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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 20 (search)
Appendix M: letter from General Meade to the Department enclosing newspaper article signed Historicus, mentioned in letter of April 2, 1864. see page 186, Vol. II (for article signed Historicus, see Appendix J) Headquarters, army of the Potomac, March 15, 1864. Col. E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. Washington, D. C. Colonel. I enclose herewith a slip from the New York Herald of the 12th inst., containing a communication signed Historicus, purporting to give an account of the battle of Gettysburg to which I desire to call the attention of the War Department—and ask such action thereon as may be deemed proper and suitable. For the past fortnight the public press of the whole country has been teeming with articles, all having for their object assaults upon my reputation as an officer, and tending to throw discredit upon my operations at Gettysburg and my official report of the same. I have not noticed any of these attacks and should not now take action, but that the characte
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), Appendix N (search)
Appendix N Letter from President Lincoln to General Meade in reply to General Meade's letter to the Department, mentioned in letter of April 2, 1864. see page 186, Vol. II Executive mansion, Washington, March 29, 1864. Major General Meade. My dear Sir: Your letter to Col. Townsend, inclosing a slip from the Herald, and asking a Court of Inquiry, has been laid before me by the Secretary of War, with the request that I would consider it. It is quite natural that you should feel some sensibility on the subject; yet I am not impressed, nor do I think the country is impressed, with the belief that your honor demands, or the public interest demands, such an Inquiry. The country knows that, at all events, you have done good services; and I believe it agrees with me that it is much better for you to be engaged in trying to do more, than to be diverted, as you necessarily would be, by a Court of Inquiry. Yours truly, A. Lincoln.