Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, March 8, 1864.
I am curious to see how you take the explosion of the
conspiracy to have me relieved, for it is nothing less than a conspiracy, in
which the Committee on the Conduct of the War, with Generals Doubleday and
Sickles, are the agents. Grant is to be in Washington tonight, and as he is to
be commander in chief and responsible for the doings of the Army of the
Potomac, he may desire to have his own man in command, particularly as I
understand he is indoctrinated with the notion of the superiority of the
Western armies, and that the failure of the Army of the Potomac to accomplish
anything is due to their commanders.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 176
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