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George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 3 (search)
he lakes, with their islands, was 4,700 miles in length, and the total amount of the shore-line actually surveyed, including rivers and small streams, amounted to 6,000 miles. The officers who were successively in charge of the work were in the following order: Captain W. G. Williams, Lieutenant-Colonel James Kearney, Captain J. N. Macomb, Lieutenant-Colonel James Kearney, Captain George G. Meade, Colonel James D. Graham, Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Reynolds, Major Cyrus B. Comstock, Captain Henry M. Adams, and Major Cyrus B. Comstock. Captain Meade's term of service in charge, being from 1857 to 1861, occurred very nearly in the middle of the whole period of the duration of the lake survey, which, as has been mentioned, was from 1851 to 1881. He entered upon this service at a time when the appliances and methods of the survey had long been of constantly improving geodetic grade, although, according to Lieutenant-Colonel Comstock, in the final report of the lake survey, it did not rea
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 6 (search)
ry necessity, and in accordance with the usages of war. Headquarters army of the Potomac, April 24, 1864. Cram and John Cadwalader arrived yesterday afternoon. To-day Cram went to church with me, where we heard an excellent sermon from a Mr. Adams, a distinguished Presbyterian clergyman from New York. After church I drove Cram and Cadwalader to Culpeper, where we paid a visit to General Grant. After coming away, I plainly saw Cram was disappointed. Grant is not a striking man, is verion, and I made a few remarks, which I presume will appear in print. The weather, after being cool, has again become warm. Sickness is beginning to show itself. Headquarters army of the Potomac, September 16, 1864. Enclosed is a receipt of Adams & Co.'s Express for a small box containing the beautiful pistol presented to me by the New York Metropolitan Fair, which I send home for safe-keeping. Yesterday General Grant took his departure, and to-day my ill luck has brought a rebel caval
Index. A Abercrombie, John J., I, 261. Abert, John J., I, 20, 26, 111, 195, 203-205. Abinger, Lord (formerly Mr. Scarlett), I, 378, 380. Adams, Mr., II, 191. Adams, Henry M., I, 209. Adamses, I, 235. Alburtiss, Wm., I. 191. Alden, Capt., I, 27, 35, 42, 45. Alexander, Edward P., II, 124. Almonte, Gen., I, 58, 89. Alsops, I, 76. Ames, Adelbert, II, 49, 51, 65, 92, 99. Ampudia, Gen., I, 50, 54, 56, 57, 60, 62, 66, 70-72, 97, 99, 125, 137-139, 141, 142, 144Adams, Henry M., I, 209. Adamses, I, 235. Alburtiss, Wm., I. 191. Alden, Capt., I, 27, 35, 42, 45. Alexander, Edward P., II, 124. Almonte, Gen., I, 58, 89. Alsops, I, 76. Ames, Adelbert, II, 49, 51, 65, 92, 99. Ampudia, Gen., I, 50, 54, 56, 57, 60, 62, 66, 70-72, 97, 99, 125, 137-139, 141, 142, 144, 147. Anderson, Joseph R., I, 294, 296. Anderson, Richard H., II, 26, 53, 69, 75, 81, 84, 88, 108. Andrewses, I, 9. Anthony, Mr., II, 253, 257. Antietam, battle of, Sept. 17, 1862, I, 310-312, 315, 317; II, 314. Appomattox C. H., April 9, 1865, II, 270. Archer, Jas. J., I, 294; II, 32, 46, 47, 59. Arden, Thomas B., I, 12. Arista, Gen., I, 33, 57, 60, 61, 65, 73, 80, 85, 88, 89, 93, 95, 97, 102, 105, 118, 119, 130. Armistead, Lewis A., I, 196; II, 360. Atocha, S