https://searching4meade.com/events/2019-07-25T21:54:23+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2018/01/01/erasing-history/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_1694.jpgIMG_1694https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_1681.jpgIMG_1681https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/img_1670.jpgIMG_16702019-06-18T15:23:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/05/21/the-grand-review/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/reviewing-stand.jpgreviewing standThe photograph of the reviewing stand from which the top image was taken. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress). https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/4-grand-review.jpg4. Grand ReviewAn artist's conception of the reviewing stand (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/27-reviewing-stand.jpg27. Reviewing standDetail of a photograph of the reviewing stand in front of the White House shows a number of VIPS, including (left to right) Ulysses S. Grant, the blurred figure of Edwiin Stanton, President Andrew Johnson, Wesley Merritt (as commander of the cavalry corps in Philip Sheridan's absence, he sat next to the president as his corps passed), Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles, Postmaster William Dennison, William T. Sherman, and Quatermaster General Montgomery Meigs (Library of Congress).2017-03-18T01:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/10/14/dead-confederates/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pyramid.jpgpyramidThe cemetery's pyramid.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/fate.jpgfateFate? As George Pickett one supposedly said, "I think the Yankees had something to do with it."https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gettysburg.jpgGettysburgThe Gettysburg dead.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/pickett.jpgpickettPickett, post-charge.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/lee-and-davis.jpglee and davisFitzhugh Lee (foreground) overlooking the Jefferson Davis family.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tyler.jpgTylerThe "accidental president."https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/monroe.jpgMonroeJames Monroe: Pardon our Appearance.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/wise.jpgwiseMeade's brother in law.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/jeb.jpgJebJb Stuart's gravesite.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/view.jpgviewTomb with a view. From the Seddon family plot at Hollywood Cemetery.2017-03-18T00:56:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2016/12/31/happy-201st/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1237.jpgimg_1237https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1238.jpgimg_1238https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1233.jpgimg_1233https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1224.jpgimg_1224https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1197.jpgimg_1197https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1193.jpgimg_1193https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1192.jpgimg_1192https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_1190.jpgimg_11902017-01-01T00:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2016/07/31/john-sedgwick-r-i-p/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_1478.jpgDSC_1478https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_1483.jpgDSC_1483????????????????????????????????????https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_1486.jpgDSC_1486????????????????????????????????????https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/dsc_1476.jpgDSC_1476https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/meade-and-sedgwick.jpgmeade and sedgwickhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sedgwick.jpgsedgwick2016-07-31T23:16:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/the-battlefields/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/petersburg-cannon1.jpgpetersburg cannonhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/surrender.jpgsurrenderhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade-statue.jpgmeade statuehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/petersburg-cannon.jpgpetersburg cannon2016-02-07T14:41:31+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2016/01/01/happy-200th-birthday/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0157.jpgDSC_0157https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0179.jpgDSC_0179https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0192.jpgDSC_0192https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0175.jpgDSC_0175https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dsc_0201.jpgDSC_0201https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/meade-ribbon.jpgMeade ribbon2016-01-01T18:39:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/05/25/a-visit-to-monterey-pass/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/100_6414.jpg100_6414the new museum at Monterey Pass.2015-11-26T12:27:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/11/26/the-perfect-gift/2015-11-26T12:23:13+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/05/18/proposed-new-duties-may-18-1865/2015-09-14T11:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/11/16/the-20th-maine/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/chamberlain2.jpgchamberlainJoshua Lawrence Chamberlain (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/chamberlain1.jpgChamberlain1Visitors often leave tributes at the 20th Maine monument on Little Round Top.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/chamberlain.jpgchamberlain2015-09-13T20:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/12/exaggerated-praise-april-12-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sheridan-cropped.jpgPortraitPhilip Sheridan (Library of Congress).2015-09-13T18:42:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/24/meetings-in-washington-september-24-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/stanton.jpgStantonSecretary of War Edwin Stanton (Library of Congress).2015-08-20T22:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/08/regards-from-sheboygan-september-8-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/french-and-staff.jpgFrench and staffMaj. Gen. William French, commander of the III Corps, poses with his staff outside Culpeper sometime in September 1863. French stands in the group's center, looking slightly to his right. Click on the image to see a larger version (Library of Congress). 2015-08-20T22:27:50+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/31/meades-repy-to-halleck-july-31-1863/2015-08-20T22:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/10/remembrance-not-reverence/2015-07-08T12:16:01+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/06/26/connections-2/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/worth2.jpgworth2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/william_j_worth.jpgWilliam_J_WorthGeneral William Worth.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/010.jpg010Detail of the monument to William Worth in New York City's Worth Square.2015-07-06T18:23:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/07/04/152-years-later/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cushings-belt-e1436025638187.jpgCushing's BeltAlonzo Cushing's belt at the National Civil War Museum (Beth Ann Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hands-across-the-wall.jpgHands across the wallHands across the wall (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/rebs.jpgRebsModern rebels at Gettysburg, 152 years later (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/armistead.jpgArmisteadOne of two Lewis Armisteads at Gettysburg on July 3. The real George Pickett never got this far (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/atkinson.jpgAtkinsonRanger Matt Atkinson talks about Hancock at the Copse of Trees (tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/meade.jpgMeadeSteve Weatherbee as Meade (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hancock.jpgHancockA marker indicates the spot where Hancock fell at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863 (Photo by Tom Huntington).2015-07-04T16:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/06/28/this-army-ceasing-to-exist-june-28-1865/2015-06-28T13:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/buy-the-book/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade-cover.jpgSearchingGGMeadehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/trails-cover.jpgTrails coverhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/franklin-cover.jpgFranklin cover2015-05-27T01:18:02+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2015/05/12/washington-may-12-865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/meade-and-staff-dc.jpgmeade and staff (DC)George Gordon Meade and his staff, photographed outside Washington in June 1865 (library of Congress). 2015-05-12T11:03:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/05/05/a-visit-with-lee-may-5-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lee-in-richmond1.jpgLee in RichmondRobert E. Lee at 707 E. Franklin Street with son George Washington Custis Lee (left) and staffer Walter H. Taylor (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lees-residence.jpgLee's residenceThe house at 707 E. Franklin Street (Library of Congress).2015-05-05T10:48:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/05/03/family-ties-may-3-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/richmond-ruins.jpgRichmond ruinsRuins in Richmond, photographed in May 1865 (Library of Congress).2015-05-03T16:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/05/01/on-to-richmond-may-1-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/halleck-heroic.jpgHalleck heroicA Currier & Ives print fro 1862 depicts Henry Halleck in a heroic pose (Library of Congress).2015-05-01T11:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/27/sherman-april-27-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincolns-coffin-nyc.jpgLincoln's coffin NYCAn Alexander Gardner photo of Lincoln's coffin in New York City (Library of Congress).2015-04-27T12:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/24/vulgar-and-ignorant-people-april-24-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincolns-casket.jpgLincolns casketPhotograph shows Abraham Lincoln's casket conveyed by funeral car through the crowd on Broad Street in Philadelphia, April 22, 1865 (Library of Congress).2015-04-24T12:28:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/23/the-most-cruel-and-humiliating-indignity-april-23-1865/2015-04-23T10:37:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/22/very-much-demoralized-april-22-1865/2015-04-22T11:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/20/back-to-the-union-april-20-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/charles-faulkner.jpgCharles FaulknerCharles J. Faulkner (Library of Congress).2015-04-20T11:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/16/a-farewell-april-19-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/meade-with-lyman.jpgMeade with LymanMeade (sitting at left) and Lyman (standing in the rear at right) at Cold Harbor (Library of Congress).2015-04-19T14:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/18/politicians-and-newspaper-editors-april-18-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lincolns-coffin.jpgLincoln's coffin"Lincoln's body lying in state in the East room White house," a sketch by Alfred Waud. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-04-18T12:23:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/17/boiling-and-fuming-april-17-1865/2015-04-17T11:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/16/foul-deeds-april-16-1865/2015-04-16T10:55:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/13/this-dreadful-war-april-13-1865/2015-04-13T13:45:57+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/06/a-visit-to-pamplin-historical-park-and-beyond/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7726.jpgDSC_7726The Mahone mausoleum at Blandford Cemetery.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7715.jpgDSC_7715Nice to see: Searching for George Gordon Meade is available at Appomattox Court House!https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7735.jpgDSC_7735The marker at Rives Salient.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7724.jpgDSC_7724The memorial arch at Blandford Cemetery.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7702.jpgDSC_7702A ceremony at the Confederate cemetery outside Appomattox Court House.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7695.jpgDSC_7695Will Greene and the president of the Appomattox 1865 Foundation explain the fighting at Appomattox Station. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7683.jpgDSC_7683Ranger Bob Flippen explains the fighting around the High Bridge.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7676.jpgDSC_7676A view of the Appomattox River from High Bridge.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7663.jpgDSC_7663https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dsc_7660.jpgDSC_7660A view from the aptly named High Bridge.2015-04-11T23:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/10/a-great-contempt-for-history-april-10-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/appomattox-ch1.jpgAppomattox CHFederal soldiers and some civilians pose for a photograph in front of the building that gave Appomattox Court House its name. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lee-standing.jpgLee standingRobert E. Lee, photographed in Richmond in April 1865 (Library of Congress).2015-04-10T11:20:04+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/08/a-visit-to-the-monitor/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/turret-cutaway.jpgTurret cutawayThe life-size cutaway of the turret, showing the bracing designer John Ericsson added after construction, and the revolving machinery. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/ironclads.jpgIroncladsA depiction of the battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia on March 9, 1862.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/me-at-monitor.jpgMe at MonitorI'm standing inside the recreation of the Monitor turret as it would have appeared on the seabed, when it was upside down and encrusted with marine life.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/css-virginia.jpgCSS virginiaThe museum's mockup of the bow of the CSS Virginia.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dahlgren.jpgDahlgrenOne of the Monitor's two guns, recovered from the ocean floor.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/tba.jpgTBAMy wife and I pose on the deck of the life-size Monitor mockup.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/duel-of-the-ironclads.jpgduel of the ironcladsDuel of the Ironclads, with great illustrations by Fred Freeman.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/damaged-gun.jpgDamaged gunA gun from the CSS Virginia at the Mariners Museum. The damage at the muzzle was inflicted by the Monitor during the famous battle of the ironclads.2015-04-09T12:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/09/the-army-of-northern-virginia-has-surrendered-april-9-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mcleans-parlor.jpgMcLean's parlorRobert E. Lee surrendered in Wilmer McLean's parlor. Afterwards, souvenir-seeking Union soldiers nearly stripped McLean's house of furnishings. In an attempt to recoup his losses, McLean commissioned this fanciful print of the surrender. George Meade is one of the people who appear here, but were not present at the actual surrender. Click to enlarge (via Wikipedia).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/lees-depature.jpgLee's depatureAlfred Waud depicted Lee as he rode away from the surrender meeting (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mclean-house-today2.jpgMcLean house today2The reconstructed McLean house, as it appears today.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/mclean-house.jpgMcLean houseWilmer McLean's house, as it appeared in 1865 (Library of Congress).2015-04-09T10:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/08/our-usual-little-picnic-april-8-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/high-bridge21.jpghigh bridge2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/high-bridge2.jpghigh bridge2A Timothy O'Sullivan photo of the High Bridge (Library of Congress).2015-04-08T11:09:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/07/a-severe-bilous-catarrh-april-7-18650/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/high-bridge.jpgHigh BridgeThe High Bridge outside Farmville. It was quite an engineering marvel indeed. Some of the original brick columns still stand (Library of Congress).2015-04-07T12:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/06/no-rest-for-the-wicked-april-6-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/last-of-ewells-corps.jpgLast of Ewells CorpsAlfred Waud titled this sketch "The Last of Ewell's Corps." It depicted an incident at the Battle of Sailor's Creek. On the back, Waud wrote, "This was quite an effective incident in its way. The soldiers silhoutted [sic] against the western sky with their muskets thrown butt upwards in token of surrender, as our troops closed in beyond a wagon train which was captured, and burning debris probably other wagons in the gathering gloom." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/093.jpg093A view of Amelia Courthouse today. Lee was delayed here while he waited for his army to concentrate and for rations that never arrived.2015-04-06T11:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/05/those-cavalry-bucks-april-5-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sheridan-and-staff.jpgSheridan and staffPhilip Sheridan with (left to right) Col. James Forsyth, Wesley Merritt, Thomas C. Devin and George Custer (Library of Congress).2015-04-05T11:15:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/03/a-hard-march-april-4-1865/2015-04-04T11:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/03/petersburg-at-last-april-3-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/blandford-church.jpgBlandford ChurchA Timothy O'Sullivan photograph of Blandford Church, in the cemetery that Meade and Lyman visited on April 2 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/24-petersburg.jpg24. PetersburgA view of Petersburg, taken shortly after the Confederates abandoned it (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/wallace-house.jpgWallace HouseThe Wallace House in Petersburg, where Grant and Lincoln met on April 2, 1865.2015-04-03T11:23:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/02/the-rebellion-has-gone-up-april-2-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/dead-rebel.jpgDead rebelA dead Confederate soldier in the trenches before Petersburg (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/banks-house.jpgBanks HouseThe Banks house as it appears today.2015-04-02T12:36:03+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/04/01/five-forks-april-1-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/five-forks.jpgFive ForksA print depicts Sheridan's attack at Five Forks. