Letter of the Secretary of War: Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, from July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862U.S. Government Printing Office, 1864 - 242 strani |
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... Manassas , fought on that day . On the 22d I received an order by telegraph , directing me to turn over my command to Brigadier General Rosecrans , and repair at once to Washington . I had already caused reconnoissances to be made for ...
... Manassas , fought on that day . On the 22d I received an order by telegraph , directing me to turn over my command to Brigadier General Rosecrans , and repair at once to Washington . I had already caused reconnoissances to be made for ...
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... ( Manassas , ) it is possible that we might have been spared the labor and expenses of a great effort . Now we have no alternative . Their success will enable the political leaders of the rebels to convince the mass of their people that ...
... ( Manassas , ) it is possible that we might have been spared the labor and expenses of a great effort . Now we have no alternative . Their success will enable the political leaders of the rebels to convince the mass of their people that ...
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... Manassas had been almost to destroy the morale and organization of our army , and to alarm government and people . The national capital was in danger ; it was necessary , besides holding the enemy in check , to build works for its ...
... Manassas had been almost to destroy the morale and organization of our army , and to alarm government and people . The national capital was in danger ; it was necessary , besides holding the enemy in check , to build works for its ...
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... Manassas , should never for one instant be lost sight of , but all the in- tellect and means and men of the government poured upon that point . The loyal States possess ample force to effect all this and more . The rebels have displayed ...
... Manassas , should never for one instant be lost sight of , but all the in- tellect and means and men of the government poured upon that point . The loyal States possess ample force to effect all this and more . The rebels have displayed ...
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... Manassas . I have not been disappointed in the estimate formed of the value of these troops . I have always found them to be relied on . Whenever they have been brought under fire they have shown the utmost gallantry and tenacity . The ...
... Manassas . I have not been disappointed in the estimate formed of the value of these troops . I have always found them to be relied on . Whenever they have been brought under fire they have shown the utmost gallantry and tenacity . The ...
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66 Major advance Alexandria Antietam Aquia Aquia creek arrived artillery attack August bank batteries battle Bottom's bridge bridge brigade Burnside camp campaign Captain cavalry Chickahominy Colonel column corps Couch's division crossed defence depots despatch direction enemy enemy's field fire flank Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin Frémont front G. B. MCCLELLAN garrison general-in-chief guard guns H. W. HALLECK Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman Hooker infantry instructions intrenched James river land Lieutenant Major General H. W. Major General MCCLELLAN Manassas Maryland miles military Monroe morning move movement necessary night occupied officers operations Peninsula Porter position possible Potomac President Quartermaster railroad re-enforcements rear rebels received reconnoissance regiments Richmond road Rohrersville Savage's station Secretary Secretary of War sent Sharpsburg soon Sumner supplies telegram telegraphed tion transportation troops United States Army United States cavalry vicinity Virginia wagons Warrenton Washington Williamsburg York volunteers Yorktown
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Stran 35 - That the heads of departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the general-in-chief, with all other commanders and subordinates of land and naval forces, will severally be held to their strict and full responsibilities for prompt execution of this order.
Stran 154 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted: First, to concentrate all our available forces to open communications with Pope; Second, to leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all our means to make the capital perfectly safe.
Stran 122 - Excellency for your private consideration my general views concerning the existing state of the rebellion, although they do not strictly relate to the situation of this army or strictly come within the scope of my official duties.
Stran 46 - That any movement, as aforesaid, en route for a new base of operations which may be ordered by the generalin-chief, and which may be intended to move upon the Chesapeake Bay, shall begin to move upon the bay as early as the 18th of March instant ; and the general-in-chief shall be responsible that it so moves as early as that day.
Stran 62 - I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or ne'ar Manassas, was only shifting, and not surmounting, a difficulty; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place.
Stran 110 - In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak.
Stran 35 - My dear Sir : — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas.
Stran 93 - I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward reinforcements so vigorously. " I shall be in perfect readiness to- move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery.
Stran 123 - This principle might be extended, upon grounds of military necessity and security, to all the slaves of a particular State, thus working manumission in such State ; and in Missouri, perhaps in Western Virginia also, and possibly even in Maryland, the expediency of such a measure is only a question of time.
Stran 110 - 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 thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.