CAMP NEAR FALMOUTH, April
14, 1863.
Yesterday I received a letter asking me to appoint a day to
receive the sword, etc. I referred it to General Hooker, who replied that it
was entirely out of the question, my being absent at this time, and
recommending the postponement of the presentation, which I accordingly wrote to
the committee. I am just as well satisfied, for I looked with great horror at
the prospect of being made a lion, and having to roar for the benefit of
outsiders. I trust now they will come quietly down here, make the presentation,
and let me send the sword back to you, for it is too precious to carry in the
field.
I have been busy all day making preparations for the march.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 366
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