Letter of the Secretary of War: Transmitting Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac, and of Its Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, Under the Command of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, from July 26, 1861, to November 7, 1862U.S. Government Printing Office, 1864 - 242 頁 |
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... of the official report of Major General McClellan ( not including the accompanying documents ) be printed for the use of the members of the present House . 38TH CONGRESS , 1st Session . } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES us 5875.7.6.
... of the official report of Major General McClellan ( not including the accompanying documents ) be printed for the use of the members of the present House . 38TH CONGRESS , 1st Session . } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES us 5875.7.6.
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... present war differs from those in which nations are engaged , mainly in this that the purpose of ordinary war is to conquer a peace , and make a treaty on advantageous terms ; in this contest it has become necessary to crush a ...
... present war differs from those in which nations are engaged , mainly in this that the purpose of ordinary war is to conquer a peace , and make a treaty on advantageous terms ; in this contest it has become necessary to crush a ...
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... present contest , the road from Guaymas to New Mexico ; this concession would very materially reduce the obstacles of the column moving from the Pacific ; a similar permis- sion to use their territory for the passage of troops between ...
... present contest , the road from Guaymas to New Mexico ; this concession would very materially reduce the obstacles of the column moving from the Pacific ; a similar permis- sion to use their territory for the passage of troops between ...
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... present , that I con- tinue to urge , as I have ever done since I entered upon the command of this army , upon the government to devote its energies and its available resources to- wards increasing the numbers and efficiency of the army ...
... present , that I con- tinue to urge , as I have ever done since I entered upon the command of this army , upon the government to devote its energies and its available resources to- wards increasing the numbers and efficiency of the army ...
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... present condition and wants ; it remains to sug- gest the means of supplying the deficiencies . First , that all the cavalry and infantry arms , as fast as procured , whether manufactured in this country or purchased abroad , be sent to ...
... present condition and wants ; it remains to sug- gest the means of supplying the deficiencies . First , that all the cavalry and infantry arms , as fast as procured , whether manufactured in this country or purchased abroad , be sent to ...
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66 Major advance Alexandria Antietam Aquia Aquia creek arrived artillery attack August bank batteries battle Bottom's bridge bridge brigade Burnside camp campaign Captain cavalry Chickahominy Colonel column corps Couch's division crossed defence depots despatch direction enemy enemy's field fire flank Fort Magruder Fort Monroe Franklin Frémont front G. B. MCCLELLAN garrison general-in-chief guard guns H. W. HALLECK Harper's Ferry HEADQUARTERS ARMY Heintzelman Hooker infantry instructions intrenched James river land Lieutenant Major General H. W. Major General MCCLELLAN Manassas Maryland miles military Monroe morning move movement necessary night occupied officers operations Peninsula Porter position possible Potomac President Quartermaster railroad re-enforcements rear rebels received reconnoissance regiments Richmond road Rohrersville Savage's station Secretary Secretary of War sent Sharpsburg soon Sumner supplies telegram telegraphed tion transportation troops United States Army United States cavalry vicinity Virginia wagons Warrenton Washington Williamsburg York volunteers Yorktown
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第 35 頁 - That the heads of departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the general-in-chief, with all other commanders and subordinates of land and naval forces, will severally be held to their strict and full responsibilities for prompt execution of this order.
第 154 頁 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted: First, to concentrate all our available forces to open communications with Pope; Second, to leave Pope to get out of his scrape, and at once use all our means to make the capital perfectly safe.
第 122 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.
第 46 頁 - That any movement, as aforesaid, en route for a new base of operations which may be ordered by the generalin-chief, and which may be intended to move upon the Chesapeake Bay, shall begin to move upon the bay as early as the 18th of March instant ; and the general-in-chief shall be responsible that it so moves as early as that day.
第 62 頁 - I am powerless to help this. You will do me the justice to remember I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or ne'ar Manassas, was only shifting, and not surmounting, a difficulty; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place.
第 110 頁 - In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak.
第 35 頁 - My dear Sir : — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas.
第 93 頁 - I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward reinforcements so vigorously. " I shall be in perfect readiness to- move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here and the ground will admit the passage of artillery.
第 123 頁 - This principle might be extended, upon grounds of military necessity and security, to all the slaves of a particular State, thus working manumission in such State ; and in Missouri, perhaps in Western Virginia also, and possibly even in Maryland, the expediency of such a measure is only a question of time.
第 110 頁 - I feel too earnestly to-night, 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. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.