 | Frank Moore - United States - 1864 - 868 pages
...COMMAND. HCADQOAnEES OF THE A»MY Or TUB POTOMAC, I June 23, 1363. J GENERAL ORDER No. 6R. By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...IlEADQUiimjlS ABUT ОТ Til» POTOMAC, Wo*. 10, 1862. In accordance with General Orders. No. 1S2, issued by the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. Patriotism, and the exercise of my every energy in the direction of this »rmy, aided by the full and... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1864 - 878 pages
...followed by the subjoined address from Gen. Meade : Рогом AC, f June 2Ш, 1863. 5 By direction of the President of the United States I hereby assume...country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon... | |
 | 1864 - 878 pages
...subjoined address from Gen. Meade: IIiiD(jr AETits AJUTT or mi POTOMAC, > June 28M, 1803. \ By direction of the President of the United States I hereby assume...country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon... | |
 | Edwin Winchester Stone - Rhode Island - 1864 - 448 pages
...HEAD-O.UABTEBS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, > June 28, 1863. J GENEBAL OBDEB, No. 66. By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...sincere, fit, modest words : " HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, { "June 28, 1863. f "By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this ordtr — an order totally unexpected and unsolicited — I have no promises or pledges to make. The... | |
 | David Wright Judd - United States - 1864 - 446 pages
...command, after issuing the following address : "In accordance with General Orders No. 182, issued by the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. Patriotism and the exercise of my every energy in the direction of this army, aided by the full and... | |
 | Josiah Rhinehart Sypher - Pennsylvania - 1865 - 760 pages
...gratitude and pleasure. General Meade assumed command of the army by the following order: " By d'rection of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon... | |
 | Henry Charles Fletcher - United States - 1865 - 494 pages
...address to the Army of the Potomac on taking the command : — ' General Order, No. 66. ' By order of the President of the United States, I hereby assume...country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon... | |
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By direction of the President of the United States I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order, an order totally unexpected and unsolicited, I have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to this army... 
