Warrenton, October 23,
1863.
Yesterday I received an order to repair to Washington, to see the
President. I arrived in Washington at 2 P. M., and expected to leave at 6 P. M.,
but was detained so late that I remained there all night, and left this
morning, early. The President was, as he always is, very considerate and kind.
He found no fault with my operations, although it was very evident he was
disappointed that I had not got a battle out of Lee. He coincided with me that
there was not much to be gained by any farther advance; but General Halleck was
very urgent that something should be done, but what that something was he did
not define. As the Secretary of War was absent in Tennessee, final action was
postponed till his return.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 154
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