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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)
20th instant. We wait to-day for General Butler, Major-General William O. Butler, U. S. Vols. with the Volunteer Division, to come up, four and five thousand men under Generals Wool and Worth. Major General Butler will remain here with some twenty-five hundred men, volunteeost of the letter-writers. All you see about Generals Taylor and Butler is humbug; no difficulty ever occurred between them, and General BuGeneral Butler behaved most handsomely. After he was wounded and brought back to camp, he became a little nervous at reports of the approach of the enewo thousand five hundred men and eight pieces of artillery. Major General Butler will remain here, with about one thousand five hundred men aeen pieces of artillery that could be united at Saltillo, under General Butler, in the event of Santa Anna's advancing in this direction. Thi Grande have been brought up, so that there is at present under General Butler's command at that place some six thousand men and eighteen piec
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 4 (search)
al McCall invited me to ride into town with him, he knowing I wished to go in to draw my pay and attend to other business. The day before we had gone towards Dranesville on a foraging expedition, Reynolds's brigade and mine, Reynolds in front. We collected some fifty wagons of forage, but saw and heard nothing of the enemy. On getting into town I paid the Turnbulls and Tom Lee a visit. I found at the former place Master Charley, who had just arrived with despatches for McClellan from General Butler. The expedition they are organizing is to rendezvous at Ship Island, near New Orleans, and I have no doubt looks to that important place. This morning I attended to my business, and after dining, rode out to camp. Here I find orders from McCall for another expedition towards Dranesville to-morrow, I believe for foraging purposes, though he does not state. I am, however, to have the command and to be in front this time, and should not object to having a little brush with the enemy,
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
to being in the regular army, so long as I held an equal rank in the volunteer service. What the result will be I cannot tell. May 16, 9 A. M. The weather still continues unfavorable for military operations, so, unless the enemy attack us, we shall probably remain quiet to-day. Our cavalry, under Sheridan, have been heard from. He was sent to get in the enemy's rear, destroy their communications and supplies, fight their cavalry, and when his forage was exhausted, make his way to Butler, General Benjamin F. Butler, commanding the Army of the James. on the James River. He reports having executed his orders, and it is said that J. E. B. Stuart was killed in the battle with Sheridan. Battle of Yellow Tavern, near Richmond, Va., May 11, 1864. Letter and despatch mentioned in last letter: Stanton to Meade (in part): Washington City, May 12, 1864. This department congratulates you and your heroic Army and returns its cordial thanks for their gallant achievement