East Greenwich, Monday, 5th September, 1864.
My Dear Charles,
— Burnside is staying with me here at the house of my cousin, Mr. Goddard.
Yesterday we sat upon the rocks, and he told me the whole story of the mine and
of the Army of the Potomac. It is intensely interesting and perfectly clear. He
is the noblest, most magnanimous man I ever saw, and I shall tell you the tale
with immense satisfaction some day. On Saturday morning, when the news of
Sherman's success came, he was the most unaffectedly delighted man I ever saw.
His exultation wound up by his seizing his wife and kissing her.
SOURCE: Edward Cary, George William Curtis, p.
182
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