...of Thursday, April 30, 1863. This was the occasion of Hooker's boastful proclamation to the troops : "The enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." He is also said...

...three days have determined that the enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground where certain destruction awaits him." It was not until Thursday night that Lee understood what was going on. Then, instead of ingloriously...

...three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences and give us battle 'on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." On Friday morning General Hooker began the strata getic disposition of his force. It was formed in a line...

...the Rappahannock and kept the staff well informed of every movement of the enemy. Hooker had declared that the enemy must " either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his entrenchments and give battle on our own ground." Lee did not fly, and he skilfully selected his own...

...general order of congratulation to his troops, saying that "the enemy must now ingloriously fly or give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Jackson then suggested that he should work right round the Wilderness in front of the enemy's position,...

...commanding general announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that the enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." His sanguine...

...days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Hooker forgot the injunction of Ahab, King of Israel, to Benhadad, King of Syria. " Tell him," he said,...

...of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." To some of his officers Hooker remarked : "The Confederate army is now the legitimate property of the...

...days have determined that our enemy must ¡ngloriously fly, or come out from behind their defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits them." The result that actually occurred angered the whole country. Hooker had declared that the army...

...commanding general announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." The "enemy" did not "ingloriously fly," but had "come out from behind his defenses" and given the Federals...