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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 character
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