Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, February 2, 1865.
Grant sent me a note this morning, saying a telegram from
Washington announced my confirmation yesterday by a heavy majority; thus I have
gained another victory, and have found that I really have more friends than I
had any idea of.
There have been some English officers here this evening from
the frigate Galatea, and they have kept me up so late that I cannot
write as much as I would wish.
I thought my last visit was, excepting dear Sergeant's1
sickness, most happy, but I cannot be happy and see my noble boy suffering as
he does. I think of him all the time, and feel at times like asking to be
relieved, that I may go home and help you nurse him. May God in his infinite
mercy restore him to health, is my constant prayer!
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1 Son of General Meade.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 260
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