Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, November 7, 1864.
I see you have
taken the cue of the newspapers, and imagine the campaign is over, and that we
are going into winter quarters; but you are greatly mistaken; I don't believe
active operations will cease this winter unless we should have the good luck to
get into Richmond. There seems to be quite a talk of Mr. Stanton's being made
Chief Justice, and, were it not for the Senate, I should myself think it quite
probable. I should, however, regret his leaving the War Department, for I do
not know who there is to take his place, who would be as satisfactory. I should
esteem it a great misfortune to see either Banks or Butler there. I have not
seen General Grant since last Sunday week. I am, therefore, quite ignorant of what
is going on; for being “out of the ring,” I never ask any questions.
To-morrow is
election day. I hope it will pass off quietly, that all good citizens will submit
to and abide by the result, and that, this question being settled, attention
will be turned to filling our ranks and raising more troops, so that we can
have the means of bringing this war to a close, which will never be over
without much more hard fighting.
SOURCE: George
Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 239
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