| William Henry Hurlbert - History - 1864 - 324 pages
...or three weeks earlier. A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manasses, in order to hasten to cover...communications, the supplies of the rebels ; Norfolk would fall ; all the waters of the Chesapeake would be ours, all Virginia would be in our power ; and the enemy... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 500 pages
...A movement in force on that line, obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manassas, in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....communications, the supplies of the rebels ; Norfolk would fall ; all tho waters of the Chesapeake would be ours, all Virginia would be in our power ; and the enemy... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 406 pages
...earlier. A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manassas in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....communications, the supplies, of the rebels; Norfolk would fall, all the waters of the Chesapeake would be ours, all Virginia would be in our power, and the enemy forced... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 256 pages
...A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manassas, in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....communications, the supplies of the rebels; Norfolk would fall ; all the waters of the Chesapeake would be ours ; all Virginia would be in our power, and the enemy... | |
| George Brinton McClellan - Maryland Campaign, 1862 - 1864 - 150 pages
...movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Ma- j nassas, in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....us in a battle, in which he" must be the assailant, j This movement, if successful, gives us the capital, the communications, the supplies of the rebels;... | |
| William Henry Hurlbert - 1864 - 344 pages
...or three weeks earlier. A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manasses, in order to hasten to cover...can be averted only by entirely defeating us in a LIFE OF GEN. GEORGE B. McCLELLAN. 183 battle, in which he must be the assailant. This movement, if... | |
| Scotland - 1864 - 808 pages
...Norfolk. He must do this ; for should he permit us to occupy Richmond, his destruction can only be averted by entirely defeating us in a battle 'in which he...communications, the supplies of the rebels. Norfolk would fall ; all the waters of the Chesapeake would be ours ; all Virginia would be in our power, and the enemy... | |
| Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manassas, in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....destruction can be averted only by entirely defeating ns in a battle, in which he must be the assailant. This movement, if successful, gives us the capital,... | |
| England - 1864 - 808 pages
...A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manassas, in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....permit us to occupy Richmond, his destruction can only be averted by entirely defeating us in a battle in which he must be the assailant. This movement,... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Biography & Autobiography - 1864 - 426 pages
...earlier. A movement in force on that line obliges the enemy to abandon his intrenched position at Manassas in order to hasten to cover Richmond and Norfolk....He must do this; for, should he permit us to occupy Eichmond, his destruction can be averted only by entirely defeating us in a battle in which he must... | |
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