BURKEVILLE, Va.
Headquarters Army of
Potomac
April 19, 1865
Lt.-col. Theo. Lyman,
A. D. C.
Colonel: — In
parting with you after an association of over twenty months, during which time you
have served on my Staff, I feel it due to you to express my high sense of the
assistance I have received from you, and to bear testimony to the zeal, energy,
and gallantry you have displayed in the discharge of your duties. Be assured I
shall ever preserve the liveliest reminiscences of our intercourse, and
wherever our separate fortunes may take us, I shall ever have a deep interest
in your welfare and happiness, which, by the blessing of God, I trust may be
long continued.
Most Truly Your
Friend
Geo. G. Meade
Maj.-Genl. U. S. A.
SOURCE: George R. Agassiz, Editor, Meade’s
Headquarters, 1863-1865: Letters of Colonel Theodore Lyman from the Wilderness
to Appomattox, p. 362
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