Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, December 18, 1863.
To-day Captain Chauncey handed me your letter of the 13th
inst.
As to politics and politicians, as I never have had anything
to do with them, and have personal friends in all parties, I don't see why I am
to fear them now. I think I can keep them in their proper places. Already the Tribune
has charged that the gentleman in New Jersey, my correspondent, is George
B. McClellan, and asks why this is not openly avowed. I have no political
aspirations. I have the ambition to prove myself a good soldier, and intend to
try to afford evidences of this to the last. Major Jim Biddle has gone on
leave; so you will hear all the latest news from the camp.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 162
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