human
I'll face the President with this dispatch to Stanton in my hands, too. They would have removed me from my command for sending it--if they had dared!
gpt
I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this battle from a defeat to a victory. As it is, the Government must not and cannot hold me responsible for the result. I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the Government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost. If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other person in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army----
human
And if that be treason, they can make the most of it!
gpt
I am curious to know how he meets you to-day,