Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, November 15, 1864.
I am very glad Bishop Odenheimer was so kind as to visit you
and talk to Sergeant, and am truly happy to hear dear Sergeant proposes to make
public what I felt sure was the case, that he is a sincere and good Christian.
With such a life of devotion to duty, and freedom from all the faults that
youth is liable to, it needed for me no more evidence to feel satisfied that my
dear boy was in the right path as far as human infirmity admitted.
I hear from City Point this evening that McClellan's
resignation has been accepted, and that Sheridan has been appointed a major
general in the regular army. It is also reported that General Canby, commanding
in Louisiana, has been mortally wounded whilst going up Red River.
An officer called to see me to-day, just from Detroit,
bringing me many kind messages from friends. This officer says that, whilst at
a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, he heard a man publicly proclaim that the Army of
the Potomac, under my influence, was going to vote for McClellan. My friend
told the individual his statement was false, that he knew me and the army, and
he knew I would never influence a man for either side, and he knew the army
would vote largely for Mr. Lincoln. But this report of my interference was
circulated all through the Western country.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 242
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