Eyewitness Accounts
and Commemorative Addresses

Address of Major General Andrew A. Humphreys
Address of Maj. Gen. A. A. Humphreys on the services of the Late Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade, United States Army, November 18, 1872.

Address of President Calvin Coolidge
Address of President Coolidge accepting the Monument of Gen. George Gordon Meade, at Washington, D.C., October 19, 1927.

Address of Major General John Gibbon
Address on the Unveiling of the Statue of Major-General George G. Meade, in Philadelphia, October 18, 1887, by General John Gibbon.

Address of Colonel James C. Biddle
An Address delivered by Colonel James C. Biddle at Gen. Meade's Statue, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia on Memorial Day, May 30, 1888.

Address of Isaac R. Pennypacker
Address of Isaac R. Pennypacker at the Unveiling of a Memorial Marker near Frederick, Maryland, June 28, 1930.

The "Goggle-eyed Snapping Turtle"
Excerpt from the published memoirs of Brigadier General Horace Porter, entitled "Campaigning with Grant."

Meade at Chancellorsville
Address of Brevet Major General Alexander S. Webb to members of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, March 26, 1888.

| Welcome | Biography | In His Own words |
| His Critics | Image Gallery | The Meade Pyramid |
| Further Reading | The Meade Society | Related Links | Awards |
The Meade Archive - Copyright © 1997-2004
Created by Jim Campi