 | Gamaliel Bradford - 1916 - 368 Seiten
...fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal, and conscious of its...the Potomac will give or decline battle whenever its interest or honor may demand. It will also be the guardian of its own history and its own fame." "... | |
 | 1916 - 600 Seiten
...sufficient to say they were of a character not to be foreseen or prevented by human sagacity or resource. The Army of the Potomac will give or decline battle whenever its interest or honor may demand. By our celerity and secrecy of movement, our advance and passage of the... | |
 | Edward James Stackpole - 1988 - 418 Seiten
...fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal, and conscious of its...the Potomac will give or decline battle whenever its interest or honor may demand. It will also be the guardian of its own history and its own fame. By... | |
 | Walter Herron Taylor - 1994 - 358 Seiten
...In fighting at a disadvantage we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal and conscious of its...decline battle whenever its interests or honor may demand. It will also be the guardian of its own history and its own fame. General Hooker was certainly... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 736 Seiten
...may swell with pride the heart of every officer and soldier of this army," and saying, in conclusion, "Profoundly loyal and conscious of its strength, the...decline battle whenever its interests or honor may demand." Lee's losses during the Fredericksburg-Chancellorsville campaign were 13,000. Among these... | |
 | Samuel Mosheim Smucker - 1885 - 1152 Seiten
...fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal, and conscious of its...the Potomac will give or decline battle whenever its interest or honor may demand. " It will also be the guardian of its own history and its own arm. "By... | |
 | 1891 - 1306 Seiten
...fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust, to ourselves, our cause, and our country. Profoundly loyal, and conscious of its...the Potomac will give or decline battle whenever its interest or honor may demand. It will also be the guardian of its own history and its own fame. By... | |
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Rappahannock before delivering a general battle to our adversaries, the Army has given renewed evidence of its confidence in itself and its fidelity to the principles it represents. In fighting at a disadvantage, we would have been recreant to our trust,... 
