CAMP PIERPONT, VA., January
24, 1862.
The mysterious movements of the Burnside expedition puzzle
me very much. It has now been about ten days, and yet we have no reliable
information of its whereabouts. The victory in Kentucky2 was
certainly very important in its results, and if the Confederate Army of the
Potomac do not fight better than Zollicoffer's army, we ought to be victorious.
For ten thousand men to run as they did, after losing only one hundred and
fifty killed, is more disgraceful than the behavior of our troops at Bull Run.
At Ball's Bluff, though we were overpowered by superior numbers, yet our men
behaved with great gallantry.
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2 Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky, January 19, 1862.
The Federal troops under Brigadier-General George H. Thomas defeated the
Confederate troops under General G. B. Crittenden, led by General F. K.
Zollicoffer. Federal loss, killed, wounded, and missing, 194 (O. R.).
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 243
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