Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, August 22, 1864.
I have received your letters of the 18th and 19th insts. I
have known of Sergeant's1 condition for some time, because, when I
found he was so
sick, I wrote to Dr. Hewson, who at once replied to me. Everything has been
done for Sergeant that could be done. He has had the best medical advice, and
the most careful nursing. This should be continued, and the result left to that
Power who governs and rules all things, and to whose decree we must submit with
resignation.
I have been very much occupied for several days past in the
operations of my command on the Weldon Railroad, particularly Warren's Corps,
who during this time has had three very pretty little fights, in all of which
we have whipped the enemy, though we have suffered a good deal in casualties.2
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1 Son of General Meade.
2 Attack at the Weldon Railroad, August 19-21,
1864. Federal loss — killed, wounded, and missing — 4,543 (O. R.).
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 222-3
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