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" In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak. "
McClellan; a Vindication of the Military Career of General George B ... - Page 223
by James Havelock Campbell - 1916 - 458 pages
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Abraham Lincoln

Charles Carleton Coffin - 1893 - 564 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too...If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand fresh men, I could gain a victory to-morrow. I know that a few thousand more men would have changed...
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The Life of William A. Buckingham: The War Governor of Connecticut, with a ...

Samuel Giles Buckingham - 1894 - 572 pages
...them at once. ... I only wish to s:\y to the President, that I think that he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous, when I said that my force was too weak. As it is, the government must not and cannot hold mo responsible for the result. I feel too earnestly...
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American History Told by Contemporaries ...

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1901 - 780 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too...plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose often thousand (10,000) fresh men, I could gain the victory to-morrow. I know that a few thousand more...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: His Early History, Political Career, Speeches in ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett, Charles Walter Brown - 1902 - 888 pages
...have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me ai ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak....If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand fresh men, I aonld gain the victory to-morrow. I know that a few thousand more men would have changed...
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Military History of the United States, by Emory Upton. [1st Ed.].

United States. War Department - 1904 - 534 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous, when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth which to,day has been too plainly proved. I should have gained this battle with...
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The Military Policy of the United States

Emory Upton - 1904 - 538 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous, when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. I should have gained this battle with...
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The Army of the Potomac from 1861 to 1863: An Inside View of the History of ...

Samuel Livingston French - 1906 - 382 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too...plainly proved. If, at this instant, I could dispose of 10,000 fresh men, I could gain a victory tomorrow. I know that a few thousand more men would have changed...
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Lincoln, the president

Henry Clay Whitney - 1908 - 420 pages
...Government. It closed as follows : I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak. ... I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this battle from a defeat to a victory. As it...
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American History Told by Contemporaries..., Volume 4

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1909 - 770 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think' he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too...If, at this instant, I could dispose of ten thousand (10,0oo) fresh men, I could gain the victory to-morrow. I know that a few thousand more men would have...
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Military Policy of the United States

United States. War Department - 1912 - 540 pages
...what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous, when I said that my force was too weak. I merely reiterated a truth which to-day has been too plainly proved. I should have gained this battle with...
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