The Life, Campaigns, and Public Services of General McClellan. (George B. McClellan): The Hero of Western Virginia! South Mountain! and Antietam! ...T.B. Peterson & Bros., 1864 - 184 頁 |
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第 54 頁
... Sumner should be gone ) a great temptation to the enemy to turn back from the Rappahannock and sack Washington . My implicit order that Washington should , by the judgment of all the commanders of army corps , be left entirely secure ...
... Sumner should be gone ) a great temptation to the enemy to turn back from the Rappahannock and sack Washington . My implicit order that Washington should , by the judgment of all the commanders of army corps , be left entirely secure ...
第 56 頁
... Sumner , second in command of the army , was then sent to the front to take charge of the operations About two miles east of Williamsburg , General Stoneman came upon the enemy's works , four miles in extent , nearly three - fourths of ...
... Sumner , second in command of the army , was then sent to the front to take charge of the operations About two miles east of Williamsburg , General Stoneman came upon the enemy's works , four miles in extent , nearly three - fourths of ...
第 57 頁
... Sumner , with part of General Smith's division , at half- past five P.M. The cross movement of this division , made necessary by the impassable character of the road on which it had been moving , had delayed the movement of General ...
... Sumner , with part of General Smith's division , at half- past five P.M. The cross movement of this division , made necessary by the impassable character of the road on which it had been moving , had delayed the movement of General ...
第 63 頁
... Sumner's corps on the railroad , about three miles from the Chickahominy , connecting the right with the left ; Keyes ' corps on New Kent road , near Bot- tom's Bridge , with Heintzelman's corps at supporting distance in its rear . The ...
... Sumner's corps on the railroad , about three miles from the Chickahominy , connecting the right with the left ; Keyes ' corps on New Kent road , near Bot- tom's Bridge , with Heintzelman's corps at supporting distance in its rear . The ...
第 67 頁
... Sumner , Heintzelman and Keyes , in position on the right bank of the Chickahominy . The battle commenced about one o'clock in the afternoon , and after three hours of des- perate fighting , Casey's Division , which occupied the first ...
... Sumner , Heintzelman and Keyes , in position on the right bank of the Chickahominy . The battle commenced about one o'clock in the afternoon , and after three hours of des- perate fighting , Casey's Division , which occupied the first ...
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第 89 頁 - I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the Government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost.
第 105 頁 - ... dissolutions are clearly to be seen in the future. Let neither military disaster, political faction, nor foreign war shake your settled purpose to enforce the equal operation of the laws of the United States upon the people of every State. The time has come when the Government must determine upon a civil and military policy covering the whole ground of our national trouble.
第 166 頁 - The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south.
第 105 頁 - War; as such it should be regarded; and it should be conducted upon the highest principles known to Christian Civilization. It should not be a War looking to the subjugation of the people of any state, in any event. It should not be, at all, a War upon population; but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial organization of states or forcible abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment.
第 73 頁 - If it would not divert too much of your time and attention from the army under your immediate command, I would be glad to have your views as to the present state of military affairs throughout the whole country, as you say you would be glad to give them.
第 105 頁 - Excellency, for your private consideration, my general views concerning the existing state of the rebellion, although they do not strictly relate to the situation of this army, or strictly come within the scope of my official duties. These views amount to convictions, and are deeply impressed upon my mind and heart. Our cause must never be abandoned; it is the cause of free institutions and self-government.
第 55 頁 - The country will not fail to note — is now noting — that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched enemy is but the story of Manassas repeated.
第 110 頁 - ... nation. All points of secondary importance elsewhere should be abandoned, and every available man brought here. A decided victory here, and the military strength of the rebellion is crushed ; it matters not what partial reverses we may meet with elsewhere. Here is the true defense of Washington; it is here, on the banks of the James, that the fate of the Union should be decided.
第 166 頁 - Shenandoah, not more than 12,000 or 15,000 can be sent to you. The President advises the interior line between Washington and the enemy, but does not order it. He is very desirous that your army move as soon as possible. You will immediately report what line you adopt, and when you intend to cross the river; also to what point the re-enforcements are to be sent.
第 102 頁 - ... all your trains, and all your guns, except a few lost in battle, taking in return guns and colors from the enemy. Upon your march, you have been assailed day after day, with desperate fury, by men of the same race and nation, skilfully massed and led.