 | Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...the Potomac, said the thing cnnld not be done ; that it was all clap-trap and nonsense ; that ench a length of mine had never been excavated in military operations, and could not be ; that I should either get the men smothered fur want of air or crushed by the falling of the earth, or the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War - Cheyenne Indians - 1865 - 854 pages
...not able to get better instruments with which to construct so important a work 1 "Answer. I do not. I know this : that General Burnside told me that General...excavated in military operations, and could not be; that I should either get the men smothered for want of air or crushed by the falling of the earth, or the... | |
 | Leander Winslow Cogswell - United States - 1891 - 850 pages
...General Meade and Major Duane, chief-engineer of the Army of the Potomac, said the thing could n't be done ; that it was all clap-trap and nonsense ;...of air, or crushed by the falling of the earth, or that the enemy would find it out and it would amount to nothing. I could get no boards and lumber supplied... | |
 | Maine - 1895 - 838 pages
...triangulations, but that General Burnside had to send to Washington for an old-fashioned theodolite. General Meade and Major Duane, chief engineer of the...excavated in military operations and could not be. "In conclusion, the cause of the 220 disastrous result of the assault of the thirtieth of July last... | |
 | Asa W. Bartlett - History - 1897 - 914 pages
...Burnside had to send to Washington and get an old-fashioned theodolite which was given to me. * * * * General Burnside told me that General Meade, and Major...crushed by the falling of the earth ; or the enemy would find it out and it would amount to nothing. I could get no boards or lumber supplied to me for... | |
 | Joseph Gould - Pennsylvania - 1908 - 486 pages
...triangulations, and that General Burnside had to send to Washington for an old fashioned theodolite. General Meade and Major Duane, Chief Engineer of the...excavated in military operations and could not be. Generals Burnside and Potter were the only high officers who believed in it under these disadvantageous... | |
 | Joseph Gould - Pennsylvania - 1908 - 496 pages
...triangulations, and that General Burnside had to send to Washington for an old fashioned theodolite. General Meade and Major Duane, Chief Engineer of the...been excavated in military operations and could not he. Generals Burnside and Potter were the only high officers who believed in it under these disadvantageous... | |
 | Richard Wayne Lykes - Petersburg (Va.) - 1970 - 88 pages
...Cross-section view of the Federal tunnel under the Confederate line. Colonel Pleasants later recalled that "General Burnside told me that General Meade...crushed by the falling of the earth; or the enemy would find it out and it would amount to nothing." FEDERAL LINE Established June 18, 1864 'unnel sloped... | |
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General Burnside told me that General Meade and Major Duane, chief engineer of the army of the Potomac, said the thing could not be done; that it was all clap-trap and nonsense; that such a length of mine had never been excavated in military operations... 
