CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, VA.,
March 13, 1863.
I am glad you went to Professor Cresson's experiments on the
polarization of light, which must have been very interesting, even though
unintelligible!
Captain Magaw and ladies left us to-day. Though we were
utterly unprepared for such visitors, we managed to make them quite
comfortable, and they left delighted. Yesterday I put the ladies in an
ambulance and mounted Magaw on Baldy, and we went over and took a look at
Fredericksburg, and afterwards called on Hooker. The General was, however, absent
at a grand wedding which took place yesterday in camp, followed last night by a
ball, and I understand another ball is given to-night by General Sickles. Not
being honored with an invitation to these festivities, I did not go.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 357
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