Sunday, December 28, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, November 5, 1864


Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, November 5, 1864.

I have at length finished my report of the campaign. It was a pretty difficult task, to recount the operations of this army for the past six months, to do anything like justice, and at the same time avoid tedious and unnecessary details. I feel a little nervous about the result, as I do not see how I am to avoid errors and giving cause for offense, particularly if I tell the truth. I have confined myself, however, to a brief narrative of the actual movements, with as few comments as possible.

SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 239

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