Selected Correspondance of Abraham Lincoln 1863 Letter To General G. G. Meade
by Abraham Lincoln
(Private.)
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON,
July 27, 1863.
MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE:
I have not thrown General Hooker away; and therefore I would like to
know whether it would be agreeable to you, all things considered, for
him to take a corps under you, if he himself is willing to do so.
Write me in perfect freedom, with the assurance that I will not
subject you to any embarrassment by making your letter or its
contents known to any one. I wish to know your wishes before I
decide whether to break the subject to him. Do not lean a hair's
breadth against your own feelings, or your judgment of the public
service, on the idea of gratifying me.
