 | United States - 1906 - 456 pages
...retreat and save the men and material. " And now," he added in conclusion, " if I save this army, I can tell you plainly, that I owe no thanks to you or to...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." President Lincoln in his reply said, " Save your army at all events ; you are ungenerous in assuming... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 462 pages
...retreat and save the men and material. " And now," he added in conclusion, "if I save this army, I can tell you plainly, that I owe no thanks to you or to...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." President Lincoln in his reply said, " Save your army at all events ; you are ungenerous in assuming... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1906 - 622 pages
...the Potomac. See Ropes's Civil War, part ii. p. 177 et seq. 1 OR, vol. xl. part iii. pp. 265, 266. to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." 1 The news was a terrible blow to the President The finely equipped army which had cost so much exertion... | |
 | David Homer Bates - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 450 pages
...1862, 12:20 AM HON. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: I now know the full history of the day ... I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many...done your best to sacrifice this army. GB MCCLELLAN. Such language was insubordinate, and might fairly be held to be treasonable. When it reached the War... | |
 | John O'Hanlon - Irish - 1907 - 406 pages
...Secretary of War: — "If I save this army now, I tell you plainly, that I owe no thanks to you or to any persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army." .' . •' , r : •" ;\1 «. J V'A; ' ; ii rrf_ :;i f> w —~ :--:IN* ;^ ••~~"*v '--• i i" ;"i... | |
 | Henry Clay Whitney - Presidents - 1908 - 420 pages
...that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak. ... I know that a few thousand more men would have changed...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army. Recognizing the sincerity of this letter, the President overlooked its insolence and insubordination.... | |
 | Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1909 - 770 pages
...which to-day has been too plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand (10,0oo) fresh men, I could gain the victory to-morrow. I know...done your best to sacrifice this army. GB MCCLELLAN. July 2, . . . Berhley, James river. — ... I have only energy enough left to scrawl you a few lines... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - United States - 1913 - 626 pages
...the Potomac. See Ropes's Civil War, part ii. p. 177 et seq. * OR, vol. xi. part iii. pp. 265, 266. to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army."1 The news was a terrible blow to the President. The finely equipped army which had cost so much... | |
 | American essays - 1914 - 878 pages
...addressed probably the most impertinent sentence ever written by a soldier to his military superior. 'If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that...Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.' But the same bitterness was manifested toward men much less deserving of it than the commander-in-chief... | |
 | James Havelock Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 472 pages
...said that my force was too weak. I merely intimated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand...your best to sacrifice this army. "GB MCCLELLAN." 4 This telegram has been severely criticised, because of misunderstanding or political fanaticism.... | |
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I feel too earnestly to-night, I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades, to feel otherwise than that the government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no... 
