Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 30, 1863

Headquarters, Taneytown, June 30, 1863.

All is going on well. I think I have relieved Harrisburg and Philadelphia, and that Lee has now come to the conclusion that he must attend to other matters. I continue well, but much oppressed with a sense of responsibility and the magnitude of the great interests entrusted to me. Of course, in time I will become accustomed to this. Love, blessings and kisses to all. Pray for me and beseech our heavenly Father to permit me to be an instrument to save my country and advance a just cause.

SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 18

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