| Alexander Stewart Webb - Peninsular Campaign, 1862 - 1881 - 248 pages
...repossess himself of that situation and line of communication. "2. Leave Washington entirely secure. '•3. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between there and here ; or at any event, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by... | |
| United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1885 - 908 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of comrauuicatiou. 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... | |
| Willis C. Humphrey - United States - 1886 - 720 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. WASHINGTON, April... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay - United States - 1892 - 808 pages
...himself of that position and line of communication. Second, leave Washington entirely secure. Third, move the remainder of the force down the Potomac,...base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here rind there ; or, at all i He said, among other things, " No regiment of fugitive slaves has bcen or... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 558 pages
...himself of that position and line of communication. Second. Leave Washington entirely secure. Third. 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... | |
| John George Nicolay, John Hay - United States - 1890 - 560 pages
...himself of that position and line of communication. Second. Leave Washington entirely secure. Third. 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... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - Slavery - 1890 - 500 pages
...repossess himself of that position and line of communication. Second. Leave Washington secure. Third. 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,... | |
| Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - Presidents - 1891 - 424 pages
...secure. 3d. Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosmg • new base at Fortress Mouroe, or anywhere between here and there; or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of thi enemy by some route. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Major-General GEOKGK... | |
| Robert Morton Hughes - Biography & Autobiography - 1893 - 392 pages
...chagrin at the uninterrupted retreat of Johnston and the long inaction of McClellan, by adding : " 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." Thus it was settled that the line by which the Southern... | |
| Samuel Giles Buckingham - Connecticut - 1894 - 572 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. Si ANTON, Secretary of War. In a personal letter... | |
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