 I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a Dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those Generals who gain successes...  Recollections of Abraham Lincoln 1847-1865 - Page 167by Ward Hill Lamon - 1895 - 276 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American essays - 1917 - 996 pages
...harm; but I think that during your predecessor's command, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you...the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Hinton Rowan Helper - Slavery - 1857 - 946 pages
...I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you...wrong to the country, and to a most meritorious and honourable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that... | |
 | Literature - 1894 - 1228 pages
...rather than harm ; but I think during Burnside's command of the army you took counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you...a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. Here Hooker stopped, and vehemently said: " The President is mistaken. I never thwarted Burnside in... | |
 | Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orléans comte de Paris - United States - 1888 - 970 pages
...think that during General Burnside's command you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the ci a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I h such way as to believe it, of your recently... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 196 pages
...think that, during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 228 pages
...think that, during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in -which you...the country, and to a most meritorious and honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1879 - 218 pages
...think that, during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country, and to a most meritoriousand honorable brother-officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently... | |
 | John William Jones - United States - 1879 - 402 pages
...I think that during General Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong both to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard in such way... | |
 | Henry Edwin Tremain - 1881 - 36 pages
...I think that during GENERAL BURNSIDE'S command of the Army you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted * him as much as you could, in which...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
 | Third Army Corps Union, John Cleveland Robinson - 1881 - 48 pages
...I think that during General Burnside's command of the Army you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you...and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator.... | |
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