Saturday, March 8, 2014

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 15, 1863

CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, VA., January 15, 1863.

To-day I have taken a long ride up the river, looking out for suitable crossing places. I could plainly see the enemy's pickets and their camps, and I think it will be very hard to find any place where they are not on the qui-vive and looking out for us. On my return I met the pontoon-train going up the river, which is significant, though I did not find in camp any orders, as I expected.

SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 347

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