(03-25-2016, 03:41 PM)RJNorton Wrote: David, Gideon Welles writes about this in his diary here.
Shelby Foote adds the following first-hand quote account that is not in the Welles' diary book: He thought it might also inspire Meade, and he had Halleck pass the word to him that Vicksburg had surrenedered; "Now if General Meade can complete his work so gloriously prosecuted thus far . . . the rebellion will be over."
"So very difficult a matter is it to trace and find out the truth of anything by history." -- Plutarch