CAMP NEAR SHARPSBURG,
MD., October 11, 1862.
We have many rumors in regard to the changes in the
commanding general of this army, and it seems to be generally conceded that if
McClellan is removed, Hooker will succeed him. Some say McClellan is again to
be commanding general of the whole army at Washington, and Halleck is to return
to the West, but I can hardly believe this. Hooker is a very good soldier and a
capital officer to command an army corps, but I should doubt his qualifications
to command a large army. If fighting, however, is all that is necessary to make
a general, he will certainly distinguish himself. I am afraid Stuart's recent
raid to Chambersburg will do McClellan serious injury, though at this season of
the year, when the upper Potomac can be crossed almost anywhere, it was a
physical impossibility with our force to prevent his crossing at some point. We
are now trying to catch him on his way back, and I trust we shall succeed,
though I expect he will make a wide sweep either to the westward or eastward
and try to get around all our forces.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 318
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