September 30,
1864
If the General will ride out at 8.30 A.M., and get
back at 10.30 P.M., and fight a good part of the day, how am I to feel
wakeful and lively to write to you? I am very well and getting stronger; was in
part of the battle beyond the railroad; but only had a few bullets and one
solitary cannonball in my neighborhood. This going from Beverly to battle is
quite a sharp contrast. Our advantage was signal and important if we have good
luck in holding on, which I think we shall. There may be fighting to-morrow,
but I incline to think not.
SOURCE: George R. Agassiz, Editor, Meade’s
Headquarters, 1863-1865: Letters of Colonel Theodore Lyman from the Wilderness
to Appomattox, p. 231
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