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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第 4 頁
... secure that State . I presume that the force required for the movement down the Mississippi will be determined by its commander and the President . If Kentucky assumes the right position , not more than 20,000 will be needed , together ...
... secure that State . I presume that the force required for the movement down the Mississippi will be determined by its commander and the President . If Kentucky assumes the right position , not more than 20,000 will be needed , together ...
第 6 頁
... secure the retreat of the main army , in the event of disaster , but to render it out of the enemy's power to attempt a diversion in Maryland . So much time has passed , and the winter is approaching so rapidly , that but two courses ...
... secure the retreat of the main army , in the event of disaster , but to render it out of the enemy's power to attempt a diversion in Maryland . So much time has passed , and the winter is approaching so rapidly , that but two courses ...
第 34 頁
... secure as possible against any attack during the day . Before nightfall all the precautions were taken to secure an orderly and quiet passage of the troops and guns . The movement was commenced soon after dark , under the personal super ...
... secure as possible against any attack during the day . Before nightfall all the precautions were taken to secure an orderly and quiet passage of the troops and guns . The movement was commenced soon after dark , under the personal super ...
第 41 頁
... secure ; and it is recommended that , on the up- ward passage , a few heavy guns and some troops be left at the pilot station ( at the forks of the river ) to cover a retreat in the event of a disaster . These troops and guns will , of ...
... secure ; and it is recommended that , on the up- ward passage , a few heavy guns and some troops be left at the pilot station ( at the forks of the river ) to cover a retreat in the event of a disaster . These troops and guns will , of ...
第 42 頁
... secure the re- opening of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad , and to free the banks of the lower Potomac from the rebel batteries which annoyed passing vessels . Very soon after his entrance upon office I laid before him verbally my ...
... secure the re- opening of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad , and to free the banks of the lower Potomac from the rebel batteries which annoyed passing vessels . Very soon after his entrance upon office I laid before him verbally my ...
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第 58 頁 - Intelligencer of that morning : [President's War Order, No. 3.] "EXECUTIVE MANSION, " Washington, March 11, 1862. " Major General McClcllan having personally taken the field at the head of the army of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered, he is relieved from the command of the other military departments, he retaining command of the department of the Potomac.
第 84 頁 - And once more let me tell you it is indispensable to you that you strike a blow. 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 near 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. The country will not fail to note — is noting now — that the present hesitation to move upon an intrenched...
第 43 頁 - That all other forces, both land and naval, with their respective commanders, obey existing orders for the time, and be ready to obey additional orders when duly given. 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 219 頁 - President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.
第 189 頁 - Longstreet, Jackson, and McLaws, and with the main body of the cavalry will cover the route of the army and bring up all stragglers that may haVe been left behind. The commands of Generals Jackson, McLaws, and Walker, after accomplishing the objects for which they have been detached, will join the main body of the army at Boonsboro
第 176 頁 - I am clear that one of two courses should be adopted : First, to concentrate all our available forces to open communication 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 145 頁 - 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 132 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 54 頁 - Ordered, That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as, in the opinion of the general-in-chief and the commanders of army corps, shall leave said city entirely secure.
第 39 頁 - Tennessee are in favor of the Union ; i,t therefore seems proper that you should remain on the defensive on the line from Louisville to Nashville, while you throw the mass of your forces, by rapid marches, by Cumberland Gap or Walker's Gap, on Knoxville, in order to occupy the railroad at that point, and thus enable the loyal citizens of Eastern Tennessee to rise, while you at the same time cut off the railway communication between Eastern Virginia and the Mississippi.