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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 2 (search)
d let Major Bache see this, if in town. Say also to him that poor Blake, of ours, after having gallantly borne himself through the conflict yesterday, unfortunately shot himself accidentally to-day, just as we marched, and it is feared the wound is mortal. Send in word to Mrs. Craig that the Major is safe and sound, though I saw some few balls spinning about his position. He has written, but for fear his letter might miscarry, I want this message sent. Camp at la Resaca de la Palma, May 11, 1846. I have been so much engaged with my duties as to have prevented me from writing anything since my last letter, in which I gave you an account of our great victory. The scene of yesterday, the day after the battle, was most melancholy, and I spare you the description of it. Suffice it to say, we collected the dead and wounded of both armies, burying the former and doing everything to alleviate the sufferings of the latter, making no distinction between Mexicans and Americans. A sur