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/15-sheridan.jpgPortrait2015-04-01T11:46:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/31/white-oak-road-march-31-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/076.jpg0762015-03-31T10:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/30/the-deeds-of-yesterday-march-30-1865/2015-03-30T11:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/29/sherman-march-29-1865/2015-03-29T12:32:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/28/packing-march-28-1865/2015-03-28T10:57:57+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/26/the-president-march-26-1865/2015-03-26T11:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/24/fort-stedman-march-25-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/fort-stedman.jpgFort StedmanThe interior of Fort Stedman. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-03-25T11:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/08/that-crazy-old-man-april-8-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sanitary-fair.jpgSanitary FairThe Philadephia fair's dining saloon, in one of the temporary buildings erected in Logan Square (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/adam_gurowski.jpgAdam_GurowskiCount Adam Gurowski (via Wikipedia).2015-03-24T16:03:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/18/the-holy-patrick-march-18-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/st-patricks-day.jpgSt Patricks DayEdwin Forbes sketched the Irish Brigade's St. Patrick races back in 1863. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-03-18T11:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/18/junketings-march-16-1865/2015-03-18T11:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/13/the-mine-again-march-13-1865/2015-03-13T13:26:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/12/medal-ceremony-ii-march-12-1865/2015-03-12T10:38:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/11/a-medal-ceremony-march-11-1865/2015-03-11T10:56:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/09/matinee-musicale-march-10-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/poplar-grove-church21.jpgPoplar Grove Church2Another view of the very photogenic Poplar Grove Church, with the headquarters of the 50th New York Engineers next to it. Some of the engineers are visible in the photo. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-03-10T11:03:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/07/a-party-of-ladies-and-gentlemen-march-8-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/view-from-signal-tower.jpgview from signal towerThis photo is identified only as a view from a signal tower at Petersburg. Perhaps it's from the tower at Fort Fisher that Lyman mentions in his letter of March 8. It appears to have been taken after the line had been abandoned because the fort appears deserted and all the tent roofs of the cabins have been removed. Click to enlarge and see details (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/george-harding.jpgGeorge HardingGeorge Harding (Library of Congress).2015-03-08T12:28:45+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/06/anecdotes-march-6-1865/2015-03-06T12:02:02+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/05/minstrel-show-march-5-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/poplar-grove-church.jpgPoplar grove churchA Timothy Gardiner photograph of the Poplar Grove Church (Library of Congress).2015-03-05T15:12:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/04/quite-a-sensation-in-the-army-march-4-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/petersburg-line.jpgpetersburg lineA view of a portion of the Union defenses in front of Petersburg. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-03-04T12:58:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/01/06/zouaves-january-6-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/collis.jpgcollisCharles Collis, taken at Petersburg in 1864 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/114th-pa.jpg114th PAThe 114th PA band, photographed at army headquarters, Brandy Station, in the spring of 1864 (Library of Congress).2015-03-03T22:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/03/general-webb-march-3-1865/2015-03-03T12:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/03/02/the-return-of-lyman-march-2-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/march-1865.jpgMarch 1865This is the kind of scene that would have greeted Lyman upon his return to the army. The Library of Congress describes it as, "Petersburg, Va. General view of camp of Oneida, N.Y., Independent Cavalry Company at Army headquarters, with men at leisure" (Library of Congress).2015-03-02T11:38:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/28/a-pleasant-journey-february-28-1865/2015-02-28T13:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/27/submission-and-resignation-february-27-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/john-sergeant-meade-grave.jpgJohn Sergeant Meade graveThe gravestone for John Sergeant Meade, in Philadelphia's Laurel Hill Cemetery.2015-02-27T12:11:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/21/john-segeant-meade-1841-1865-february-21-1865/2015-02-21T12:37:03+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/16/2015-meade-symposium/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/meade-cutout.jpgMeade cutoutThe man of the hour.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/speaking.jpgspeakingAs the last speaker of the day, I am about to kill off George Gordon Meade.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/champagne-glasses.jpgchampagne glassesAnd we also bought a couple of Meade bicentennial champagne glasses. They will be perfect for the birthday celebration on December 31.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/tee-shirts.jpgtee shirtsOf course, I had to get a Meade bicentennial tee shirt!https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/6-reviewing-stand2.jpg6. reviewing stand2This is one of the images I used in my talk. Garry Adleman of the Center for Civil War Photography tipped me off about it. This is a detail from a photograph of the reviewing stand at the Grand Review of the Armies. It was probably taken on May 23, 1865, the day the Army of the Potomac marched. In it you can see Ulysses Grant, the blurred figure of Edwin Stanton, President Andrew Johnson, Wesley Merritt (commanding the cavalry corps in Philip Sheridan's absence), George Meade, Sumner Wells, Postmaster General William Dennison, William T. Sherman, and Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs. Quite extraordinary. As far as I know, this is the only photo in which Grant and Meade appear together. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-02-16T16:47:49+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/13/no-chance-for-peace-february-13-1865/2015-02-13T13:13:04+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/11/its-usual-malice-february-11-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/meade-medallion.jpgMeade medallionA Meade bronze at the Union League. I am assuming this is the work of Franklin Simmons. 2015-02-11T15:20:45+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/09/report-on-the-mine-february-9-1865/2015-02-10T02:17:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/07/hatchers-run-february-7-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/hatchers-run.jpgHatchers RunAlfred Waud sketched the fighting on February 7. On the back, he wrote, "The 1st Div 5th Corps charging some temporary breastworks of logs piled against trees on the morning of Tuesday 7th Feb. Thick pine woods. The ground smooth and covered with fine leaves. A.R.W. Near Hatchers Run." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-02-07T13:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/04/follow-up-february-4-1865/2015-02-06T02:00:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/02/02/confirmation-february-2-1865/2015-02-02T12:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/31/three-distinguished-gentlemen-february-1-1865/2015-01-31T17:04:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/30/now-available-in-paperback/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/paperback-scan1.jpgpaperback scanhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/alexander-stevens.jpgAlexander StevensAlexander Stephens, the vice president of the Confederacy (Library of Congress). 2015-01-30T13:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/22/very-little-going-on-january-22-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/bache2.jpgBache2Markoe Bache, Meade's nephew (Library of Congress).2015-01-22T12:43:03+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/21/mortifying-january-21-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/morton-wilkinson.jpgMorton WilkinsonSenator Morton S. Wilkinson. He was no friend to Meade (Library of Congress). https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/henry-wilson.jpgHenry WilsonSenator Henry Wilson of Massachusetts. Meade considered him a supporter in Washington (Library of Congress).2015-01-21T17:55:02+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/17/a-most-important-and-brilliant-success-january-17-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fort-fisher-interior-cropped.jpgFort Fisher Interior croppedThe interior of Fort Fisher (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fort-fisher-interior.jpgFort Fisher InteriorAn interior view of Fort Fisher (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/fort-fisher.jpgFort FisherA Currier & Ives print depicts the capture of Fort Fisher. The caption read: "Both the Army and Navy were engaged in this great exploit, the most terrific of its kind on record. The Iron clads and Frigates under command of Rear Admiral Porter poured in a most destructive fire of shot and shell; while the gallant Soldiers under Genl. A.H. Terry rushed to the assault, and after a bloody contest of several hours, drove the Rebels out of their strong hold, capturing over 2000 prisoners, the rebel Genl. Whiting, and 75 Guns of large calibre; many of them of 'celebrated English make'. Three cheers for the Army and Navy!" Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2015-01-17T13:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/14/unmerited-censure-january-14-1865/2015-01-14T21:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/12/23/written-in-stone/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/143rdpa1.jpg143rdPAhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/17th-maine1.jpg17th Mainehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/louisiana.jpgLouisianahttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/11thmississippi.jpg11thMississippihttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/gettsyburgwomen.jpgGettsyburgWomenhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/4thmichigan.jpg4thMichiganhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/17th-maine.jpg17th Mainehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/11thpa.jpg11thPAhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/143rdpa.jpg143rdPAhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/cover.jpgGettysburg Monuments2015-01-10T18:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/10/recalled-january-10-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/city-point-jan65.jpgCity Point Jan65One of the wharves at City Point, in a photograph taken during January 1865 (Library of Congress).2015-01-10T14:33:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/05/an-action-packed-bicenetnnial-year/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/2015-meade-symposium.jpg2015 Meade SymposiumThe program for the 2015 Meade Symposium. Click to enlarge.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/meade-seminar.jpgMeade seminarThe program for the 2015 Meade Symposium (click to enlarge).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/paperback.jpgpaperbackThe cover of the paperback edition. 2015-01-10T14:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2015/01/01/2014-birthday-celebration/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/volley.jpgVolleyhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/instrument.jpgInstrumenthttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/program.jpgProgramA visitor holds a brochure about the 2014 event (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/speakers.jpgSpeakersThe speakers at this year's graveside ceremony (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/honor-guard.jpgHonor guardLiving historians prepare to fire volleys over Meade's grave (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/opening-remarks.jpgOpening remarksDr. Andy Waskie makes some opening remarks, helped by Jerry McCormick, the Meade Society treasurer (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/at-the-gravesite2.jpgAt the gravesite2The scene at the Meade family plot on December 31, 2014 (Tom Huntington photo).2015-01-03T20:39:01+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/31/happy-199th-birthday-general-meade/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/wreaths.jpgWreathsA wreath at General Meade's gravesite, from the 2013 birthday commemoration (Tom Huntington photo).2014-12-31T12:27:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/23/conquer-a-peace-december-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/christmas.jpgChristmas"Santa Claus in Camp," an illustration from Harpers, January 3, 1863 (Library of Congress).2014-12-23T12:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/20/a-hard-day-december-20-1864/2014-12-20T13:27:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/18/good-news-from-tennessee-december-18-1864/2014-12-18T12:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/16/dissipated-by-facts-december-16-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/papers-in-camp.jpgpapers in campEdwin Forbes sketched the arrival in a Union cap at Rappahannock Station of newspapers from Washington. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-12-16T12:20:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/14/poor-slovenly-ragamuffins-december-14-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/winter-picket-duty.jpgWinter Picket duty"Winter picket duty" by Alfred Waud. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-12-14T14:39:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/13/return-of-the-sixth-december-13-1864/2014-12-13T14:18:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/12/sad-facts-december-11-and-12-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/meade-pburg-hq.jpgMeade Pburg HQA marker at Fort Lee outside Petersburg indicates the location of Meade's headquarters during the campaign (Tom Huntington photo).2014-12-12T13:49:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/11/the-evils-of-war-december-11-1864/2014-12-11T17:40:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/10/a-high-festival-december-10-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/weldon-rr-destruction.jpgWeldon RR Destruction"Destruction of Water Ta[nk]s & Engines & engine houses for pumping water into them at Jarrets Station" by Alfred Waud depicts action from December 8 on the Weldon Railroad. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-12-10T12:12:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/09/a-severe-skirmish-december-9-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/nelson-miles.jpgNelson MilesBrig. Gen. Nelson Miles commanded a division of the II Corps (Lilbrary of Congress).2014-12-09T12:02:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/08/drown-all-englishmen-december-8-1864/2014-12-08T12:21:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/06/brevets-december-6-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/thomas.jpgThomasMaj. Gen. George H. Thomas. An engineer like Meade, he was also criticized for being cautious and methodical (Library of Congress).2014-12-06T14:35:40+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/05/my-old-school/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_6977.jpgDSC_6977https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/dsc_6979.jpgDSC_69792014-12-06T02:16:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/05/poor-ba-ba-december-5-1864/2014-12-05T15:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/04/the-vexed-question-december-4-1864/2014-12-04T12:34:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/03/the-most-impartial-account-december-3-1864/2014-12-03T12:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/12/01/cavalry-raid-december-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/gregg.jpgGreggDavid McMurtrie Gregg (Library of Congress).2014-12-01T12:00:11+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/30/it-was-them-darned-rebels-november-30-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/nesmith.jpgnesmithSenator James W. Nesmith, D-OR (National Archives).2014-11-30T13:57:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/29/ingenious-inventions-november-29-1864/2014-11-29T14:02:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/28/greek-fire-november-28-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dutch-gap-canal3.jpgdutch gap canal3Black soldiers from the Army of the James labor on Benjamin Butler's canal at Dutch Gap (Library of Congress).2014-11-28T12:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/27/butlerdom-november-27-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dutch-gap-canal-waud.jpgDutch Gap Canal (waud)Artist William Waud sketched the activity at "Ben Butler's canal at Dutch Gap." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-11-27T13:13:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/25/satisfied-november-25-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/dutch-gap-canal.jpgDutch Gap CanalIn his letter, Meade mentions the Dutch Gap Canal. Benjamin Butler had initiated the digging of the canal on the James River to bypass Confederate forts. It wasn't completed until after the war (Library of Congress).2014-11-25T18:16:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/24/the-best-man-the-war-has-yet-produced-november-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/grant-and-his-horse.jpgGrant and his horseUlysses S. Grant and his horse, Cincinnati. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-11-24T12:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/22/distinguished-foreigners-november-22-1864/2014-11-22T14:44:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/20/the-only-exception-november-20-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sheridan-and-his-generals-2.jpgSheridan and his generals 2"Photograph showing Generals Wesley Merritt, Philip Sheridan, George Crook, James William Forsyth, and George Armstrong Custer around a table examining a document." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-11-20T14:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/19/alls-well-november-19-1864/2014-11-19T15:39:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/12/birney-and-sleeper-november-12-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/sleeper.jpgSleeperPersonnel of the 10th MA Battery (and a guest), taken in December 1863 at Brandy Station. Pictured (left to right) are Capt. Samuel A. McClellan, Capt. J. Henry Sleeper, Capt. O'Neil W. Robinson, and artist Alfred R. Waud. