 | George Brinton McClellan - 1886 - 710 strani
...following telegram from Gen. Halleck : " Oct. 6. — I am instructed to telegraph you as follows : The President directs that you cross the Potomac and...enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your operation, you can be reinforced with 30,000 men. If you move up the valley of the Shenandoah not more... | |
 | Abner Ralph Small - 1886 - 358 strani
...so much so, that Halleek, the commander-in-chief, was instructed to telegraph McClellan as follows: "The President directs that you cross the Potomac,...and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south." This did not move McClellan, but a rumor that such a telegram had been received, reached us, and we... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1886 - 250 strani
...McClellan was not disposed to move. On the 6th of October, he received orders from General Halleck to cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. " You must move while the roads are good," was the telegram. Some of the troops needed clothing, and... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1887 - 506 strani
...plan, President Lincoln, upon his return to Washington, instructed General Halleck to direct him to " cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or...enemy and Washington, and cover the latter by your operation, you can be reinforced by thirty thousand men. If you move up the valley of the Shenandoah,... | |
 | John Lord Parker - 1887 - 678 strani
...the Capitol. On the 7th of October, the commanding general had received a telegram directing him to "cross the Potomac, and give battle to the enemy,...Your army must move now while the roads are good." But upon repeated representations from Gen. McClellan that the army was wholly deficient in cavalry,... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1887 - 1240 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. '' Yom army must move now, while the roads are good." It will be observed that three weeks have elapsed... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - 1888 - 718 strani
...The result was that in less than a week afterwards Halleck sent McClellan these peremptory words : " The President directs that you cross the Potomac and...Your army must move now, while the roads are good." But McClellan did not obey the order, and now was renewed the wonderful correspondence between him... | |
 | Robert Alonzo Brock - 1888 - 420 strani
...numbered 150,000 men, and on the 6th Halleck telegraphed him, saying: "The President directs that vou cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him South. Your army must move while the roads are good." But two weeks passed away, and still no advance was made. Halleck once more... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 512 strani
...Washington he issued an order, dated October 6, 1862, through General Halleck, directing McClellan to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." This order McClellan declined to obey. On the loth of that month, JEB Stuart, a dashing Rebel cavalry... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1888 - 574 strani
...and made himself acquainted with the condition of the army. Five days later he ordered McClellan to "cross the Potomac, and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south." The despatch added, " Your army must move now, while the roads are good. If you cross the river between... | |
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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. 
