 MY DEAR SIR: — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move...  Stonewall Jackson: a Military Biography - Page 98by John Esten Cooke - 1876 - 587 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Arthur Parker Stone, Stewart Lee Garrison - Debates and debating - 1916 - 360 pages
...startIn President Lincoln's famous letter to General McClellan the first two paragraphs are as follows: "You and I have distinct and different plans for a...and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. "if you will... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 544 pages
...left to the General in Chief. February 3, the President in a letter to the General in Chief, stated: You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac; yours to be done by the Chesapeake up the Rappahannock to Urbana and "McClellan's Export, Frank Moore's Rebellion... | |
 | James Havelock Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1916 - 486 pages
...the President calls "My plan,"—that is, "The Bloody Way," the overland route. The letter begins: "My Dear Sir: You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac. Does not your plan involve a greatly larger expenditure of time and money than mine? Wherein is a victory... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - United States - 1921 - 292 pages
...liberty shall be lost. LETTER TO GENERAL GB McCLELLAN Executive Mansion, Washington. February 3, 1862 My dear Sir, You and I have distinct and different...and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will... | |
 | Anna Maria Rose Wright - Determination (Personality trait) - 1925 - 472 pages
...his own plan. Lincoln's grasp of the situation is plain enough from the letter he wrote in reply : "You and I have distinct and different plans for a...railroad on York River; mine to move directly to a point southwest of Manassas. "If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall... | |
 | George Pierce Baker, Henry Barrett Huntington - Debates and debating - 1925 - 638 pages
...shows very definite issues. EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, February 3, 1862. MAJOR-GENERAL MCCLELLAN: My dear Sir: You and I have distinct and different...and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - History - 1926 - 544 pages
...General disagree sharply as to what plan of campaign should be adopted. February 3rd. (To McClellan.) You and I have distinct and different plans for a...and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will... | |
 | Harold Frank Graves, Carle Brooks Spotts - Debates and debating - 1927 - 320 pages
...by Lincoln be called issues? Executive Mansion Washington February 3, 1862 Major-General McClellan My Dear Sir: You and I have distinct and different...down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River ; mine to move directly to a point southwest... | |
 | Don Carlos Seitz - Presidential candidates - 1928 - 462 pages
...Mr. Lincoln's famous letter of February 3, 1862, to wit: Executive Mansion, Washington, Feb. 3, 1862. My dear Sir: You and I have distinct and different...a movement of the Army of the Potomac; yours to be done by the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad... | |
 | Ida Minerva Tarbell - 1924 - 652 pages
...across Virginia against Richmond, while McClellan contended that the safe and brilliant movement was down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana and across land to the York river. There was much controversy between the friends of the two plans. It ended in the President... | |
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