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-11-18T23:38:52+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/18/brits-november-18-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/fort-hell.jpgFort HellA stereo view of Fort Hell, a.k.a. Fort Sedgwick (Library of Congress).2014-11-18T12:16:45+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/17/nobody-hurt-november-17-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/rosenkrantz.jpgRosenkrantzMeade's aide Frederick Rosenkrantz, in a detail from Alexander Gardner's photo "Studying the Art of War" (Library of Congress).2014-11-17T12:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/16/the-case-for-meade-november-16-1864/2014-11-16T13:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/15/a-life-of-devotion-to-duty-november-15-1864/2014-11-15T12:53:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/14/ivory-and-ebony-november-14-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/charles-russell.jpgCharles RussellCol. Charles Sawyer Russell (via Wikipedia).2014-11-14T13:25:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/13/unmistakable-evidences-of-despondency-november-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gibbon.jpggibbonJohn Gibbon (Library of Congress).2014-11-13T12:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/11/political-imbroglio-november-11-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lyman-detail2.jpgLyman (detail)2Theodore Lyman (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lyman-detail.jpgLyman (detail)Theodore Lyman (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lyman2.jpgLyman2Theodore Lyman (Library of Congress)https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/meade-sitting.jpgMeade sittingGeorge Gordon Meade (Library of Congress).2014-11-11T12:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/10/tolerably-able-november-10-1864/2014-11-10T12:17:25+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/09/lincoln-wins-november-9-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/lincoln-sitting.jpgLincoln sittingPresident Abraham LIncoln (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/mcclellan-button.jpgMcClellan buttonA McClellan campaign pin (Library of Congress).2014-11-09T14:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/07/election-eve-november-7-1864/2014-11-07T12:46:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/06/a-judicious-helping-hand-november-6-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/making-coffee.jpgMaking CoffeeAfrican-American soldiers make coffee in the Petersburg entrenchments (Library of Congress).2014-11-06T12:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/11/05/assignment-complete-november-5-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-8.pngOverland Report 8Meade's report, page 8.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-7.pngOverland Report 7Meade's report, page 7. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-6.pngOverland Report 6Meade's report, page 6.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-5.pngOverland Report 5Meade's report, page 5.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-4.pngOverland Report 4Meade's report, page 4.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-3.pngOverland Report 3Meade's report, page 3.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-2.pngOverland Report 2Meade's report, page 2.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/overland-report-1.pngOverland Report 1Meade's report, page 1.2014-11-05T11:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/31/reassurances-october-31-1864/2014-10-31T11:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/30/homework-october-30-1864/2014-10-30T11:04:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/29/a-tender-adieu-october-29-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/de-trobriand.jpgde TrobriandGeneral Régis Dénis de Keredern de Trobriand (Library of Congress).2014-10-29T12:05:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/28/a-well-conducted-fizzle-october-28-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/woolsey.jpgWoolseyLt. Charles W. Woolsey, the aide to Seth Williams who made a daring escape from the rebels (Library of Congress; accessed via CivilWarTalk.com).2014-10-28T11:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/27/burgesss-mill-october-27-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/burgesss-mill.jpgBurgess's MillArmstrong's mills and rebel works on "Hatcher's Run, captured by the Second Corps, October 27, 1864 / sketched by C.H. Chapin," as it appeared in Harpers Weekly (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/hancock2.jpghancock2Winfield Scott Hancock (Library of Congress).2014-10-27T10:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/25/the-fiendish-and-malicious-attack-october-25-1864/2014-10-25T14:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/23/unmilitary-slovenliness-october-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/beecher.jpgBeecherHenry Ward Beecher (Library of Congress).2014-10-23T12:48:51+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/22/cedar-creek-october-22-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/sheridans-ride.jpgSheridan's ride"Sheridan's Ride," a sketch by Alfred Waud, depicted Sheridan's timely return for the Battle of Cedar Creek (Library of Congress).2014-10-22T11:27:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/19/the-death-of-birney-october-19-1864/2014-10-19T12:56:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/18/visiting-the-front-october-18-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/admiral-porter-and-general-meade.jpgAdmiral Porter and General Meade"Admiral Porter and General Meade" (Library of Congress).2014-10-18T13:31:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/17/petty-tyranny-october-17-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/fessenden.jpgFessendenFrancis Fessenden (Library of Congress).2014-10-17T12:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/14/a-ride-along-the-works-october-14-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/meade-and-parke.jpgMeade and ParkeMeade and John Parke appear together in a photo taken in June 1865. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-10-14T11:19:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/13/reason-to-be-grateful-october-13-2014/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/meade-sillo.jpgmeade silloThe Meade statue at Gettysburg (Tom Huntington photo).2014-10-13T12:34:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/11/bless-my-soul-october-11-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/doyle.jpgDoyleMaj. Gen. Charles Augustus Doyle (via Wikipedia).2014-10-11T15:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/10/the-great-soldier-of-the-army-of-the-potomac-october-10-1864/2014-11-18T22:53:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/09/poor-young-parker-october-9-1864/2014-10-09T11:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/07/election-season-october-7-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/henry-w-benham.jpgHenry W. BenhamBrig. Gen. Henry Benham (Library of Congress).2014-10-07T11:34:06+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/06/poor-biddle-october-6-1864/2014-10-06T11:48:04+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/04/roebling-october-4-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/petersburg-fortifications.jpgPetersburg fortificationsA view of the fortifications at Petersburg. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/washington-roebling.jpgWashington RoeblingWashington Augustus Roebling (via Wikipedia).2014-10-04T13:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/03/a-wonderful-escape-october-3-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/joseph-bartlett.jpgJoseph BartlettJoseph Bartlett (Library of Congress).2014-10-03T11:30:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/02/quite-a-stampede-october-2-1864/2014-10-02T12:04:55+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/10/01/a-few-hurried-lines-october-1-1864/2014-10-01T11:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/30/peebles-farm-september-30-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/globe-tavern.jpgGlobe TavernGlobe Tavern, a landmark near the Weldon Railroad. The information for this image at the Library of Congress identifies the tavern as having been Meade's headquarters at Malvern Hill, which is not true. Meade was sent home wounded before that battle (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/parke.jpgParkeGeneral John G. Parke, commander of the IX Corps (Library of Congress).2014-09-30T12:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/29/a-grand-movement-september-29-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fort-harrison.jpgFort Harrison"Capture of Fort Harrison on the Chaffins Farm line of Works"by William Waud. Sketched on September 29, 1864 (Library of Congress).2014-09-29T19:44:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/29/a-hooker-encounter-september-29-1864/2014-09-29T11:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/28/lyman-returns-september-28-1864/2014-09-28T11:51:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/27/reappraisal-september-27-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sheridan-and-his-generals.jpgSheridan and his generalsPhilip Sheridan and his generals, Henry E. Davies, David McMurtrie Gregg, Wesley Merritt, Alfred Torbert, and James H. Wilson. Tis Brady photograph was probably taken in July 1864 near City Point (Llibrary of Congress).2014-09-27T13:52:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/25/visitors-september-25-1864/2014-09-25T11:36:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/23/very-great-news-september-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fishers-hill.jpgFisher's Hill"Confederate prisoners captured at the battle of Fisher's Hill, VA. Sent to the rear under guard of Union troops" (Library of Congress).2014-09-23T12:24:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/22/enough-human-weakness-september-22-1884/2014-09-22T14:28:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/29/towards-the-front-november-28-2013/2014-09-22T01:46:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/18/and-now-for-a-word-from-our-sponsor/2014-09-18T13:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/17/politics-september-17-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/robert-gound-shaw.jpgRobert Gound ShawRobert Gould Shaw, who was related to Theodore Lyman by marriage (Library of Congress).2014-09-17T10:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/16/the-beefsteak-raid-september-16-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/beefsteak-raid.jpgbeefsteak raid"Cattle Raid" by Alfred Waud. The artist described it as, "Confederate cattle raid Sept. 16th 1864. Genl. Wade Hampden [sic] suddenly appeared at Coggins point in the rear of the army, on the James river, and carried off the entire beef supply, about 2500 head of cattle. The rebel soldiers were much inclined to joke with the pickets on the loss of their meat rations; the Union men, on the other hand, thanked them heartily for removing the tough remnants of herds that had been driven behind the army all summer and which were at once replaced by a fresh stock much fitter for the table." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-09-16T10:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/15/medals-september-15-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/medal-of-honor.jpgMedal of Honor2014-09-15T11:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/14/found-it/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0914141552.jpg0914141552The monument to Alonzo Cushing near the Angle.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0914141645.jpg0914141645https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0914141542.jpg0914141542https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/fuller.jpgFuller2014-09-15T02:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/10/back-in-camp-september-10-1864/2014-09-10T12:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/08/a-stop-in-washington-september-8-1864/2014-09-08T11:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/09/07/caldwells-division/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0906141146b.jpg0906141146bSteve Slaughter explains things at the monument to Wilson's battery (Battery D, 1st NY Light artillery).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0906141415.jpg0906141415The X on Brooke's Rock.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/caldwell.jpgCaldwellJohn c. Caldwellhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0906141021.jpg0906141021https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/0906141030.jpg09061410302014-09-07T20:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/28/leaves-august-28-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/julia-grant.jpgJulia GrantJulia Grant, in a photo taken after the war (Library of Congress).2014-08-28T11:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/26/every-satisfaction-august-26-1864/2014-08-26T10:42:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/25/a-daily-does-of-arsenic-august-25-1864/2014-08-25T15:01:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/24/a-man-of-character-and-honor-august-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sherman.jpgshermanWilliam T. Sherman (Library of Congress).2014-08-24T15:18:13+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/23/engineers-august-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/george-cullum.jpgGeorge Cullum2014-08-23T11:47:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/22/sergeants-condition-august-22-1864/2014-08-22T11:19:25+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/21/hancocks-cavalry-august-21-1864/2014-08-21T14:20:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/20/superior-men-august-20-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/mcparlin.jpgMcParlinDr. Thomas Andrew McParlin, the Army of the Potomac's medical director, in a sketch by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).2014-08-20T11:13:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/19/touching-a-tigers-cubs-august-19-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/aiken-house.jpgAiken HouseThe Aiken House on the Weldon Railroad, a photo by Timothy Gardiner (Library of Congress).2014-08-19T12:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/18/august-18-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/warren-at-weldon-rr.jpgWarren at Weldon RRAn Alfred Waud drawing depicts Gouverneur Warren at the Weldon Railroad, supervising the construction of entrenchments by moonlight Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-08-18T11:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/15/fussells-mill-august-16-1864/2014-08-15T18:41:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/14/parke-august-14-1864/2014-08-14T15:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/13/a-simple-matter-of-justice-august-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/dutch-gap-canal.jpgdutch gap canal"Dutch Gap Canal, the commencement of the work" (Library of Congress).2014-08-13T21:36:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/12/inside-petersburg-august-12-1864/2014-08-12T17:54:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/11/more-sheridan-august-11-1864/2014-08-11T16:11:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/10/sheridan-august-10-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sheridan-cropped.jpgPortraitPhilip Sheridan (Library of Congress).2014-08-10T18:48:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/09/sabotage-august-9-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/city-point-explosion.jpgCity Point ExplosionAftermath of the explosion (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/city-point-explosion-waud.jpgCity Point Explosion (waud)Alfred Waud depicted the explosion at City Point. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-08-09T12:28:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/08/settled-august-8-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/grant-cropped.jpggrant croppedUlysses S. Grant (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/meade-cropped.jpgMeade cropped2014-08-08T11:33:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/06/walks-on-the-beach-august-6-1863/2014-08-06T11:15:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/03/rows-august-3-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/sheridan.jpgPortraitPhilip Sheridan (Library of Congress).2014-08-04T21:10:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/04/boating-with-the-beast-august-4-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/butler-sketch.jpgButler sketchDetail of a sketch Alfred Waud made of Benjamin Butler (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/butler-sitting.jpgButler sittingBenjamin Butler, photographed at Bermuda Landing in late July or early August, 1864 (Library of Congress).2014-08-04T11:07:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/08/01/a-look-at-the-field-august-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/covered-way.jpgcovered waySometime in July or August 1864 Alfred Waud sketched a "covered way" used by the V Corps outside Petersburg (Library of Congress).2014-08-01T11:28:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/31/aftermath-july-31-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/marshall-elisha.jpgMarshall, ElishaElisha G. Marshall commanded a brigade in Ledlie's division (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/crater3-by-waud.jpgcrater3 by waudArtist Alfred Waud’s description of his drawing: Explosion of the mine under the Confederate works at Petersburg July 30th 1864. The spires in the distance mark the location of the city; along the crest, in front of them are the defensive works, it was an angle of these that was blown up, with its guns & defenders. The explosion was the signal for the simultaneous opening of the artillery and musketry of the Union lines. The pickets are seen running in from their pits & shelters on the front, to the outer line of attack. In the middle distance, are the magnificent 8 & 10 inch Mortar batteries, built and commanded by Col. Abbott. Nearer is a line of abandoned rifle pits, and in the foreground is the covered way, a sunken road for communication with the siege works and the conveyance of supplies and ammunition to the forts. The chief Engineer of the A. of P. is standing upon the embankment watching progress throw [sic] a field glass (Library of Congress). 2014-07-31T13:10:52+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/30/the-mine-july-30-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/potter.jpgPotterGen. Robert Potter.(Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/crater2-by-waud.jpgCrater2 by waudhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ledlie.jpgLedlieBrig. Gen. James Ledlie (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/crater-by-waud.jpgCrater by WaudA depiction of the Battle of the Crater by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).2014-07-30T10:48:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/29/very-bad-spirits-july-29-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/grant-and-staff-city-pont.jpgGrant and Staff City PontUlysses S. Grant and his staff at City Point (Library of Congress).2014-07-29T11:24:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/26/abandonment-of-slavery-july-26-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/greeley.jpgGreeleyHorace Greeley (Library of Congress).2014-07-26T14:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/24/tree-lover-july-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/soldiers-wells.jpgSoldiers' wellsSoldiers dig wells in front of Petersburg in an illustration by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).2014-07-24T12:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/23/mere-canards-july-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ord.jpgOrdGeneral E.O.C. Ord. His soldiers called him "Old Alphabet." Meade had served with him early in the war (Library of Congress).2014-07-23T11:03:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/22/a-visit-to-butler-july-22-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/point-of-rocks.jpgPoint of RocksAlfred Waud sketched the activity at Point of Rocks near Benjamin Butler's headquarters (Library of Congress).2014-07-22T11:17:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/20/the-last-of-baldy-smith-july-20-1864/2014-07-20T15:05:55+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/17/an-attack-in-the-times-july-17-1864/2014-07-17T12:27:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/15/great-excitement-and-idle-talk-july-15-1864/2014-07-15T12:29:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/13/an-escaped-pig-july-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/wright-seated.jpgWright seatedThis photograph of Horatio Wright was half of a stereographic image titled "General Wright, Commander of the "Bloody Sixth Corps" (Library of Congress).2014-07-14T17:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/12/generals-in-conversation-july-12-1864/2014-07-12T13:36:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/10/reflection-july-10-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/william-sprague.jpgWilliam SpragueWilliam Sprague of Rhode Island (Library of Congress).2014-07-10T11:08:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/07/the-old-brute-july-7-1864/2014-07-07T10:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/06/dust-july-6-1864/2014-07-26T23:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/05/a-real-live-slave-july-5-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/city-point2.jpgCity Point2Another view of City Point, also taken on July 5, 1864 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/city-point.jpgCity PointA photograph of City Point, taken on July 5, 1864 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/contrabands.jpgcontrabandsA group of ex-slaves freed by the advance of the Union army. Such freed slaves became known as "contrabands of war" (Library of Congress). 2020-04-06T21:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/04/hail-columbia-july-4-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/avery-house.jpgAvery house"Headquarters of Genl. Warren at Col. Avery's house-near Petersburg" by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).2014-07-04T12:16:18+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/03/anniversary-july-3-1864/2014-07-03T19:09:57+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/07/01/a-visit-to-ferrero-july-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ferrero.jpgFerreroEdward Ferrero (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ferrero-sitting.jpgFerrero sittingEdward Ferraro sitting in front of his headquarters tent at Petersburg (Library of Congress).2014-07-01T13:11:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/30/quite-a-serious-disaster-june-30-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/james-wilson.jpgJames WilsonJames H. Wilson (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wilsons-raid.jpgWilson's Raid"Destruction of Genl. Lees lines of Communication in Virginia by Genl. Wilson" by Alfred Waud. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-06-30T11:32:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/27/a-pleasant-task-june-27-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/san-com-letterhead.jpgLetterheadLetterhead from Philadelphia's Great Central Sanitary Fair (Library of Congress).2014-06-27T14:09:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/25/too-darned-hot-june-25-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bache.jpgBacheFrancis Markoe Bache, Meade's nephew (Library of Congress).2014-06-25T12:08:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/24/the-great-peppery-june-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/biddle.jpgBiddleJames C. Biddle, one of Meade's aides. He came from a good Philadelphia family but, as David W. Lowe notes in his book of Lyman's journals, "He could be something of a buffoon and was the target of much good-natured camp humor" (Library of Congress).2014-06-24T11:23:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/23/chronic-troubles-june-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/ricketts.jpgRickettsJames B. Ricketts. The former artilleryman commanded a division in the VI Corps. His sister had married Meade's brother (Library of Congress). 2014-06-23T14:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/21/ignored-june-21-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lincoln-standing.jpgLincoln standingPresident Abraham Lincoln (Library of Congress).2014-06-21T12:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/19/a-message-for-beauregard-june-19-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/beauregard.jpgBeauregardPierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard (National Archives).2014-06-19T11:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/18/a-wounded-hand-june-18-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/warren-and-staff.jpgWarren and StaffV Corps commander Gouverneur K. Warren and staff, photographed by Mathew Brady outside Petersburg on June 21. Warren had escaped Brady's attentions at Cold Harbor (Library of Congress).2014-06-18T13:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/17/war-of-brothers-in-law-june-17-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/potter-and-staff1.jpgPotter and Staffhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/potter-and-staff.jpgPotter and StaffBrigadier General Robert Potter and his staff. Photographer Mathew Brady stands off to the right. This photo was probably taken on June 21, only a few days after Lyman's letter (Library of Congress).2014-06-17T10:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/16/june-16-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petersburg-works.jpgPetersburg WorksSome of the works in front of Petersburg captured by the XVIII Corps Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/horace-porter.jpgHorace PorterHorace Porter (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wilcoxs-landing.jpgWilcox's landingWilcox's landing on the James River. Before the war it had been established as a shipping point for tobacco (Library of Congress).2014-06-16T12:48:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/15/on-to-petersburg-almost-june-15-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/pontoon-bridge.jpgPontoon BridgeA view of the pontoon bridge over the James Riber (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/css-atlanta.jpgCSS AtlantaThe former Confederate ironclad Atlanta as Lyman would have seen her on the James River. She started life as the steamer Fingal before her conversion to an ironclad. the Union captured her in June 1863 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/petersburg-defenses.jpgPetersburg defensesA portion of the Confederate defenses taken by the XVIII Corps on June 15, 1864 (Library of Congress).2014-06-15T14:37:11+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/13/to-the-james-june-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/barlow-standing.jpgBarlow standingFrancis Barlow (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bridge-across-the-james.jpgBridge Across the JamesThe pontoon bridge across the James River (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/charles-city-court-house-rear.jpgCharles City Court House RearA Timothy O'Sullivan image of the Charles City Court House (Library of Congress).2014-06-13T11:11:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/12/a-flank-march-june-12-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/bridge-over-chickahominy.jpgBridge over Chickahominy"Bridge Through the Chickahominy Swamp" by Alfred Waud depicts the landscape the Army of the Potomac would have to cross on its flanking movement (Library of Congress).2014-06-12T21:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/11/photo-sessions-june-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/burnside-and-staff-harpers.jpgBurnside and Staff HarpersThe above image in Harper's.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/burnside-and-staff.jpgBurnside and StaffIX Corps commander Ambrose Burnside and staff.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/wright-and-staff.jpgWright and StaffVIC Corps commander Horatio Wright and staff.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hancock-and-staff-harpers.jpgHancock and Staff HarpersThe above image as it appeared in Harper's.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/hancock-and-staff.jpgHancock and StaffWinfield Scott Hancock and staff.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/meade-and-staff-harpers.jpgMeade and Staff HarpersThe image of Meade and his staff as translated into a Harper's engraving.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/meade-and-staff.jpgMeade and StaffGeneral Meade and his staff. Provost Marshall Marsena Patrick (the man with the white beard seated next to Andrew Humphreys) had grumbled in a letter, "I doubt it will [prove] a good picture," but Meade was delighted, thinking it "the best picture I ever saw; each face being so distinct."https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/meade.jpgMeadeGeorge Meade at Cold Harbor (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/dana.jpgDanaAssistant Secretary of War Charles Dana (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/grant-and-staff.jpgGrant and StaffGrant and his staff.2014-06-11T12:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/04/aftermath-june-4-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/baldy-smith-and-staff.jpgBaldy Smith and StaffWilliam F. "Baldy" Smith of the XVIII Corps and his staff.2014-06-09T14:05:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/09/the-crapsey-incident-june-9-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/the-press.jpgThe PressThis Thomas Nast illustration from Harper's Weekly salutes the correspondents in the field (Library of Congress).2014-06-09T12:05:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/07/digging-june-7-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/keep-digging.jpgKeep DiggingA marker on the Cold Harbor battlefield today.2014-06-07T12:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/06/gods-will-june-6-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cold-harbor-june-6.jpgCold Harbor June 6Timothy O'Sulivan took this image, which he identified as "Cold Harbor, Virginia. Camp in the woods," on June 6, 1864. The landscape looks much like this today (Library of Congress).2014-06-06T11:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/05/protracted-and-severe-fighting-june-5-1864/2014-06-05T13:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/03/cold-harbor-june-3-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/unburied-dead.jpgUnburied DeadThe costs of war. The remains of dead soldiers being collected at Cold Harbor after the war (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/barlow-and-gibbons-charge.jpgBarlow and Gibbon's charge"Barlow and Gibbons charge between the Mechanicsville road and swamp, June 3rd, 1864." By Alfred Waud. Inscribed on the back: This was a prominent position at the battle of Gaines Mill 1862. Our line was then at right angles to the present advance and faced to the right. Barlow charged to the left of the house, and Gibbon on the right." Inscribed vertically: "Gains [sic] Mills or Cold Harbor/Gen Barlows & Gibbons June 3rd 1864." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/7thnyha-at-cold-harbor.jpg7thNYHA at Cold HarborAlfred Waud identified this drawing from June 3 as "7th N.Y. Heavy Arty. in Barlows charge nr. Cold Harbor Friday June 3rd 1864." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-06-04T02:59:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/02/eve-of-battle-june-2-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/cold-harbor-june-2.jpgCold Harbor June 2Alfred Waud labled this drawing "June 2nd Position nr. Cold Harbor--rifle pits in the front." On the back he wrote, "A union battery held this hill at the battle of Gaines Mill tenaciously from a position near the buildings looking to the right of the picture, at right angles to the present line of battle." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/mcclellan-standing.jpgMcClellan standingGeneral George McClellan (Library of Congress).2014-06-02T16:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/06/01/pegging-away-june-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/smith-disembarks.jpgSmith disembarksArtist William Waud sketched the arrival of "Baldy" Smith and the XVIII Corps at White House landing on the Pamunkey on May 18. On the front Waud wrote, "Ruins of the White House; the scene of Washington's courtship & marriage; the tent by Pilchard." This White House belonged to Rooney Lee, son of Robert E. George Washington had indeed courted Martha here. On the back Waud wrote, "This is only a small portion of the force shown here as there were many large vessels employed such as the John Brooks, the George Leary, the Escort, the Metamone[sic]-all similar to the Hudson river & sound boats but which I have not the opportunity of sketching if Mr Parsons has drawings of these vessels if the view is thought interesting enough they might be introduced covered with troops hanging on like bees. For description see the letters of Mr. Winser in the Times. W.W." Harpers published an engraving on June 18. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-06-01T13:18:46+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/30/courtesy-call-march-30-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franklin-william2.jpgFranklin, William2An Alfred Waud drawing of General William Franklin (Library of Congress).2014-06-01T13:15:27+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/31/john-gibbons-bible-lesson-may-31-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/cohorns.jpgCohornsAlfred Waud sketched the firing of a cohorn mortar at Cold Harbor. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress). 2014-05-31T13:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/30/disputing-every-inch-of-ground-may-30-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hancock-and-staff-cropped.jpgHancock and staff (cropped)Mathew Brady took this photo of Winfield Scott Hancock with his staff and division commanders. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/at-totopotomoy-creek.jpgAt Totopotomoy Creek"At Totopotomoy Creek," a drawing Alfred Waud did around this time 150 years ago. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-05-30T12:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/29/18-miles-from-richmond-may-29-1864/2014-05-29T11:15:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/28/crossing-the-pamunkey-may-28-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/nelsons-crossing.jpgNelson's crossingThis Timothy O'Sullivan photo shows a second crossing of the Pamunkey. The setting today is remarkably similar to what it was like then, minus the pontoon bridge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pamunkey-photo2.jpgPamunkey photo2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pamunkey-photo.jpgPamunkey photoThis Timothy O'Sullivan photo shows a second crossing of the Pamunkey. The setting today is remarkably similar to what it was like then, minus the pontoon bridge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/pamunkey-waud.jpgPamunkey WaudAlfred Waud depicted a portion of the Army of the Potomac crossing the Pamunkey River at Hanovertown on May 28. click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2023-05-05T15:52:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/27/a-tender-hearted-man-may-27-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/russell.jpgRussellDavid A. Russell of the VI Corps, photographed when he was the colonel of the 7th Massachusetts (Library of Congress).2014-05-27T16:47:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/25/surrender-may-25-1864/2014-05-25T15:59:06+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/24/another-church-may-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/north-anna2.jpgNorth Anna2Another one of O'Sullivan's images from May 24. Of this one he said, "Jericho Mills, Va. Party of the 50th New York Engineers building a road on the south bank of the North Anna, with a general headquarters wagon train crossing the pontoon bridge" (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/north-anna.jpgNorth AnnaPhotographer Timothy O'Sullivan described this image as "Jericho Mills, Va. Canvas pontoon bridge across the North Anna, constructed by the 50th New York Engineers; the 5th Corps under Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren crossed here on the 23d. View from the north bank (Library of Congress).2014-05-24T16:19:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/23/turning-operation-may-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/jericho-ford.jpgJericho fordEdwin Forbes titled this sketch from May 23 "The Army of the Potomac (5th Corps) crossing the North Anna, at Jerico Ford." Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/crittendon.jpgcrittendonGeneral Thomas Crittenden was not long with the Army of the Potomac, resigning in June over a question of rank (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/horatio-wright.jpgHoratio WrightHoratio Wright took command of the VI Corps following the death of John Sedgwick (Library of Congress).2014-05-23T12:46:57+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/22/at-church-may-22-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/burnside-and-brady.jpgBurnside and BradyAmbrose Burnside (reading paper) and staff members at Cold Harbor, 1864. That's photographer Mathew Brady in the straw hat.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/new-bethel-today.jpgNew Bethel todayNew Bethel Church today (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/new-bethel-church.jpgNew Bethel ChurchTimothy O'Sullivan took those photograph of New Bethel Church on May 23, 1864. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress). 2014-05-22T12:00:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/21/massaponax-church-may-21-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/dana.jpgDanaCharles A. Dana (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/massponax-church-today.jpgMassponax Church TodayMassaponax Church as it appears today (Tom Huntington photo).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/massaponnox-cropped.jpgmassaponnox cropped2014-05-21T12:31:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/20/generals-may-20-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/hancock-and-commanders-cropped.jpghancock and commanders croppedIn this image taken at Cold Harbor in 1864, Winfield Scott Hancock (seated) poses with (left to right) Francis Barlow, David Birney, and John Gibbon (Library of Congress). https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/martin-mcmahon.jpgMartin McMahonCol. Martin McMahon (Library of Congress).2014-05-20T12:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/19/two-heads-may-19-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/john-sherman.jpgJohn ShermanSenator John Sherman. His resemblance to his older brother, the general, is striking (via Wikipedia).2014-05-19T12:06:55+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/18/usct-may-18-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ferrero.jpgFerreroBrig. Gen. Edward Ferrero. (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/make-way-for-liberty.jpgMake way for liberty"Make Way for Liberty!" by illustrator Henry Louis Stephens, circa 1863 (Library of Congress).2014-05-18T15:27:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/17/a-gift-may-17-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/shaler.jpgShalerAlexander Shaler, who was taken prisoner in the Wilderness. