 | Paul Selby - 1900 - 478 страници
...on the 5th of June, 1863: He warns Hooker not to run any risk of being entangled on the Rappahannock "like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to...by dogs, front and rear, without a fair chance to give one way or kick the other. ' ' On the loth he warns Hooker not to go south of the Rappahannock... | |
 | Joseph Warren Keifer - 1900 - 438 страници
...main force would in some way be getting the advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over the fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or kick... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1901 - 262 страници
...main force would in some way be getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river like an...a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." It was also to Hooker that he wrote : "Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators.... | |
 | Alexander Kelly McClure - 1901 - 476 страници
...General Hooker on June 5, 1863, warning Hooker not to run any risk of being entangled on the Rappahannock "like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to...by dogs, front and rear, without a fair chance to give one way or kick the other." On the loth he warned Hooker not to go south of the Rappahannock upon... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Sir Stanley Mordaunt Leathes - 1903 - 796 страници
...Hooker, would necessarily be at a great disadvantage ; and he added : " In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river like an...a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." To the suggestion about Richmond he replied: "If left to me, I would not go south of the Rappahannock... | |
 | John George Nicolay - 1902 - 604 страници
...main force would in some way be getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an...a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." Five days later, Hooker, having become convinced that a large part of Lee's army was in motion toward... | |
 | William Eleroy Curtis - 1902 - 482 страници
...not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox would jump half over a fence and be liable to be torn by dogs front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other." To illustrate how dependent was the commander of the Army of the Potomac upon Lincoln I give another... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1903 - 436 страници
...while his main force would be getting the advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. If Lee would come to my side of the river, I would keep on the same side and fight him, or act on the... | |
 | Military Historical Society of Massachusetts - 1903 - 522 страници
...main force would in some way be getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river like an...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. If Lee would come to my side of the river, I would keep on the same side, and fight him or act on the... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1905 - 412 страници
...main force would in some way be getting an advantage of you northward. In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an...without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. If Lee would come to my side of the river, I would keep on the same side, and fight him or act on the... | |
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In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other. 
