| Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1917 - 294 strani
...victory that on the next day after his return to Washington he sent McClellan the following order: "The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." But the obstinate general, alleging, among other things, that the cavalry horses had sore mouths, still... | |
| Emory Upton, United States. War Department - 1917 - 546 strani
...President visited and inspected the army, and on the 6th, General Hal leek telegraphed as follows: I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President directs that you cross the Potomac ami give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.... | |
| Wilbur Fisk Gordy - 1917 - 296 strani
...victory that on the next day after his return to Washington he sent McClellan the following order: "The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive 191 him south." But the obstinate general, alleging, among other things, that the cavalry horses had... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - 1917 - 532 strani
...conferences and observations of his visit, directed the general, after his return to Washington, to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." Still MoClellan 1 IV ; Foulke, I. 180 McCLELLAN'S INERTNESS [1862 procrastinated, aiming always at... | |
| James Ford Rhodes - 1917 - 522 strani
...conferences and observations of his visit, directed the general, after his return to Washington, to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." Still McClellan procrastinated, aiming always at his "ideal completeness of preparation." On October... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1926 - 544 strani
...our country. 6th. (To McClellan, who has greatly disturbed the President by failing to pursue Lee. ) The President directs that you cross the Potomac and...Your army must move now, while the roads are good. 1 3th. (To McClellan.) You remember my speaking to you of what I called your over-cautiousness. Are... | |
| Samuel Eliot Morison - 1927 - 562 strani
...had done than indignant because he had let Lee escape. On 6 October Lincoln ordered McClellan to ' cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him South ', while the roads were yet good, and sensibly advised him to take the line east of the Blue Ridge,... | |
| James Irvin Robertson (Jr.) - 1902 - 568 strani
...October 6th, Halleck sent McClellan, by President Lincoln's direction, an order * requiring him to " cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." He was told to move " now, while the roads were good." He was further informed that if he should so... | |
| Walter Herron Taylor - 1994 - 358 strani
...received a telegram from General Halleck in which he was told that the President directed that he should cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. The want of clothing for his men and horses for his cavalry constituted General McClellan's reason... | |
| Gary W. Gallagher - 1999 - 360 strani
...after the pres1dent left he received an unequ1vocal w1re from General Halleck: "The Pres1dent d1rects that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south. You must move now, while the roads are good." Obviously something had gone seriously awry, for the... | |
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