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Chancellorsville (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/meade-house.jpgMeade HouseA view of the Meade house on Delancey Place in Philadelphia today (Tom Huntington photo).2014-05-17T12:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/16/sheridan-may-16-1864/2014-05-16T11:36:40+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/15/may-15-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/alexander-hays.jpgAlexander HaysAlexander Hays was killed in the Wilderness (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/griffin.jpgGriffinCharles Griffin. Like Meade, he had an explosive temper (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/lyman-map.pngLyman map2014-05-15T15:53:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/13/letters-from-the-front-may-11-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/allegheny-johnson.jpgAllegheny JohnsonConfederate General Edward Johnson, also known as "Allegheny" or "Clubby" (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/mott.jpgmottGeneral Gersham Mott (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/salient.jpgSalientAlfred Waud called this sketch "The toughest fight yet. The fight for the salient" (Library of Congress. Click to enlarge).2014-05-13T10:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/10/uptons-attack-may-10-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/upton.jpguptonEmory Upton (Library of Congress).2014-05-10T13:24:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/09/famous-last-words/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/sedgwick-monument.jpgSedgwick monumentThe Sedgwick monument at Spotsylvania.2014-05-09T12:34:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/06/the-wilderness-day-two/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/wilderness-may-6.jpgWilderness May 6Artist Alfred Waud labeled this drawing "Rebel advance through the smoke, and seizure of a part of the breastworks on Brock road. The logs had caught fire." It depicted fighing that took place later in the day on May 6. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-05-06T11:29:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/04/may-4-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/washburne.jpgWashburneCongressman Eli Washburne of Illinois, a great supporter of Ulysses S. Grant (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/germanna-ford-1864.jpgGermanna Ford 1864Elements of the Army of the Potomac cross the Rapidan River at Germanna Ford on May 4, 1864 (Library of Congress).2014-05-04T12:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/03/and-so-it-begins-may-3-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/breaking-camp.jpgBreaking CampAlexander Gardner called this photograph "Breaking Camp.: It shows General George H. Sharpe's deserted headquarters at Brandy Station. Sharpe headed the army's Bureau of Military Information. Winter camp is over; the army is on the move (Library of Congress).2014-05-03T15:43:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/05/01/aristocrats-may-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/thadddeus-stevens.jpgThadddeus StevensRepublican Senator Thaddeus Stevens (Library of Congress). 2014-05-01T14:52:18+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/26/friendly-and-confidential-april-26-1864/2014-04-26T12:29:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/24/old-baldy-goes-home-april-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/baldys-head.jpgBaldy's headOld Baldy as he appears at his current home in Philadelphia.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/old-baldy-pin.jpgold baldy pinA pin from Old Baldy's "grand unveiling."2014-04-24T11:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/22/two-generals/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sitting-room.jpgsitting roomThe sitting room, stuffed with framed pictures, bric a brac and glass cases with ceramic figures. No wonder Ike found it stuffy.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/house-exterior.jpghouse exteriorOutside the Eisenhower's house in Gettysburg2014-04-23T14:57:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/18/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/dinner.jpgdinnerOur dinner with Meade.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lee-book.jpgLee BookNot a book about George Gordon Meade, the victor of Gettysburg.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/antrim.jpgAntrimThe Antrim 1844 Inn in Taneytown, Maryland.2014-04-18T14:19:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/18/hatchets-buried-april-18-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sedgwick-and-staff.jpgSedgwick and staffMaj. Gen. John Sedgwick, commander of the VI Corps, and his staff. Both Meade and Lyman wrote about the review of the VI Corps on April 18 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/grant-on-horseback.jpggrant on horsebackUlysses Grant was known as a natural and skilled rider (Library of Congress).2014-04-18T11:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/16/more-reviews-april-16-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/carrs-hq.jpgcarr's hqThe headquarters of Joseph B. Carr in Culpeper, Virginia. Carr commanded the 3rd division of the III Corps but was transferred to the Army of the James just before the Overland Campaign began (Library of Congress).2014-04-16T15:27:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/14/a-review-april-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/sheridan.jpgPortraitPhilip Sheridan and Meade developed a cantankerous relationship (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/botts-house2.jpgBotts house2The home of John Minor Botts, site of the II Corps review that Theodore Lyman writes about (Library of Congress).2014-04-14T11:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/13/general-in-chief-april-13-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/meades-headquarters.jpgMeade's headquartersMeade's staff at the general's headquarters at Brandy Station in April 1865. Andrew Humphreys stands facing left in the center (Library of Congress. Click to enlarge).2014-04-13T15:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/11/birney-april-11-1864/2014-04-11T12:26:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/06/reputation-april-6-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/hunt.jpgHuntThe Army of the Potomac's head of artillery, Henry Hunt. He said he would have known if Meade had been planning a retreat from Gettysburg (Library of Congress).2014-04-06T13:43:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/04/pure-inventions-april-4-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/grant-by-nast.jpgGrant by NastUlysses S. Grant, in a print based on an illustration by Thomas Nast (Library of Congress).2014-04-04T12:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/02/before-the-committee-april-2-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/u-s-capitol.jpgU.S. CapitolThe United States Capitol Building in July 1863 (Library of Congress).2014-04-02T11:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/04/01/denial-april-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/butterfields-tomb.jpgbutterfields tombDaniel Butterfield has one of the most elaborate tombs in the Military Academy at West Point's cemetery. Unlike Meade, Butterfield did not go to school here (Tom Huntington photo).2014-04-01T21:21:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/30/gettysburg-in-the-rain/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0329141548.jpg0329141548The general and his glasses (Tom Huntington).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0329141548b.jpg0329141548bMeade's presentation sword (Tom Huntington).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/0329141503.jpg0329141503Meade's display in the Gettysburg visitor center museum (Tom Huntington).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/meade-statue.jpgmeade statueThe Meade statue at Gettysburg (Tom Huntington photo).2014-03-30T15:35:41+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/30/the-return-of-lyman-march-30-1864/2014-03-30T14:58:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/29/father-and-son-march-29-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pony-mountain.jpgPony MountainAlfred Waud sketched the Union signal position that Meade and his son saw on Pony Mountain (Library of Congress).2014-03-29T14:46:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/27/easter-march-27-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grant-and-cincinnati.jpgGrant and CincinnatiUlysses S. Grant with his horse Cincinnati (Library of Congress). 2014-03-27T10:58:25+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/26/sons-and-generals-march-26-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/meade-book.jpgmeade bookMeade wished this quickie biography had devoted more space to his engineering work (Archives.com).2014-03-26T12:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/24/reorganizing-march-24-1865/2014-03-24T16:37:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/22/more-historicus-march-22-1865/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grant-and-his-generals.jpgGrant and his generalsIn this print, titled "Grant and his Generals," George Meade does make an appearance off to Grant's right (Library of Congress).2014-03-22T13:51:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/20/butterfield-march-20-1864/2014-03-20T11:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/18/almost-a-farce-march-18-1863/2014-03-18T10:53:49+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/16/no-ordinary-man-march-16-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/sickles2.jpgSickles2Daniel Sickles (Library of Congress).2014-03-16T14:15:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/historicus/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/townsend.jpgTownsendE.D. Tonwsend (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/james-barnes.jpgJames BarnesJames Barnes (via Wikipedia).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/samuel-zook.jpgSamuel ZookSamuel Zook (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/hobart-ward.jpgHobart WardHobart Ward (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/trostle-farm.jpgTrostle FarmDead horses from the 9th Massachusetts (Bigelow's) battery litter the ground by the Trostle farm, where Dan Sickles received the wound that cost him his leg (Library of Congress).2025-07-10T16:06:40+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2014/03/15/better-than-jesus/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/dsc_5752.jpgDSC_57522014-03-15T18:10:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/15/a-prudent-general-march-15-1864/2014-03-15T12:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/14/who-was-that-waxed-man/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/jackson-and-jesus.jpgJackson and JesusStonewall Jackson lies mortally wounded in the Wilderness. He still has enough presence of mind to have the commander of the famed "Jesus Brigade" arrested for allowing too much straggling.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/heads.jpgHeadsIf two heads are better than one, what is this better than?https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/appomattox.jpgAppomattoxThe Wax Museum answered the oft-asked question, "What would the surrender at Appomattox have looked like it enacted by zombies?https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wax-meade.jpgWax MeadeHorrors of the wax museum! This is General Meade as some 9 million visitors to the National Civil War Wax Museum knew him.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/wax-museum.jpgWax museumOne of these figures does not belong. (Hint: It's the one that does not have a number.) That's Meade reclining in front of me. 2014-03-14T23:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/14/weighing-grant-march-14-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/lincoln-and-his-generals.jpgLincoln and his GeneralsThis print, titled "Lincoln and His Generals," shows the president with Admirals Porter and Farragut and Generals Sherman, Thomas, Grant and Sheridan. In typical fashion, Meade is not included (Library of Congress).2014-03-14T15:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/11/the-storm-subsides-march-10-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/grant-from-life.jpgGrant from LifeA sketch of Ulysses S. Grant by Alden Finney Brooks (Library of Congress).2014-03-11T17:36:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/09/a-violent-attack-march-9-1864/2014-03-09T12:26:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/08/conspiracy-march-8-1864/2014-03-08T12:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/06/congress-march-6-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/senator-ben-wade.jpgSenator Ben WadeSenator Ben Wade of Ohio (via Wikipedia). https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/doubleday.jpgdoubledayAbner Doubleday took over command of the I Corps at Gettysburg after the death of John Reynolds. Meade replaced him with John Newton and Doubleday never forgot the slight (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/meades-report2.pngMeade's Report2Meade's report, page 2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/meades-report1.pngMeade's Report1Meade's report on the Kilpatrick/Dahlgren raid, page 12014-03-06T12:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/05/humphreys-march-5-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/truman-seymour.jpgTruman SeymourTruman Seymour (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/humphreys-1862.jpgHumphreys 1862Gen. Andrew Humphreys, in a photo taken during the 1862 Peninsula campaign (Library of Congress).2014-03-05T12:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/02/the-raid-continues-march-2-1864/2014-03-02T14:20:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/01/the-raid-march-1-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/kilpatrick-seated.jpgKilpatrick seatedJudson Kilpatrick, the controversial cavalry commander (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/meade-march-1.pngMeade March 12014-03-01T14:55:27+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/03/01/leap-year-february-29-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/dahlgren.jpgDahlgrenUlric Dahlgren, in a close-up from Gardner's photograph (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/studying-the-art-of-war.jpgStudying the Art of WarAlexander Gardner took this photograph at Fairfax Court House in June 1863, just before the start of the Gettysburg Campaign. He called it "Studying the Art of War." Ulric Dahlgren is the man standing. The man in the center is Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, in the United States to observer. He will later become famous for the airships he develops. At the far right is Lt. Rosencranz, who will later serve on Meade's staff. Theodore Lyman mentions him often in his writings. To read Gardner's extensive caption for this photo, see below (Library of Congress).2014-03-01T14:04:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/27/a-desperate-undertaking-february-27-1864/2014-02-27T12:40:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/24/a-ball-and-a-review-february-24-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2nd-corps-ball2.jpg2nd Corps Ball2Edwin Forbes sketched the stand where the band played at the 2nd Corps' ball. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/2nd-corps-ball.jpg2nd Corps BallArtist Edwin Forbes sketched the 2nd Corps ball, held in honor of Washington's Birthday, 1864. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress). 2014-02-24T12:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/22/excellent-spirits-february-22-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/meade-and-humphreys2.jpgMeade and Humphreys2A tale of two tempers: Meade and Humphreys (Library of Congress).2014-02-22T14:06:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/21/washington-fatigue-february-21-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/odell.jpgOdellCongressman Moses Odell, a Democratic congressman from New York (Wikipedia).2014-02-21T12:04:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/18/cold-and-colds-february-18-1864/2014-02-18T12:59:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/16/back-in-camp-february-16-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/meade-carte-de-visite.jpgMeade carte de visiteGeorge Gordon Meade (Library of Congress).2014-02-16T15:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/14/the-return-of-meade-february-14-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/usher.jpgUsherSecretary of the Interior John Palmer Usher (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/joseph-holt.jpgJoseph HoltJoseph Holt (center) was one of the guests at Secretary of the Interior Usher's dinner party (Library of Congress).2014-02-14T12:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/12/dinner-party-february-12-1864/2014-02-12T12:20:51+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/07/a-taste-of-combat-february-7-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/mortons-ford.jpgMorton's FordArtist Alfred Waud captured in pencil the same scene Lyman sketched in words. He titled this drawing "Scene at the late reconnaisance at Morton Ford -(night). It appeared as an engraving in Harper's Weekly on March 5, 1864. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2014-02-07T11:21:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/02/05/butler-february-5-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/butler.jpgButlerBenjamin Butler. He was a mediocre general but a wily politician (Library of Congress).2014-02-05T11:46:04+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/01/29/a-party-of-ladies-january-29-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sedgwick-hq.jpgSedgwick HQJohn Sedgwick and staff stand in front by the VI Corps headquarters near Culpeper. Taken in March 1864, this photo shows Sedgwick standing third from right (Library of Congress).2014-01-29T12:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/01/28/annual-seminar/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/meade-seminar.jpgMeade seminar2014-01-28T12:02:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/01/26/order-of-merit/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/order-of-merit.jpgOrder of Merit2014-01-27T02:17:27+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/01/23/lyman-returns-january-23-1864/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/winter-quarters.jpgwinter quartersAn officer of the Army of the Potomac lounges outside his winter quarters. No wonder soldiers sought to go home on leave (Library of Congress).2014-01-23T22:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/28/credit-december-28-1863/2014-01-18T23:44:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2014/01/01/happy-birthday-general-meade/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/me-at-grave.jpgme at graveTom Huntington, author of Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg (and this blog) makes a few appropriate remarks.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/andy-waskie.jpgAndy WaskieProf. Andy Waskie, the founder and president of the General Meade Society of Philadelphia, leads the ceremony at the gravesite.