Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue of Major-General George Gordon Meade,

Excerpt from Unveiling of the Equestrian Statue of Major-General George Gordon Meade, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia: Tuesday, October 18th, 1887It was the first time I had met him. He was then about thirty-four years of age, had accompanied our army into Mexico, served in the war with that country in a subordinate position and without any especial notice. The next time we met he was a brigadier-general Of volunteers, commanding a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserves in front of Washington in the fall of 1861.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.