CAMP PIERPONT, VA., March
1, 1862.
Yesterday was a very disagreeable day, extremely cold, with
a very high wind, and blustering weather. I was obliged to be exposed, standing
in the wind from 9 in the morning till 5 in the afternoon, mustering the
several regiments of my brigade.
We are all in the dark as to where or in what direction we
move. I surmise (this is entre nous) that a force will be crossed below
Alexandria, while Banks threatens Winchester and we advance on Centreville. If
either of these columns is successful and penetrate the lines of the enemy, the
whole force, or at least a large portion of it, will be thrown into the
opening. If we can once get in their rear, and compel them to leave their
entrenchments, I think we will have a comparatively easy victory, and we have
so large a force that I do not see any difficulty in effecting this operation.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 249-50
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