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/wreaths.jpgWreathsThe ceremony included the laying of several wreaths at the gravesite.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/becks-band.jpgBeck's bandBeck's Band prepares to lead the procession to the gravesite. Not easy temperatures for playing brass instruments!https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/usct.jpgUSCTLiving historians represent members of the United States Colored Troops.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/laurel-hill.jpgLaurel HillOutside the gatehouse of Laurel Hill Cemetery. George Meade and his family, as well as scores of other notable people, are buried on the grounds here.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/gravesite-volley.jpggravesite volley2014-01-01T15:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/24/french-visitors-december-24-1863/2013-12-24T16:34:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/20/grant-december-20-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/grant2.jpgGrant2On March 9 Ulysses S. Grant will become general in chief of the Union armies (Library of Congress).2013-12-20T10:49:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/18/politicians-december-18-1863/2013-12-18T12:07:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/16/the-russians-are-coming-december-16-1863/2013-12-16T13:31:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/14/news-at-last-december-12-1863/2013-12-14T06:03:14+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/12/defending-meade-december-12-1863/2013-12-12T13:55:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/11/continuing-silence-december-11-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/hancock-and-company.jpgHancock and CompanyIn this image taken at Cold Harbor in 1864, Winfield Scott Hancock (seated) poses with (left to right) Francis Barlow, David Birney, and John Gibbon. Lyman mentions all four generals in his letter of May 20, 1864 (Library of Congress).2013-12-11T11:59:49+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/10/winter-leaves-december-10-1863/2013-12-10T12:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/07/the-anxious-bench-december-7-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run-map-detail.jpgMine Run map detailhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run1.pngMine Run1https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run9.pngMine Run9Page 9https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run8.pngMine Run8Page 8https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run7.pngMine Run7page 7https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run6.pngMine Run6Page 6https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run5.pngMine Run5Page 5https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run4.pngMine Run4Page 4https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run3.pngMine Run3Page 3https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/mine-run2.pngMine Run2Page 22013-12-07T13:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/29/preparing-for-the-assault-november-29-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mine-run-defenses.jpgmine run defensesAlfred Waud labeled this sketch "View of the rebel position at Mine run--2nd corps batteries in foreground" (Library of Congress).2013-12-06T13:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/03/silence-from-washington-december-3-1863/2013-12-03T12:27:54+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/02/all-responsibility-december-2-1863/2013-12-02T12:19:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/12/01/slowness-and-want-of-detail-december-1-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/germanna-ford.jpgGermanna Ford"Scene at Germanna Ford--6th Corps returning from Mine Run" by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).2013-12-01T14:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/30/moral-courage-november-30-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mine-run-defenses2.jpgMine Run Defenses2Alfred Waud titled this sketch "Rebel line on the left at the railroad cutting. Mine Run--opposite Warrens last position." Warren and then Meade both decided that Lee's entrenched position was too strong to attack. Click to enlarge (Library of Congress).2013-11-30T14:52:54+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/27/paynes-farm-november-27-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/henry-prince.jpgHenry PrinceA native of Eastport, Maine, Henry Prince commanded a division of William French's III Corps (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/mine-run.jpgMine runArtist Alfred Waud labeled this sketch "Rebel earthworks commanding the passage at Germanna ford, abandoned on the approach of Meade's army" (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/lyman-map.pngLyman map2013-11-27T12:43:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/photo-gallery-2/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/general-meades-funeral-march.jpgGeneral Meade's Funeral MarchA piano piece written to commemorate the death of Major General George Gordon Meade in 1872 (Johns Hopkins).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/meade-at-cold-harbor.jpgMeade at Cold HarborMatthew Brady took this photograph of Meade at Cold Harbor on June 12, 1864. (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/meade-at-gettysburg.jpgMeade at GettysburgThis Currier & Ives print from 1863 depicts a very heroic version of the victor of Gettysburg (Library of Congress). https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/massaponax3.jpgMassaponax ChurchThis is one of the famous series of images that photographer Timothy O'Sullivan shot on May 21, 1864, at Massaponax Church. The Army of the Potomac is leaving Spotsylvania Court House behind. While the army passes, Meade, Grant and others sit on pews that have been carried outside from the church. In this shot Meade sits at the end of the pew at the lef of the photo, looking at a map. Theodore Lyman sits next to him. Grant is on the pew facing the camera, his back to the trees, puffing on a cigar. Assistant Secretary of War Charles Dana is at the end of that pew. The Maltese cross on the wagons in the background indicate they belong the the V Corps. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/massaponax-print.jpgmassaponax printHere's an artist's conception of that scene. He has allowed his imagination some free play. If you read the caption to the print, you'll also see that has added the presence of generals who were nowhere near--not only Hancock, who had moved with the II Corps ahead of the army, but also General Sherman, who was making his way through Georgia at the time, and General Sickles. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/massaponax2.jpgmassaponax2.jpgThis is one of the famous series of images that photographer Timothy O'Sullivan shot on May 21, 1864 at Massaponax Church. Meade, Grant and members of their staffs sit in church pews that were brought out side. The Maltese cross on one of the wagons behind them identifies this as the V Corps passing down the road. Meade sits at the end of the pew on the l eftof the photo, looking at a map. Theodore Lyman sits next to him. Grant is at the end of the pew facing the camera, his back to the trees as he studies a dispatch. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/meade-standing.jpgmeade standingMajor General George Gordon Meade (lLibrary of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/brandy-station1.jpgbrandy stationGeneral Meade and General Sedgwick visit the Horse Artillery headquarters at Brandy Station. The Army of the Potomac established its winter quarters at Brandy Station in 1863 and remained there until the start of the Overland Campaign the next May. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/meade-and-staff-culpeper1.jpgmeade and staff culpeperMeade and his staff pose for a photo in Culpeper in September 1863 ((Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/meade-and-staff-culpeper.jpgmeade and staff culpeperAnother photo from the Wallach house. It must have been a long day. In this shot Meade poses with his staff. Andrew Humphreys is to the right of Meade. 2013-11-25T12:29:23+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2013/11/25/the-eve-of-battle-november-25-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/newspaper-vendors.jpgnewspaper vendorsNewspaper vendors with the Army of the Potomac in November 1863 in a photography by Alexander Gardner (Library of Congress).2013-11-25T12:15:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/19/meanwhile-back-in-gettysburg-november-19-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/everett.jpgEverettEdward Everett, the man who spoke before Lincoln at Gettysburg and therefore forever doomed to be a footnote to history (Library of Congress).2013-11-19T13:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/15/a-very-british-visit-november-15-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sleepers-battery.jpgSleeper's BatteryAlfred Waud drew Sleeper's Battery at work during the November 7 battle at Kelly's Ford, part of William French's diversionary attack during the Battle of Rappahannock Station (Library of Congress; click to enlarge).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/10th-mass.jpg10th MassCaptain Henry J. Sleeper, whom Lyman mentions in his November 15 letter, sits at the right in this photograph showing members of the 10th Massachusetts Battery. This was taken in December 1863. The man on the left is not a battery member--he is artist Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/bigelows-battery.jpgBigelow's batteryDead horses from Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts Battery lie in front of the Trostle Barn on the Gettysburg battlefield (Library of Congress).2013-11-15T21:47:06+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/13/tough-and-unterrified-november-13-1863/2013-11-13T11:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/09/satisfaction-november-9-1863/2013-11-09T17:31:14+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/07/rappahannock-station-november-7-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/battle-of-rappahannock-station.jpgBattle of Rappahannock StationArtist Alfred Waud called this drawing "Capture of the fortifications on the Rappahannock at the Railway Bridge--by the right wing commanded by Genl. Sedgwick" (Library of Congress). Click to enlarge.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/015.jpg015A view of the modern railroad bridge across the Rappahannock at Remington. In 1863 this was Rappahannock Station and the bridge had been burned (Tom Huntington photo). 2013-11-07T12:38:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/11/03/dissatisfaction-november-3-1863/2013-11-03T14:09:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/31/feeling-defensive-october-30-1863/2013-10-31T12:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/28/lyman-reports-october-26-and-28-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/libby-prison.jpgLibby PrisonA view of Richmond's Libby Prison as it looked in August 1863 (Library of Congress). 2013-10-28T21:25:21+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/23/a-capital-visit-october-23-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/capitol-building.jpgCapitol buildingThe United States Capitol as it appeared on June 28, 1863, coincidentally, the day that Meade received command of the Army of the Potomac. William Franklin, under whom Meade had served at Fredericksburg, had been the engineer in charge of the new dome construction before the war (Library of Congress). 2013-10-23T16:09:32+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/21/back-to-warrenton-october-21-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/warrenton.jpgWarrentonA photograph of the country courthouse in Warrenton, Virginia, taken in August 1862 (Library of Congress).2013-10-21T12:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/19/an-army-in-motion-october-19-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/buford.jpgBufordBrig. Gen. John Buford, who died on December 16, 1863 (Library of Congress).2013-10-19T16:21:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/17/from-centreville-october-17-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/bristoe-station.jpgbristoe stationAlfred Ward titled this drawing "General Warren fighting at Bristoe Station." Warren and the II Corps gave the Confederates a bloody nose during the battle on October 14, 1863 (Library of Congress).2013-10-17T16:54:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/13/our-great-object-october-12-1863/2013-10-14T00:07:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/12/an-explanation-october-12-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/gibbon.jpggibbonBrigadier General John Gibbon. He became a major general in June 1864 (Library of Congress).2013-10-12T15:03:57+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/11/an-army-on-the-move-october-11-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/burning-of-the-rappahannock-bridge.jpgBurning of the Rappahannock BridgeArtist Alfred Waud drew Union soldiers burning the railroad bridge at Rapphannock Station on October 13 as the Army of the Potomac fell back to keep from being outflanked (Library of Congress). Click to enlarge.2013-10-11T09:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/10/07/reading-material-october-7-1863/2013-10-07T11:20:23+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/col-fremantle-reports/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/stuart.jpgstuartJeb Stuart (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/wilcox.jpgwilcoxCadmus Wilcox (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/ewell.jpgewellGeneral Richard Ewell (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/lee.jpgLeeRobert E. Lee (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/pickett.jpgpickettGeorge Pickett, of "Pickett's Charge" fame (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/hood.jpgHoodGeneral John Bell Hood (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/longstreet.jpglongstreetJames Longstreet (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/fremantle.jpgfremantleCol. Arthur Fremantle as he appeared in later years. This portrait appeared in James Longstreet's book from Manassas to Appomattox (via Project Guttenberg).2013-10-07T11:02:23+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2013/10/04/a-report-and-a-disappearance-october-4-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/meredith.jpgmeredithSolomon Meredith (Library of Congress).2013-10-04T11:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/30/anxiety-september-30-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/sir_henry_holland_1st_baronet.jpgSir_Henry_Holland_1st_BaronetSir Henry Holland, travel writer and Royal physician (via Wikipedia).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/seth-williams.jpgSeth WilliamsSeth Williams of Augusta, Maine. Grant sent him under a flag of truce to deliver a message to Robert E. Lee (National Archives).2013-09-30T15:05:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/27/relations-september-27-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/wise.jpgwiseHenry Wise, the former governor of Virginia and George Meade's brother-in-law (Library of Congress).2013-09-27T13:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/19/busy-september-19-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/john-minor-botts.jpgJohn Minor bottsJohn Minor Botts (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/botts-and-family.jpgBotts and FamilyThe Botts family in Culpeper. Theodore Lyman described the Botts daughters as "pleasing, somewhat countryfied young ladies" (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/botts-house.jpgBotts houseJohn Minor Botts and family pose for a photograph on the porch of their house in Culpeper. Meade and his staff were frequent visitors here (Library of Congress).2013-09-19T17:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/16/september-16-1863/2013-09-16T21:38:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/13/cavalry-operations-september-13-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/custer.jpgCusterGeorge Armstrong Custer (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/custer-and-pleasonton2.jpgCuster and Pleasonton2George Armstrong Custer and Alfred Pleasonton, photographed in Warrenton, VA, in October 1863 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/custer-and-pleasonton.jpgCuster and PleasontonGeorge Armstrong Custer and Alfred Pleasonton, photographed in Falmouth, VA, sometime in 1863 (Library of Congress).2013-09-13T10:53:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/11/gifts-september-11-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/leister-house.jpgleister houseThe Lydia Leister house at Gettysburg, which Meade used as his headquarters during the battle. Notice the dead horses in the road. Lyman relates a story about Meade here on July 3, 1863 (Library of Congress).2013-09-11T11:54:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/09/visiting-the-dead/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc8a.jpgHC8aThe only Medal of Honor recipient buried here, Charles C. Davis earned his honors with the 7th PA Cavalry at the Battle of Shelbyville. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc9.jpgHC9As good a place to end the tour as any.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc8.jpgHC8Simon Cameron, Lincoln's first secretary of war, is buried here. Cameron's combination of corruption and incompetence forced Lincoln to replace him with Edwin Stanton and ship Cameron off to Moscow to serve as envoy there.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc7.jpgHC7Jim tells us about Joseph Knipe, the officer who named Harrisburg's Camp Curtin after the then-governor of Pennsylvania.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc6.jpgHC6In this closeup of the Geary statue, you can see the dings from bullets that someone recently fired at it. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc5.jpgHC5John White Geary had an impressive life as a soldier and a politician.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc3.jpgHC3The Pennsylvania State Capitol is visible through the trees. George Grey Barnard, who created some of the statuary for the building, is buried here.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc2.jpgHC2Jim Schmick shows us a brochure from the cemetery's 150th anniversary in 1995.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hc1.jpgHC1The cemetery gatehouse. Harrisburg Cemetery is a stop along the Pennsylvania Civil War Trails (and I wrote about it in my book of the same name).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/hcopen.jpgHCOpenCivil War soldiers, Union and Confederate, are buried in Harrisburg Cemetery.2013-09-09T17:08:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/06/visiting-september-6-1863/2013-09-07T15:20:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/05/bad-press-september-5-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/mary-walker.jpgMary WalkerMary E. Walker, the "female doctor" Lyman encountered on the train (Library of Congress).2013-09-05T10:42:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/09/03/a-new-arrival-september-3-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/meigs.jpgMeigsMontgomery Meigs, the Union army's efficient quartermaster general (Library of Congress).2013-09-04T01:29:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/30/presentation-day-august-31-1863/2013-08-31T12:08:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/27/presentation-day-approaches-august-27-1863/2013-08-27T12:30:57+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/23/beached-august-23-1863/2013-08-23T11:41:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/21/the-draft-august-21-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/draft-riots.jpgdraft riotsA depiction of the New York draft riots from the harpers Pictorial History of the Civil War. The worst atrocities were committed against blacks (Library of Congress). 