 Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina. I do this with reluctance, but the good of the service requires it. In my absence General Butler necessarily commands, and there is a lack of confidence felt in his military ability,...  Autobiography of Seventy Years - Сторінка 340автори: George Frisbie Hoar - 1903Повний перегляд - Докладніше про цю книгу
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - 1897 - 1172 стор.
...asking that Butler might be relieved, saying: « I am constrained to request the removal of General Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia...affairs of his department is also objectionable." Learning that the Secretary of War had gone to Savannah to visit General Sherman, and could not receive... | |
 | Adam Badeau - 1881 - 786 стор.
...once this was reached, he never receded. On the 4th of January, he asked for the removal of Butler ; " I am constrained to request the removal of Major-General...letter at first received no answer ; but Grant was now very much in earnest, and on the 6th, he telegraphed direct to the President : " I wrote a letter... | |
 | William C. Holbrook - 1882 - 244 стор.
...Major" Gen. Butler. * * * The good of the service requires it. * * * There " is a lack of confidence in his military ability, making him an unsafe commander...affairs of his department is. " also objectionable. * * * I ask that prompt action be taken in the matter." * * * On the 7th of January Butler was relieved.... | |
 | William C. Holbrook - 1882 - 248 стор.
...Major"Gen. Butler. * * * The good of the serv1ce requ1res 1i-. * * * There " is, a lack ot' confidence in his military ability, making him an unsafe commander for " a large army. * * * His adm1nistration of the affairs of his department is " also objectionable. * * * I ask that prompt action... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Butler - 1892 - 1252 стор.
...4, 1865. HON. EM STANTON, SECKETABY OF WAR : I am constrained to request the removal of Maj.-Gen. BF Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia...the affairs of his department is also objectionable. IT. S. GRANT, Lieutenant- General. CITY POINT, VIRGINIA, Jan. 6, 1865. PRESIDENT A. LINCOLN, WASHINGTON... | |
 | William Farrar Smith - 1893 - 222 стор.
...4, 1865. HON. EM STANTON, Secretary of War : I am constrained to request the removal of Maj.-Gen. BF Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia...the affairs of his department is also objectionable. US GKANT, Lieutenant-General.2 Of the extraordinary conduct of General Grant in relieving me from a... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1895 - 1560 стор.
...4, 1865. Hon. EM STANTON, Secretary of War: I am constrained to request the removal of Maj. Gen. BF Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia...the affairs of his department is also objectionable. US GRANT, Lieutenant- General. CONFIDENTIAL.] NAVY DEPARTMENT, January 4, 1865. [General U. 8. GRANT:!... | |
 | Horace Porter - 1897 - 636 стор.
...War asking that Butler might be relieved, saying: "I am constrained to request the removal of General Butler from the command of the Department of Virginia...affairs of his department is also objectionable." Learning that the Secretary of War had gone to Savannah to visit General Sherman, and could not receive... | |
 | Asa W. Bartlett - 1897 - 914 стор.
...at the request of General Grant, sent to Secretary Stanton three days before, in which he says : " I do this with reluctance, but the good of the service...affairs of his department is also objectionable." The same request, without the reasons, was telegraphed to the president himself on the 6th. Thus was... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1904 - 696 стор.
...wrote to the Secretary of War : " I am constrained to request the removal of Maj. Gen. BF Butler. ... I do this with reluctance, but the good of the service...affairs of his department is also objectionable." 2 Three days later Butler was relieved from his command and ordered to repair to Lowell.8 February... | |
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