Letter
Unknown, March 25, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SIXTH CORPS,
March 25, 1865.
March 25, 1865—2.50 p.m. General Meade desires you to.keep up a threatening attitude until night. He leaves it to you entirely to decide whether or not we shall attack, and only wishes one to be made to take advantage of discovered weakness.
ALEX. 8S. WEBB,
Brevet Major-General and Chief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: General Meade instructs maintaining a threatening posture and leaves the decision to attack to the recipient, aiming to exploit any discovered enemy weakness during the Civil War.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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