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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
use an assault was impracticable; and his statement that a siege was not within his instructions, is contradicted by Grant's written instructions, which say that, if a landing is effected, and the work not carried, he is to entrench and hold on. There will, no doubt, be bitter controversy on these points. Grant has been away for three days, to parts unknown, though I suppose Wilmington. To Mr. Henry A. Cram, Brother-in-law of Mrs. Meade. New York: Headquarters army of the Potomac, January 21, 1865. I have received yours of the 18th, with enclosures. The intelligence conveyed in Mr.——'s letter is not news to me, except that I have not been able to believe I was in danger of rejection. I, of course, expected opposition, and that it would be violent and malignant, being based on falsehood and personal hostility; but I did not suppose it would be formidable in numbers, and I have been relying on the truth, my record, and the fact that I was sustained by the Administration and G
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 25 (search)
Appendix R: letters from General Grant to Mr. Wilson, Chairman of the military Committee, and Mr. Washburne, at Washington, D. C., urging General Meade's confirmation as Major-General in the regular army, mentioned in letter of January 21, 1865. see page 257, Vol. II City Point, Va., Jan. 23, 1865. Grant to Wilson: I see that Generals Thomas and Sheridan have been confirmed as Major Generals in the Regular Army, whilst no mention is made of General Meade's confirmation to the same rank. From this I infer objections have been raised. This I regret. General Meade was appointed at my solicitation after a campaign the most protracted, and covering more severely contested battles, than any of which we have any account in history. I have been with General Meade during the whole campaign, and not only made the recommendation upon a conviction that this recognition of his services was fully won, but that he was eminently qualified for the command such rank would entitle