Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 30, 1863

April 30, 1863.

The papers will of course tell you the army has moved. I write to tell you that there is as yet but a little skirmishing; we are across the river and have out-manceuvered the enemy, but are not yet out of the woods.

SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Vol. 1, p. 370