2013-08-21T12:03:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/19/recruiting-august-19-1863/2013-08-19T21:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/16/a-visit-to-washington-august-16-1863/2013-08-16T18:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/09/worthless-material-august-9-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/samuel-crawford.jpgSamuel CrawfordSamuel Crawford (Library of Congress).2013-08-09T20:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/06/the-hooker-problem-august-6-1863/2013-08-06T21:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/08/04/puruit-ends-august-3-1863/2013-08-06T17:35:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/28/letter-from-halleck-july-31-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/halleck2.jpgHalleck2Major General Henry Halleck, a.k.a. "Old Brains" (Library of Congress).2013-07-31T13:23:44+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/26/disappointed-again-july-26-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/french.jpgFrenchMaj. Gen. William French, who had command of the III Corps following Sickles' wounding. He did not demonstrate any particular ability (Library of Congress).2013-07-26T13:59:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/21/defense-july-21-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/howard.jpgHowardMaj. Gen. Oliver O. Howard. He defended Meade in a letter to President Lincoln (Library of Congress). 2013-07-21T14:37:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/18/july-18-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/berlin-bridge.jpgBerlin BridgeThis photo of a pontoon bridge over the Potomac River was taken in October 1862, when George McClellan began his pursuit of Lee after Antietam (Library of Congress).2013-07-18T15:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/16/spurring-july-16-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/berlin.jpgBerlinThe magazine that eventually published this Matthew Brady photograph of the Army of the Potomac's crossing at Berlin, Maryland (now Brunswick) called it "Leisurely Pursuit" (Library of Congress).2013-07-16T12:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/14/lee-escapes-july-14-1863-2/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/williamsport.jpgwilliamsport A drawing by Alfred Waud, labeled, "On the Potomac nr. Williamsport. Rebel crossing ; Rebel Pontoons at Falling Waters" (Library of Congress).2013-07-14T09:38:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/10/back-to-south-mountain-july-10-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade5.jpgMeade2013-07-10T14:02:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/08/return-to-frederick-july-8-1863/2013-07-10T11:13:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/05/a-most-decided-victory-july-5-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/rothermel.jpgRothermelAn engraving of Peter Rothermel's 1870 depiction of the fighting on July 3. This shows the climactic struggle at the Angle. Meade appears to the left. When he saw the original painting, Meade complained about the historical inaccuracy of having him on the front lines as his army was repulsing Pickett's charge. Rothermel defended the artistic license Library of Congress).2013-07-05T10:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/04/dedication-2/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/937.jpg937Detail of the Soldiers National Monument at Gettysburg's National Cemetery (Tom Huntington).2013-07-04T10:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/03/a-quick-note-july-3-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/meades-hq.jpgMeades HQ2013-07-03T23:31:20+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/03/day-2-150-july-2-2013/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4748.jpgMeade Rainbow2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4745.jpgLittle Round TopLittle Round Top on the late afternoon of July 2, 2013. One hundred and fifty years ago there would have been fewer tourists; more death and destruction.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4743.jpgLiving HistoryLiving history on Little Round Top.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4737.jpgWarrenEver vigilant, Gouverneur K. Warren stands guard on Little Round Top.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4720.jpg"Chamberlain"A happy visitor to LIttle Round Top poses with "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain" at the 20th Maine monument.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4708.jpgCupolaVisitors peer out from the cupola atop the Seminary Ridge Museum.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4712.jpgSurgeryA life-like Civil War surgery at the Seminary Ridge Museum.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/dsc_4749.jpgMeade with rainbow2013-07-03T14:20:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/02/the-second-day-july-2-1863/2013-07-02T10:51:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/07/01/the-battle-begins-july-1-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pipe-creek2.jpgPipe Creek2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/pipe-creek1.jpgPipe Creek12013-07-01T14:41:50+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/29/straight-at-them-june-29-1863/2013-06-30T20:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/30/to-taneytown-june-20-1863/2013-06-30T20:13:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/30/a-visit-to-gettysburg-june-29-2013/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4678.jpgDSC_4678My table at the American History Store.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4693.jpgDSC_4693Visitors admire the victor of Gettysburg.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4677.jpgDSC_4677General Lee, is that you? Living historians are a common sight on the streets of Gettysburg. I saw several Lees but nary a Meade.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4672.jpgDSC_4672The statue of Gen. Andrew Humphreys overlooks a horseback tour group on the Emmitsburg Road. To the right is the 11th MA. The arm and sword atop it were only recently restored after being torn off by vandals in 2006.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4663.jpgDSC_4663The view from the Pennsylvania State Monument, looking towards the 1st MN monument. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4686.jpgDSC_4686Who is that? A portrait of Robert E. Lee is projected on a huge screen set up just north of Meade's headquarters. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4661.jpgDSC_4661People in period dress approach the 72nd PA monument. Just a few days ago a thunderstorm knocked the statue off its base but park personnel quickly put it back. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/dsc_4658.jpgDSC_46582013-06-30T15:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/28/general-order-no-66-june-28-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/joseph-hooker.jpgJoseph HookerMaj. Gen. Joseph Hooker(Library of Congress).2013-06-28T17:49:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/28/150-years-ago-june-28-1863/2013-06-28T12:47:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/27/orders-june-27-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/arcadia.jpgArcadiaA modern view of Arcadia, the farm owned by Robert McGill where Meade established V Corps headquarters on June 27, 1863.2013-06-27T10:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/25/last-day-at-aldie-june-25-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/oak-hill.jpgoak hillOak Hill, the former home of President James Monroe. Meade visited here on June 24, 1863 (Library of Congress).2013-06-25T11:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/22/still-in-aldie-june-23-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/aldie.jpgAldieArtist Edwin Forbe titled this drawing, which he dated June 24, 1863, "Cavalry fight near Aldie, Va. During the march to Gettysburg; the Union Cavalry; commanded by Gen. Pleasonton, the Confederate by J.E.B. Stuart." (Library of Congress)2013-06-22T20:07:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/20/aldie-june-20-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/kilpatrick.jpgkilpatrickJudson Kilpatrick. Lyman did not think much of him (Library of Congress)2013-06-20T12:49:22+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/18/in-pursuit-june-18-1863/2013-06-18T15:08:56+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/16/lee-moves-north-june-16-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/milroy.jpgMilroyMaj. Gen. Robert Milroy waited unti it was too late to retreat from Winchester, Virginia (Library of Congress). 2013-06-16T13:39:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/13/reynolds-june-13-1863/2013-06-13T17:16:49+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/12/radio-smart-talk/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/radio.jpgradio2013-06-12T13:06:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/11/brandy-station-june-11-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/rushs-lancers.jpgRush's LancersThe 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry monument at Gettysburg (Tom Huntington).2013-06-11T10:47:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/08/false-alarm-june-8-1863/2013-06-08T12:20:56+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/06/stirrings-june-6-1863/2013-06-06T12:39:25+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/06/03/son-george/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/george-meade.jpggeorge meadeYoung George Meade, as he appeared when he belonged to the 6th PA Cavalry (US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, via Maj. William McKern).2013-06-05T10:35:02+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/03/a-tribute-from-a-former-adversary/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/gordon.jpggordonConfederate General John B. Gordon (National Archives).2013-06-02T23:59:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/27/the-end-of-stoneman-may-26-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/pleasonton.jpgPleasontonAlfred Pleasonton headed the cavalry corps for the Army of the Potomac (Library of Congress).2013-05-27T17:23:31+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/25/circular-may-25-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/warren.jpgwarrenGeneral Gouverneur K. Warren, the Army of the Potomac's chief engineer, supported Meade's claim that he had not encouraged Hooker to retreat from Chancellorsville. Later in the war Warren and Meade would develop a rancorous relationship (Library of Congress).2013-05-25T11:52:24+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/23/defending-hooker-may-23-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hooker-and-staff.jpghooker and staffJoseph Hooker and his staff, photographed in Falmouth in June 1863. That's Daniel Butterfield seated to Hooker's left (Library of Congress).2013-05-23T10:47:40+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/20/miserable-failure-may-20-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lord-abinger1.jpgLord Abinger"Lord Abinger (William F. Scarlett, 3d Baron Abinger, Lt. Col. Scots Fusilier Guards) and group at headquarters, Army of the Potomac" (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/lord-abinger.jpgLord AbingerLord Abinger (William F. Scarlett, 3d Baron Abinger, Lt. Col. Scots Fusilier Guards) and group at headquarters, Army of the Potomac (Library of Congress)2015-06-17T09:03:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/19/open-war-may-19-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hookers-headquarters.jpgHooker's HeadquartersEdwin Forbes drew this sketch of the Chancellorsville house, where Hooker had his headquarters during the battle. He was on the front porch when a cannonball hit the house, striking Hooker with debris. The general although knocked unconscious and probably severely concussed, retained command after awakening. (Library of Congress)2013-05-19T15:30:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/17/fathers-and-sons-may-17-1865/2013-05-17T11:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/15/measles-may-15-1863/2013-05-15T22:37:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/13/reports-may-13-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-8.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 8Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 8https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-7.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 7Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 7https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-6.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 6Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 6https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-5.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 5Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 5https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-4.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 4Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 4https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-3.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 3Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 3https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-2.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 2Meade's Chancellorsville Report, Page 2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/meades-chancellorsville-report-1.jpgMeade's Chancellorsville Report 1Meade's Chancellorsville Page 12013-05-13T12:51:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/12/disappointments-may-12-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/after-chancellorsville.jpgAfter ChancellorsvilleThis photograph is titled "Removing wounded across Rappahannock River after battle of Chancellorsville - under flag of truce" (Library of Congress).2013-05-12T14:03:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/10/fallout-may-10-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/couch.jpgcouchDarius Couch, who had had enough of Joe Hooker (Library of Congress).2013-05-10T11:02:30+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/08/chancellorsville-continued-may-8-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/webb.jpgwebbAlexander Webb, Meade's chief of staff (Library of Congress).2013-05-08T11:08:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/07/after-the-storm-may-7-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/skulls-at-chancellorsville.jpgskulls at ChancellorsvilleAn 1865 photo shows skulls that still remained on the Chancellorsville battlefield, a grim reminder of what had happened here (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/battle-of-chancellorsville.jpgBattle of Chancellorsville"The troops on the center 3rd & 5th Corps repelling a rebel assalt [sic]--Sunday May 3rd 1863" by Alfred Waud (Library of Congress).2013-05-07T11:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/05/02/the-calm-before-the-storm-may-2-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/jackson.jpgjacksonConfederate General Thomas "Stonewall Jackson, who was mortally wounded at Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863 (Library of Congress)2013-05-02T11:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/30/the-campaign-begins-april-30-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/chancellorsville.jpgchancellorsvilleThe ruins of the Chancellorsville house as they appeared in 1865 (Library of Congress).2013-04-30T10:58:12+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/27/swagger-april-26-1863/2013-04-27T11:55:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/26/rain-april-25-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/110th-pa.jpg110th PAThe 110th PA on April 24. According to a regimental history, "Due to reduced numbers, the regiment was consolidated early in 1863 into a battalion of six companies. The 110th, now assigned to the 2nd Brigade (Bowman), 3rd Division (Whipple) of the III Corps (Sickles) moved with Hooker's Army to Chancellorsville. Shifted about several times, on May 3, 1863 the 110th found itself engaged in furious battle near the Chancellor House opposing succeeding waves of Rebel troops. Here the division commander (General Whipple) and Colonel Crowther of the 110th were killed, and the regiment lost almost half its strength on this terrible field." (Library of Congress)2013-04-26T12:34:53+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/24/guide-to-gettysburg-battlefield-monuments/2013-04-24T14:35:52+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/22/the-loyal-league-april-22-1863/2013-04-22T12:11:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/20/flowers-from-mrs-lincoln-april-20-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mary-todd-lincoln.jpgmary todd lincolnFirst Lady Mary Todd Lincoln (Library of Congress)2013-04-20T11:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/18/ignorance-not-bliss-april-18-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jefferson-davis.jpgJefferson DavisConfederate President Jefferson Davis (National Archives).2013-04-18T10:25:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/12/regrets-april-12-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/arthur-dehon.jpgArthur DehonLt. Arthur Dehon, who was serving as Meade's aide when he was killed at Fredericksburg (Courtesy Rick Lawrence). 2013-04-17T15:41:42+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/17/naval-setback-and-a-princess-april-17-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/prince-salm-salm.jpgPrince Salm-SalmPrince Salm-Salm (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/princess-salm-salm.jpgprincess salm salmPrincess Salm-Salm (Librayr of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/charleston.jpgCharlestonA Currier & Ives print of Samuel DuPont's failed April 7 attack on Charleston, South Carolina (Library of Congress). 2013-04-17T15:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/15/death-and-taxes/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/salmon-p-chase.jpgSalmon P. ChaseSalmon P. Chase, Lincoln's secretary of the treasury and a member of his "team of rivals." Young George Gordon Meade had once been a student at a school that Chase ran. When he later met the treasury secretary during the Civil War, Meade declined to point out their former connection (Library of Congress).2013-04-15T14:32:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/14/things-to-come-april-14-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/hooker-on-horseback.jpghooker on horsebackMajor General Joseph Hooker (Library of Congress).2013-04-14T12:21:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/11/sucking-up-april-11-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/stoneman.jpgStonemanMajor General George Stoneman, who commanded the cavalry corps (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/lincoln-reviews-the-army.jpgLincoln Reviews the ArmyOn April 9, 1863, Alfred Waud sketched President Lincoln as he and various Union generals reviewed the Army of the Potomac. Someone has clipped off Joe Hooker's head. Click on the image for a larger version (Library of Congress). 