CAMP NEAR BROOKS
STATION, VA., December 2, 1862.
Yesterday I rode over to headquarters and saw General Burnside.
As usual, he was very civil and polite. While we were talking he got a telegram
announcing the promotion of Reynolds and some half a dozen of brigadiers. He
said there were two names on the list ahead of Reynolds; one was Senator Rice,
of Minnesota, and the other Brigadier General Berry, of Maine, who has been in
service some time. I also understood that only nine appointments to
major-generalcies were to be made. I am very glad Reynolds is promoted, for I
have always thought he deserved it for his services at Mechanicsville. Reynolds
is a man who is very popular and always impresses those around him with a great
idea of his superiority.
I could not find out from Burnside what we are likely to do.
Some say we are to cross the river immediately, but I see no signs of any such
movement. Hooker is very anxious for a move and is talking very freely about
our delay. At Burnside's I met Franklin, who invited me to his quarters to eat
a turkey. I went over with him and had a very pleasant dinner, and in the
evening a quiet game of whist.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 334-5
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