 | United States. War Department - 1887 - 1240 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...he now is, we never can, he again being within the iutrenchments of Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond ou the inside track, the facility... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1909 - 1036 strani
...wastage of coming to us, we never can when we bear the wastage of going to him. ... As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. ... It is all easy if our troops march as well as the enemy, and it is unmanly to say that they cannot... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 454 strani
...we can not beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchments at Richmond. Recurring to the idea of going to Richmond...facility of supplying from the side away from the 18 enemy, is remarkable, as it were, by thc different spokes of a wheel, extending from the hub toward... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1890 - 500 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we can not beat the enemy where he now is, we never can, he again being within the intrenchments at Richmond.... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond, Francis Bicknell Carpenter - 1891 - 424 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should lot so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to n* than far away. If we cannot beat the enemy where he now is, we nevci can, he again being within... | |
 | 1892 - 858 strani
...the wastage of coming to us, we never can when we bear the wastage of going to him. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier when he is near to us than when he is on his own ground at a distance from us. ... In moving towards... | |
 | James Henry Stine - 1893 - 916 strani
...waive. We should not so operate as merely to drive him away. As we must beat him FREDERICKSBURG. 249 somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at all,...away from the enemy is remarkable, as it Were, by different spokes of a wheel, extending from the hub to-vrard the rim, and this whether you move directly... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 396 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at...going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility for supplying from the side away from the enemy is remarkable, as it were by the different spokes of... | |
 | John Torrey Morse (Jr.) - 1893 - 394 strani
...should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail f1nally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far...going to Richmond on the inside track, the facility for supplying from the side away from the enemy is remarkable, as it were by the different spokes of... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 854 strani
...advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere or fail finally, we can do it, if at...again being within the intrenchments of Richmond. by the chord or on the inside arc, hugging the Blue Ridge more closely. The chord-line, as you see,... | |
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In coming to us, he tenders us an advantage which we should not waive. We should not so operate as to merely drive him away. As we must beat him somewhere, or fail finally, we can do it, if at all, easier near to us than far away. If we cannot beat the... 
