 | 1918 - 1170 頁
...States Volunteers. On October (!, 18(>2, General McClellan received an order from President Lincoln to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." McClellan determined upon the Shenandoah Valley as the scene of his immediate operations. To this end... | |
 | B. Franklin Cooling - 2007 - 354 頁
...purpose of his visit. He sent special instructions through Stanton and Halleck that McClellan was to "cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south." He should move "while the roads are good," keeping (as always) between the enemy and the capital. Only... | |
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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. 
