 | Jesse Ames Spencer - 1866 - 620 strani
...greater activity and energy. Under date of October 6th, Halleck sent a telegram of a peremptory sort > " I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Youi army must move now, while the roads STUART'S CAVALRY RAID. 235 are good. If you cross the river... | |
 | 1889 - 1060 strani
...McClellan the following positive instructions : WASHINGTON, DC, October 6, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN : I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President...you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy - In his memoirs McClellan tries to create the im- ble purpose is to see the troops and the battle-field... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1862 - 268 strani
...swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered " to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. 4th. In my opinion, there... | |
 | 1863 - 856 strani
...had swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was given. In regard to Gen. McClellan's... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - 1863 - 770 strani
...to General McClellan by General Halleck : '•WAR DEPARTMENT, " Washington, DC, October 6, 1862. " I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...Your army must move now while the roads are good. t' If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line of operations,... | |
 | 1863 - 848 strani
...McCIellan: WieniHGTOH, DC, Oct. 6, ISiS. My.-Gen. McCIellan: I am instructed to telegraph to you as follow*: The President directs that you cross the Potomac and...him south. Your army must move now while the roads arc good. If you cross the river between the enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your line... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1863 - 778 strani
...General HW HALLECK, General-in- Chief, [Sent 1.30 p. m ] WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, DC, October 6, 1862. I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The...Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him eouth. Your army must move now, while the roads are good. If you cross the river between the enemy... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1863 - 852 strani
...swollen the Potomac wd impaired the roads. On the sixth of Ocióte he was peremptorily ordered : " To cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...drive him south. Your army must move now, while the rotds are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since this order was firen. 4. In... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1863 - 668 strani
...swollen the Potomac and impaired the roads. On the 6th of October he was peremptorily ordered " to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army m»st move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed since... | |
 | George Brinton MACCLELLAN (General.) - 1864 - 676 strani
...of October I received the following telegram : WASHINGTON, DC, Oct. 6, 1862. MAJ.-GEN. McCLELLAN,— I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President...enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your operations, you can be reinforced with 30,000 men. If you move up the valley of the Shenandoah, not... | |
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I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good. 
