| United States. War Department - 1912 - 540 strani
...Ridge more closely. The chord line, as you see, carries you by Aldie, Hay-market, and Fredericksburg, and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and finally...the following distances from Harper's Ferry, to wit; Vestals, 5 miles; Gregorys, 13; Snickers, 18; Ashbys, 28; Manassas, 38; Chester, 45; and Thorntons,... | |
| Emory Upton - 1912 - 546 strani
...Ridge more closely. The chord line, as you see, carries you by Aldie, Haymarket, and Fredericksburg, and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and finally...Creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The name, only the lines lengthened a little, if you press closer to the Blue Ridge part of the way. The... | |
| 1916 - 544 strani
...Ridge more closely. The chord line, as you see, carries you by Aldie, Haymarket, and Fredericksburg, and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and finally...Creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The fame, only the lines lengthened a little, if you press closer to the Blue Ridge part of the way. The... | |
| Emory Upton, United States. War Department - 1917 - 546 strani
...Haymarket, and Fredericksburg, and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and finally the Potomac by Acmia Creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The...the following distances from Harper's Ferry, to wit; Vestals, 6 miles; Gregorys, 13; Snickers, 18; Ashbys, 28; Manassas, 38; Chester, 45; and Thorntons,... | |
| Abraham Lincoln, Don Edward Fehrenbacher - 1977 - 292 strani
...Hay-Market, and Fredericksburg; and you see how turn-pikes, railroads, and finally, the Potomac by Acquia Creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The...about the following distances from Harper's Ferry, towit: Vestal's five miles; Gregorie's, thirteen, Snicker's eighteen, Ashby's, twenty-eight, Mannassas,... | |
| United States. War Department - 1888 - 1312 strani
...Fredericks burg ; and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and, finally, the Potomac, by Aqnia Creek, meet yon at all points from Washington : the same, only the lines lengthened a little, if yon press closer to the Blue Ridge part of the way. The gaps through the Bine Ridge I understand to... | |
| 1991 - 630 strani
...McClellan's twosided base: "The chord-line, as you see, carries you by Aldie, Hay Market, and Fredericksburg; and you see how turn-pikes, railroads, and finally,...Aquia Creek, meet you at all points from Washington." Had Lincoln been encouraging McClellan to march all the way to Richmond, he could also have pointed... | |
| Isaac Newton Arnold - 1994 - 492 strani
...Haymarket, and Frederlcksburg, and you see how turnpikes, railroads, and finally the Potomac, by Acqula Creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The...part of the way. The gaps through the Blue Ridge, I merely to drive him (the enemy) away." In a dispatch on the 27th day of October, the President says:... | |
| Abraham Lincoln - 1989 - 844 strani
...Hay-Market, and Fredericksburg; and you see how turn-pikes, railroads, and finally, the Potomac by Acquia Creek, meet you at all points from Washington. The...about the following distances from Harper's Ferry, towit: Vestal's five miles; Gregorie's, thirteen. Snicker's eighteen, Ashby 's, twenty-eight, Mannassas,... | |
| B. Franklin Cooling - 2007 - 354 strani
...Pointer, Lincoln persisted on the chordline theme. Via hamlets like Aldie, Haymarket, and Fredericksburg, "turnpikes, railroads, and finally the Potomac, by...Aquia creek, meet you at all points from Washington." McClellan could sideslip Lee, "disabling him to make an important move without your knowledge, and... | |
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