 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
 | 1897 - 632 pages
...announces to the army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must cither ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." If Lee was " outgeneralled " in these preliminary movements, he gave no evidence of being in the least... | |
 | Henry Alexander White - 1897 - 648 pages
...position in the rear of Lee's army, he made proclamation to his soldiers, April 30, that " our enemy must ingloriously fly or come out from behind his defences...and give us battle on our own ground, where certain de struction awaits him." Lee acted with despatch. The midnight hour of April 30 found Jackson on the... | |
 | Richard Meade Bache - 1897 - 698 pages
...able to write, in a preliminary order, " The enemy must either ignominiously fly, or come out from his defences and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him," his arrogance had departed, and he awaited instead of seeking the arbitrament of battle. What a fall... | |
 | Asa W. Bartlett - 1897 - 914 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 operations of the 5th, 1 1 th, and 1 2th Corps have been a succession of splendid achievements.... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - 1898 - 332 pages
...havernacks, and make for Richmond! — and I shall be after Ihem!" To his troops, he said in a general order: "The enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him!" There were those of his officers, doubtless, who listened thoughtfully, rather than with enthusiasm,... | |
 | George Francis Robert Henderson - 1898 - 708 pages
...commanding general announces to his 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 1 The troops carried eight days' supplies : three days' cooked rations with bread... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1899 - 594 pages
...a boastful order. " The operations of the last three days," he declared, "have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly or come out from...own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." 3 That " with 1 OR, vol. xxv. part ii. p. 243. But see Hooker's testimony, CW, 1865, vol. ip 113. 2... | |
 | Clement Anselm Evans - 1899 - 598 pages
...boast that "the enemy will now be compelled to ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him." Yet Lee did not "ingloriously fly," but boldly advancing on Hooker, he sent Stonewall Jackson on his... | |
 | Frederick Lyman Hitchcock - 1903 - 362 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...his defences and give us battle on our own ground, when certain destruction awaits him. ******** By command of Major-General Hooker. S. WILLIAMS, Asst.... | |
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