 | Literature - 1889 - 1060 pages
...that a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study .the probable lines of retreat of our...the advance; disaster and shame lurk in the rear. . . . [Pope's address " To the Officers and Soldiers of the Army of Virginia," July 14, 1862.] 2 Halleck,... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - Illinois - 1862 - 212 pages
...the soldier should desire to occupy, is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our...the advance. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear. Let us act on this understanding, and it is safe to predict that your banners shall be inscribed with... | |
 | 1863 - 856 pages
...line of retreat of our opponents, sod leave our own to take care of itself. Let us look before in, and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance — disaster and shame lurk in the rear. Let as act on this understanding, and it is safe to predict that your banners shall be inscribed with... | |
 | Joel Tyler Headley - History - 1863 - 554 pages
...and of bases of supplies — let us discard such ideas." And again, " Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents and leave our own to take care of themselves." Aside from the bad taste of such language, casting as it did, an implied reproach on those generals... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1863 - 328 pages
...occupy, is the one from which he can most easily advance upon the enemy. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of itself. Let us look before and not behind. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear." Such was the order... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1863 - 848 pages
...occupy is one IV, mi which he eu most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of itself. Let us look before us, and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance — disaster and... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1863 - 324 pages
...occupy is the one from which he can most easily .advance upon the enemy. Let .us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of itself. Let us look before and not behind. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear." On establishing his... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...a soldier should desiro to occupy is one from which ho can most easily advance against the enemy. " (iR nk * t rXw t t t f f>sTwMq xYwZw x x x4x q m a Y Y m m Ypk u uoxpxqxrxsxtxux t uWq wZvHv l{ssi n n|w7f r k and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear. " Let us... | |
 | Edward Alfred Pollard - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 414 pages
...occupy is the one from which he can most easily advance upon the enemy. Let us study the probable line of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of itself. Let us look before, and not behind. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear." On establishing his... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - United States - 1865 - 944 pages
...position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. "Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our...the advance. "Disaster and shame lurk in the rear. " Let us act on this understanding, and it is safe to predict that your banners shall be inscribed... | |
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Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves.... 
