Headquarters Army Of The Potomac, May 18, 1865.
I depended on the boys to tell you all the news. You will
see by the papers that the great review is to come off next Tuesday. On that
day, the Army of the Potomac, consisting of the cavalry, Ninth, Fifth and
Second Corps, will, under my command, march through Washington and be reviewed
by the President. To-day's paper contains an announcement of the fact, in a
telegram from Mr. Stanton to General Dix, which it is expected will bring the
whole North to Washington.
I have heard nothing further about the proposed new duties,
or about going to West Point. The order reducing the armies is published, and I
suppose the reduction will take place immediately after the review, so that it
will not be long before the question is settled.
SOURCE: George Meade, The Life and Letters of George
Gordon Meade, Vol. 2, p. 279-80
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