANTON,, Secretary... | |
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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. 
