 Hancock stands the most conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible.  The Review of Reviews - Page 109publié par - 1895Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Benson John Lossing - 1877 - 764 pages
...conspicuous figure of all the general officers who did not exercise a separate command. His name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance ; tall, well-formed, he presented an appearance... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1885 - 686 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Tall, well-formed and, at the time of which I... | |
 | James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1887 - 834 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Tall, well-formed, and, at the time of which... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 1894 - 794 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible." Hanging Rock, Battle of, August 6, 1780. At this place General Sumter surprised the British post. The... | |
 | Francis Amasa Walker - 1894 - 382 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Tall, well formed, and, at the time of which... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1895 - 884 pages
...a mere military man in the whole history of the country. Grant said that Hancock's name "was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible." Nor can any well doubt that Hancock would have made a successful President. Few, in fact, questioned... | |
 | Ulysses Simpson Grant - 1894 - 694 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Tall, well-formed and, at the time of which I... | |
 | 1895 - 578 pages
...exercise a general command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance, tall, well-formed, and, at the time of which... | |
 | John Franklin Jameson - 1897 - 802 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible." Hanging Rock, Battle of, August 6, 1780. At this place General Sumter surprised the British post. The... | |
 | William Livingstone - 1900 - 596 pages
...exercise a separate command. He commanded a corps longer than any other one, and his name was never mentioned as having committed in battle a blunder for which he was responsible. He was a man of very conspicuous personal appearance. Tall, well formed, and, at the time of which... | |
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