Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, October 7, 1863.
I have read the article in Blackwood, which is
tolerably fair for a “secesh” Englishman. The general officer referred to as
being cheered was your humble servant, and I was at that time riding down the
line to the left, for the purpose of ordering an attack; but it was so late and
the distance to the enemy's line so great, that by the time the troops were in
motion the day was at an end.
Lee’s report has just been published. Considering all
things, it is pretty fair, in some places a little too much of what the lawyers
call the suppressio veri. Still, I am willing to leave to history the
fact, which he plainly admits, that after the battle of Gettysburg he had to
retreat continuously till he reached the south bank of the Rappahannock, from
whence he had started to destroy my army and accomplish other valuable results.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 153
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