Statue of General George G. Meade at Gettysburg
English: Identifier: pennsylvaniaatge00penn (find matches) Title: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg : ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania to Major General George G. Meade, Major General Winfield S. Hancock, Major General John F. Reynolds and to mark the positions of the Pennsylvania commands engaged in the battle Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: Pennsylvania. Gettysburg Battle-field Commission Nicholson, John P. (John Page), b. 1842 Subjects: Pennsylvania. Militia Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Publisher: Harrisburg : W. S. Ray, printer) Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: sf Pennsylvania Cavalry—Three Years Organization. Enrolment—Officers, 50; enlisted men, 1,GG5; total, 1,724. Offt,cers. Killed 1 Wounded, 12 Captured, 1 Missing, 3 Total, 17 290 310 Men. Total. 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 Men. Total. 49 50 196 208 32 33 22 25 Very respectfully, F. C. AINSWORTH,Colonel U. S. Army, Chief Record and Pension Offiec. Record and Iension Office, Wau Department,Washington City, August 28, 1893.(!olonel John P. Nicholson, Seerclary Pennsylvania Board of Commissioners:Sir: In reply to your letter of the 25th instant, requesting to be ad-vised, for monumental purposes, of the total number who died of woundsor disease in the Twenty-fii-st Pennsylvania Cavalry during the periodsof its service as a six months and as a three years organization, I am CEREMONIES AT THE UNVEILING OP THE Equestrian Statue ERECTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN HONOK OF MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE COMMANDING THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC Gettysburg-, Penna., Friday, June 5, 1896 ( 1049 ) Text Appearing After Image: JULIUS BIEN a CO. NEW YORK THE NEV^ YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY A8T0R, LENOX ANDTILDEN FOUNDATIONS. The Board of Commissioners of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the Erection of Equestrian Statues to MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE and MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD S. HANCOCK on the Battletield of Gettysburg request your piesence at the Unveiling Ceremonies at Gettysburg, Pa., Friday, June 5th, 1896 Bvt. Brij;. General J. P. Tavlok. Prcsiilent Bvt. Lieut. Cijl<.)ncl John I. Nicholson, Secretary Bvt. Brig. General J. P. S. Gobin Bvt. Colonel R. Bkuce Ric.ketis Bvt. Bri^^ General Wm. R. IIartshounf. PROGRAMME MUSICThe Perseverance Band of Lebanon PRAYER Bj the Chaplain of George G. Meade Post No. 1, Department Penna. G. A. R. MUSICThe Perseverance Band of Lebanon UNVEILING OF THE STATUE OF GENERAL MEADE (H. K. Bush-Brown, Esq., Sculptor) Master George Gordon Meade, grandson of Major-General Meade SALUTEBy Light Battery C, 3d U. S. Artillery DEDICATORY CEREMONIESGeorge G. Meade Post No. 1,Departm Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.