page_title: George Meade
section_title: After the war
hierarchical_section_title: George Meade / After the war
caption_attribution_description: English: Identifier: pennsylvaniaatge00penn (find matches) Title: Pennsylvania at Gettysburg&#160;: 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&#160;: 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&lt;.)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.
context_page_description: George Gordon Meade was one of the few Union Army generals in the American Civil War who was born and began his career in a foreign country. He was born in Cadiz, Spain on December 31, 1815. He came to the United States after his family was financially ruined during the Napoleonic Wars. Meade was made commander of the Union Army of the Potomac just before the Battle of Gettysburg. After the Civil War he stayed in the army, serving in the South during the Reconstruction. Meade served as commissioner of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia until his death in 1872.
context_section_description: Meade commanded several military departments. One of these was the Department of the South.  In the fall of 1872, he came down with pneumonia. He died on November 6, 1872. His funeral became a state affair with President Grant attending. Thousands of people in Philadelphia lined the route of his funeral to say goodbye to the "hero of Gettysburg". On July 18, 1917, by order of the United States Department of War, Camp Meade, Maryland was named in honor of George G. Meade. In 1929, to differentiate it from Fort Meade in South Dakota, the camp was renamed Fort George G. Meade.
caption: Statue of General George G. Meade at Gettysburg
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