Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, January 14, 1365.
I am sorry to hear what you write people say of Grant,
because it is unjust, and I do not approve of injustice to any one. Grant
undoubtedly has lost prestige, owing to his failure to accomplish more, but as
I know it has not been in his power to do more, I cannot approve of unmerited
censure, any more than I approved of the fulsome praise showered on him before
the campaign commenced. Butler's removal has caused great excitement
everywhere. He will have some very powerful influences exerted in his favor,
and he will use them efficiently. I see Wilson has moved in the Senate that the
Committee on the Conduct of the War enquire and report on the Wilmington
fiasco. This is the beginning of a war on Grant.
Gibbon has been assigned to the Twenty-fourth Corps, in
Ord's place, who takes Butler's army. This has pleased him very much, and when
here to-day to say good-by he was in quite a good humor. I shall probably have
to send Webb to Gibbon's division, although I believe he would prefer remaining
on my staff.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 256
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