The illness of Admiral Foote is serious, I fear fatal. Our
first intelligence this morning made his case almost hopeless; later in the day
we have a telegraph that he is more comfortable. Chase informs me that he has
just returned from a visit to Hooker's headquarters, at or near Fairfax
Court-House. The troops, he says, are in good spirits and excellent condition,
as is Hooker himself. He commends Hooker as in every respect all that we could
wish. His (Chase's) tone towards Halleck is much altered since our last
conversation. All of which is encouraging. But Chase's estimate and judgment of
men fluctuates as he has intercourse with them and they are friendly and
communicative or otherwise.
SOURCE: Gideon Welles, Diary of Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson, Vol. 1: 1861 – March 30,
1864, p. 335
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