 | Paul M. Zall - 2003 - 220 strani
...re-inforcement. I thought you were ungenerous in assuming that I did not send them as fast as I could. I feel any misfortune to you and your Army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. 22 28 JUNE 1862 My view of the present condition of the War is about as follows: The evacuation of... | |
 | Gary W. Gallagher - 2000 - 304 strani
...reinforcements as fast as we can." He also reminded him that "I feel any misfortune to you and your Army qmte as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had...price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington." Then, more practically. Lincoln asked: "Please tell at once the present condition and aspect of things."3"... | |
 | Stephen W. Sears - 2001 - 516 strani
...what reinforcements he could. "Of course they can not reach you to-day, to-morrow, or next day. ... If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is...price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington. Wre protected Washington and the enemy concentrated on you. . . ." General McClellan was spared replying... | |
 | Herman Hattaway - 2004 - 272 strani
...again showed his firm grasp of the significance of lines of operations when he wrote McClellan that "we protected Washington and the enemy concentrated...upon us before the troops sent could have got to you ... it is the nature of the case." By now Lincoln saw that individual battles were unlikely to be decisive... | |
 | James V. Murfin - 2004 - 476 strani
...sorrowful tone, he continued: "I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you ... If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is...us before the troops sent could have got to you." 69 McClellan was relentless. "No one need blush for the Army of the Potomac. I again repeat that I... | |
 | Jeffry D. Wert - 2005 - 576 strani
...replied, "Save your Army at all events. Will send re-enforcements as fast as we can. ... I feel any misfortune to you and your Army quite as keenly as...price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington." 33 At the meeting with his generals, McClellan told them, "We will have a difficult retreat to make."... | |
 | Jeffry D. Wert - 2005 - 598 strani
...replied, "Save your Army at all events. Will send re-enforcements as fast as we can. ... I feel any misfortune to you and your Army quite as keenly as...it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington."33 At the meeting with his generals, McClellan told them, "We will have a difficult retreat... | |
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I thought you were ungenerous in assuming that I did not send them as fast as I could. I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy... 
