 | Jacob Hoke - 1887 - 644 Seiten
...convictions. I said: 'General,! have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments,...Cemetery Hill. General Lee, in reply to this, ordered me *The severity of this engagement upon the Federal right may be seen in the fact, that Johnson's division,... | |
 | Jacob Hoke - 1887 - 644 Seiten
...convictions. I said: 'General,! have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments,...Cemetery Hill. General Lee, in reply to this, ordered mo •The severity of this engagement upon the Federal right may be seen in the fact, that Johnson's... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - 1888 - 526 Seiten
...towards Cemetery Hill. " General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments,...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." General Lee entered upon no argument, but directed Longstreet to prepare Pickett's division for the... | |
 | Ezra De Freest Simons - 1888 - 428 Seiten
...convictions. I said : 'General, I have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments,...one what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no 1 5,000 men ever arrayed for battle can take that position,' pointing to Cemetery Hill. General Lee... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1907 - 414 Seiten
...ground up. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, — by squads, companies, regiments, armies, — and should know as well as any one what...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." * But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1907 - 401 Seiten
...have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples,—by squads, companies, regiments, armies,—and should know as well as any one what soldiers can do....men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." x But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | Ripley Hitchcock - 1909 - 464 Seiten
...ground up. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments, armies, and should know as well as any one what soldiers...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." * But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1913 - 410 Seiten
...ground up. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, — by squads, companies, regiments, armies, — and should know as well as any one what...men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." * But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | James Kendall Hosmer - 1913 - 408 Seiten
...have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples,—by squads, companies, regiments, armies,—and should know as well as any one what soldiers can do....men ever arrayed for battle can take that position." 1 But Lee was unmoved. Confident of success, he despatched Stuart, arrived at last after his raid,... | |
 | Gamaliel Bradford - 1914 - 366 Seiten
...and armies, and should know as well as any one what soldiers can do. It is my opinion that no 15,000 men ever arrayed for battle can take that position,"...me to prepare Pickett's division for the attack." 28 When everything was over, Lee declared, with divine humility, that it was all his fault. " Fine,"... | |
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The enemy is there, and I am going to strike him." I felt then that it was my duty to express my convictions; I said: " General, l have been a soldier all my life. I have been with soldiers engaged in fights by couples, by squads, companies, regiments,... 
