Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, February 27, 1864.
I am glad George1 wrote you an account of the
ball. I should have been delighted, if I had owned the carpet in the Arabian
Nights to have transported sister and yourself to the army for that night, but
the journey here and back, the expense and fatigue, besides exposure, were all
drawbacks, greater than the compensation to be found in the pleasure of your
presence.
I have been a good deal occupied with an attempt I am about
making, to send a force of cavalry into Richmond to liberate our prisoners. The
undertaking is a desperate one, but the anxiety and distress of the public and
of the authorities at Washington is so great that it seems to demand running
great risks for the chances of success.
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1 Son of General Meade.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 167-8
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