 It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the 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 behind his defences, and give us battle on our...  Southern Historical Society Papers - Page 108by Southern Historical Society - 1897Full view - About this book
 | Franklin Sawyer - 1881 - 272 pages
...congratulatory document : "that the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind hig defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him," was read to the troops. The bands struck up "Hail to the Chief," flags waved, men shouted and cheered... | |
 | Theodore Ayrault Dodge - 1881 - 282 pages
...announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle oil our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him. The operations of the Fifth, Eleventh, and... | |
 | William Swinton - 1882 - 790 pages
...Chancellorsville on Thursday night, he issued an order to the troops, in which he announced that " the enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." This boast, so much in the style of Hooker, was amplified by the whole tenor of his conversation. "... | |
 | Samuel Penniman Bates - 1882 - 280 pages
...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 operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth corps have been a succession of splendid achievements."... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1883 - 852 pages
...in declaring that "the enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from behind his intrenchments and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Chancellorsville was a solitary brick mansion, surrounded by a few outbuildings, standing in a clearing... | |
 | Theodore Burr Gates - 1884 - 690 pages
...rivers, and declared therein ' ' 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 operations of the Fifth, Eleventh and Twelfth Corps have been a succession of splendid achievements."... | |
 | George Norton Galloway - 1884 - 96 pages
...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 operations of the Fifth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Corps have been a succession of splendid achievements.... | |
 | James Lorenzo Bowen - 1884 - 502 pages
...days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." The enemy had no thought of flying, though even so able a general as Lee might well shrink from the... | |
 | Frederick Elizur Goodrich - 1886 - 400 pages
...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...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." He is also said to have declared in conversation : "The rebel army is now the legitimate property of... | |
 | James Barnet Fry - 1889 - 542 pages
...retire. This view is sustained by the second part of his order of April 30, wherein he says Lee must " ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground" — that is, behind our defences ; defence being instinctively his purpose, provided Lee came out.... | |
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