CAMP OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBBURG,
Va., December 30, 1862
I have received your letters of the 25th and 27th. I saw the
piece in the Inquirer you refer to, and it was certainly very handsome,
as well as the editorial. I trust, however, I shall be able to live up to my advertisements.
It was very civil in Reynolds to call on you. I am not surprised he did not
indulge in any complimentary remarks about me, because, in the first place,
Reynolds is a man who never says or does such things. He is a very good fellow,
and I have had much pleasant intercourse with him during the past eighteen
months, and considering how closely we have been together and the natural
rivalry that might be expected, I think it is saying a good deal for both that
we have continued good friends. I fear all hopes of getting home for the
present have disappeared. Yesterday we had orders to be in readiness to move at
twelve hours' notice, which means, I presume, (though I know nothing) that an
advance is contemplated; whether we will cross above or below is a matter of
conjecture; or whether we will cross at all. Still, so long as there is a talk
of moving, I am kept here. To-day it is raining; a few days' rain will stop all
movement.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 342-3
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