Headquarters
Army Of The Potomac, October 9, 1864.
We have at last heard of the fate of poor young Parker, who
was on my staff. An officer recently returned from Richmond says he was
captured by guerrillas near Bristol Station, a few days after Parker's
disappearance; that when they were taking him off they cautioned him not to
attempt to escape, for if he did they would be obliged to serve him as they had
done General Meade's aide a few days before, who in spite of their cautions
tried to get away, and they were forced to shoot him. I have no doubt this is a
true statement of the poor fellow's fate. I have sent it to Cortlandt Parker.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 233
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