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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 30 (search)
Appendix W: testimony of General Meade before the Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War relating to the battle of Gettysburg and subsequent movements.
See page 176, Vol.
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Testimony of Major-General George G. Meade
Washington, March 5, 1864. Major General George G. Meade sworn and examined. By the Chairman:
Question: What is your rank and position in the service?
Answer: I am a major general of volunteers, commanding the army of the Potomac.
Question: When were you invested with the command of that army?
Answer: I think it was the 28th of June, 1863. Question: Where was the army at that time?
Answer: It was lying around and near Frederick, Maryland.
Question: You superseded General Hooker?
Answer: I relieved General Hooker.
Question: Will you give a statement, in your own way, of the battle of Gettysburg, and the disposition of your troops there?
Answer: When I assumed the command of the army of the Potomac, on the morning of the 28t