2013-04-11T21:07:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/09/a-presidential-visit-april-9-1863/2013-04-09T10:38:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/31/a-beautiful-day-at-gettysburg/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/powers-hill.jpgPowers HillMonuments on Powers HIll. Battery M, 1st New York Light Artillery, is in the foreground, then Battery E, Pennsylvania Light Artillery (Knap's Battery) and Battery A, 1st Maryland Light Artillery (Rigby's Battery).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/devils-den.jpgDevil's DenThe view from Round Top looking over towards Devei's Den. You can see the trails of Ski Liberty in the distance.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/40thny.jpg40thNYThe 40th New York monument in the Slaughter Pen opposite Devil's Den. The 99th PA monumet is in the background.. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/96thpa.jpg96thPAThe 96th PA monument on Wheatfield Road2013-04-05T15:41:48+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/04/05/presentations-april-5-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/negro-regiments.jpgNegro RegimentsThis is the news items that appeared directly above the one about Meade's sword in the Philadelphia Inquirer on April 1, 1863.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mania-for-presentations.jpgMania for PresentationsMeade really did not need to worry about this article. It was complaining about the presentations of swords to doctors, not to soldiers. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/testimonial.jpgTestimonial2013-04-05T11:03:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/21/art-and-war-march-21-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pelham-monument.jpgpelham monumentThe Pelham monument near Kelly's Ford. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/pelham.jpgPelhamJohn Pelham, who was mortally wounded in the fighting at Kelly's Ford.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/averell.jpgAverellWilliam Averell, who commanded the cavalry that fought at Kelly's Ford on March 17, 1863.2013-03-30T12:57:26+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/29/the-plot-thickens-march-29-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/curtin.jpgcurtinPennsylvania's Governor Andrew Gregg Curtin (Library of Congress).2013-03-30T12:56:06+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/17/investigations-march-17-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/burnside-and-franklin.jpgBurnside and FranklinThis illustration by Arthur Lumley shows Ambrose Burnside talking with William Franklin about evacuating his position following the debacle at Fredericksburg. At the bottom Lumley wrote, "Franklin corps in the distance and Rebel batteries on the mountains." (Library of Congress.)https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/franklin-william.jpgFranklin, WilliamGeneral William Franklin (Library of Congress). 2013-03-17T22:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/15/foreshadowing-march-15-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/wade.jpgWadeOhio's Senator Benjamin "Bljff Ben" Wade (National Archives).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/chandler.jpgChandlerMichigan's Senator Zachariah Chandler. (National Archives.)2013-03-15T11:07:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/14/nothing-lasts-forever/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cyclorama.jpgCycloramahttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cyclorama2.jpgCyclorama2The old Cyclorama Building meets its Waterloo.2013-03-14T11:58:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/13/science/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/joseph-henry.jpgJoseph HenryJoseph Henry, the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution who didn't want to see Meade become "food for powder." (Library of Congress.)2013-03-13T21:17:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/12/confirmation-march-12-1863/2013-03-12T11:21:28+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/03/07/march-7-1863/2013-03-07T13:19:34+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/26/in-transit-february-26-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sykes.jpgGeorge SykesGeneral George Sykes (Library of Congress photo).2013-03-04T21:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/27/an-encounter-in-washington-february-27-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/andrew-porter.jpgandrew porterGeneral Andrew Porter. (Library of Congress photo.)2013-02-27T12:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/23/the-book-has-launched/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/books-on-display.jpgBooks in displayThe National Civil War Museum had plenty of books on display in the bookstore. (Kyle Weaver photo.)https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/book-signing.jpgBook signingA large and enthusiastic crowd arrived for the book signing. (Kyle Weaver photo.)https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cake.jpgThe Meade CakeEvery party needs cake! (Kyle Weaver photo.)2013-02-23T18:24:09+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/george-gordon-who-2/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade-cover3.jpgSearchingGGMeadehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade8.jpgMeadeMajor General George Gordon Meade (1815-1872). Library of Congress photo. 2013-02-17T22:00:33+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2013/02/09/more-characters/2013-02-15T22:04:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/cast-of-characters/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/barlow.jpgbarlowFrancis C. Barlow (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lyman.jpgLymanTheodore Lymanhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/birney.jpgBirneyThe "thin, pale, Puritanic face" of David Bell Birney.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sheridan.jpgPortraithttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/warren.jpgwarrenhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/grant.jpggrantUlysses S. Grant. Questions about his drinking are still debated today (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/sickles.jpgsicklesDaniel Sickles (Library of Congress). https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lincoln.jpglincolnPresident Abraham Lincoln (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/old-baldy.jpgold baldyOld Baldy, in a photo taken after the war. The horse survived his master and marched, riderless, in Meade's funeral procession (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/lee.jpgLeeRobert E. Lee (Library of Congress).2013-02-15T22:03:24+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2013/02/15/welcome-news-february-15-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/gwmorell.jpgGWMorellMaj. Gen. George Morell.2013-02-15T13:14:15+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/13/the-two-dans-february-13-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/stoneman-and-staff.jpgstoneman and StaffMajor General George Stoneman and his staff, photographed in Falmouth, Virginia, sometime in February 1863.2013-02-13T08:38:06+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/06/good-bye-baldy-february-6-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sedgwick.jpgSedgwickMajor General John Sedgwick. His men called him "Uncle John" (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/baldy-smith.jpgBaldy SmithWilliam F. "Baldy" Smith was a Meade friend who eventually turned enemy. (Library of Congress)2013-02-06T11:51:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/02/morning-at-gettysburg/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dawn-statue.jpgDawn Statue2013-02-02T13:21:43+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/02/01/family-ties-february-1-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/franklin.jpgfranklinMajor General William Franklin. After the Battle of Gettysburg he found himself the focus of Congressional attention. (Library of Congress)https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/fredericksburg1863.jpgFredericksburg1863A view of Fredericksburg, taken in February 1863. So near, and yet so far.2013-02-01T13:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/01/30/nervousness-january-30-1863/2013-01-30T11:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/01/28/fighting-joe-takes-charge-january-28-1863/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/humphreys.jpgHumphreysGeneral Andrew Atkinson Humphreys. (Library of Congress)https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hooker-standing.jpghooker standing2013-01-28T07:36:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/01/23/the-mud-march/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/mud-march.jpgmud marchAlfred Waud sketched the Army of the Potomac on the disastrous "Mud March" in January 1863.2013-01-28T02:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/01/26/a-change-in-command/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/falmouth.jpgfalmouth2013-01-28T02:37:35+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/01/20/museum-pieces/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/butterfield.jpgbutterfieldDaniel Buttefield. In the words of early Gettysburg historian John Bachelder, he "has never lost the occasion to stab General Meade's reputation under the fifth rib" (Library of Congress).2013-01-20T22:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/about/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/author.jpgTom Huntingtonhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/huntington-photo.jpgHuntington photo2020-03-05T01:42:02+00:00weekly0.6https://searching4meade.com/2013/01/11/book-launch/2013-01-11T11:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2013/01/01/happy-birthday/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/taps.jpgtapsThe playing of "Taps" (a bugle call written by Meade nemesis Daniel Butterfield) ends the graveside ceremony.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ceremony.jpgCeremonyDr. Andy Waskie speaks at the General Meade Society's 22nd annual birthday celebration at Laurel Hill Cemetery.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/gravesite.jpgGravesiteDr. Andy Waskie speaks at the General Meade Society of Philadelphia's 22nd annual birthday celebration. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/honor-guard.jpgHonor guardLiving historians prepare to fire a salute at Meade's gravesite.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/procession.jpgprocessionThe procession forms up at the Laurel Hill Cemetery gatehouse for the march down to Meade's grave.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/wreath.jpgWreath2013-01-03T17:22:18+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/11/20/spielberg-at-gettysburg/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/taps1.jpgTapsA bugler played "Taps" after the wreath-laying ceremony at the Soldiers National Monument.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/taps.jpgTapshttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/goodwin-and-spielberg.jpgGoodwin and Spielberghttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/steven-spielberg.jpgSteven SpielbergDirector Steven Spielberg at Gettysburg for Dedication Day.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/dedication-day-program.jpgDedication Day Programhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/rostrum.jpgrostrum2012-11-20T21:15:29+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/10/29/dedication/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/volley.jpgVolleyMembers of the 3rd USCT serve as a color guard while members of the 98th Pennsylvania Infantry salute Meade with a volley.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-mayor.jpgMayor Edwin H. FitlerAndy Waskie appeared at the commemoration as Philadelphia's Mayor Edwin H. Fitler. Like Meade, the real Fitler is buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, but the mayor's monument there is much more grandiose than Meade's.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/general-gibbon.jpgGeneral GibbonBob Hanrahan, as General Gibbon, delivers the oration.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gibbon.jpgJohn GibbonBrigadier General John Gibbon as he appeared during the war.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/the-statue.jpgThe StatueTwo members of the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry (Collis's Zouaves) flank Calder's statue of Meade.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/group-pose.jpgLiving history at the Meade statueLiving historians of the General Meade Society of Philadelphia pose in front of Alexander Calder's statue on October 27, 2012. They had gathered to commemorate the 125th anniversary of the statue's unveiling. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/living-historians.jpgLiving historians2012-10-29T19:17:59+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/10/26/earwitness/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/rosengartens.jpgrosengartensSeveral Rosengartens are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, not far from Meade's grave. The grave of Major Adolph Rosengarten, who died at the Battle of Stones River, is in the foreground. The grave of his brother, Joseph, is in the background, also marked by a flag. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/james-hardie.jpgColonel James HardieColonel James Hardie, the man Secretary of War Edwin Stanton sent to tell Meade he had been placed in command of the Army of the Potomac.2012-10-28T22:22:37+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/10/17/meades-report/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/meades-report1.jpgmeade's reportThe statue of George Gordon Meade atop Old Baldy at Gettysburg.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/meades-report.jpgmeade's reportThe statue of George Gordon Meade at Gettysburg.2012-10-17T14:19:47+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/10/07/paper-battles/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/alpheus-williams1.jpgalpheus williamsAlpheus Williams of the XII Corps shared Slocum's displeasure.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/alpheus-williams.jpgalpheus williamsAlpheus Williams of the XII Corps shared Slocum's displeasure.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/slocum.jpgslocumNicknamed "Slow Come" for his supposedly dilatory behavior at Gettysburg, Henry Slocum did not like Meade's report on the battle. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/robinson.jpgRobinsonBrigadier General John Robinson's division fought bravely at Gettysburg but the general was miffed to receive no mention in Meade's official report. 2012-10-07T20:38:46+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/10/02/fall-cleanup/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/061.jpg146th New YorkThe monument to the 146th New York on the north shoulder of Little Round Top.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/056.jpgFall CleanupMembers of the General Meade Society of Philadelphia clean up around the Lydia Leister House on September 30, 2012.2012-10-02T14:10:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/09/17/the-bloodiest-day/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/meades-division.jpgMeade's DivisionA marker on the Antietam battlefield.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/dunker-church.jpgdunker church2012-09-25T17:58:07+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/06/18/a-bullet-to-the-head/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds-grave3.jpgreynolds graveReynolds' grave, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds-statue.jpgreynolds statueThe statue of John Reynolds on Chambersburg Pike in Gettysburg. https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds-grave1.jpgreynolds graveThe grave of Major General John Fulton Reynoldshttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds-grave2.jpgreynolds grave2https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds2.jpgReynoldsJohn Fulton Reynoldshttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds-grave.jpgreynolds graveJohn Reynolds' grave in Lancaster Cemeteryhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/reynolds1.jpgReynoldsJohn Fulton Reynolds2012-09-19T21:16:55+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/08/24/drawn-from-life/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/waud.jpgwaudhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/hq-jerusalem-plank-rd.jpghQ Jerusalem plank rdhttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/meades-escape.jpgmeade's escapeArtist Alfred Waud made a sketch of Meade's near capture by the Confederates on May 14 (Library of Congress).https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/at-the-wilderness.jpgAt the wildernesshttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/sword-presentation.jpgsword presentationAlfred Waud’s sketch of the ceremony on August 27, 1863, when the Pennsylvania Reserves presented Meade with a ceremonial sword to honor their former commander (Library of Congress). 2012-08-24T20:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/08/06/museum-visit/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/civil-war-museum1.jpgNational Civil War MusuemThe National Civil War Musuem in Harrisburg.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/civil-war-museum.jpgcivil war museumThe National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lawrence1.jpgLawrencehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/lawrence.jpglawrenceAn artist's conception of the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, by William Quantrill and his men. (Library of Congress.)2012-08-23T02:18:19+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/08/22/cover-story/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/meade-cover1.jpgSearchingGGMeadehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/meade-cover.jpgSearchingGGMeade2012-08-23T01:12:17+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/07/26/a-difficult-decision/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/warren.jpgwarrenMajor General Gouverneur Kemble Warren (Library of Congress).2012-07-26T13:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/07/02/they-say-hes-a-brick/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/124thny1.jpg124thNYthe 124th New York's monument at Gettysburg stands above Devil's Den. There's also a smaller marker off Pleasonton Avenue.https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/124thny.jpg124thNY2012-07-02T20:00:36+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/06/07/hello-world/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade-cover2.jpgSearchingGGMeadehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade-cover1.jpgSearchingGGMeadehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade7.jpgMeadehttps://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/meade6.jpgMajor General George Gordon MeadeMajor General George Gordon Meade (Library of Congress).2012-06-30T15:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.com/2012/06/10/close-encounter-on-the-third-day/https://searching4meade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/william-wheeler.jpgwilliam wheeler2012-06-11T14:18:38+00:00monthlyhttps://searching4meade.comdaily1.02025-07-10T16:06:40+00:00