Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, March 18, 1864.
I see General Grant's assuming command and announcing that
his headquarters will be with the Army of the Potomac, is in the public
journals, and by to-morrow will be known in Richmond. Of course this will
notify the rebels where to look for active operations, and they will prepare
accordingly.
You need not think I apprehend any trouble about my being
relieved. I don't think I have at any time been in any danger. It would be
almost a farce to relieve the man who fought the battle of Gettysburg, nine
months after the battle, not for retreating, not for ordering a retreat, but
for preparing an order, which was never issued; for such is the last and
most serious charge against me.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 181
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