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The Daily Dispatch: July 9, 1863., [Electronic resource], Progress of the War. (search)
Progress of the War. the Saw Commander of the army of the Potomac--Opinions of the Yankee Press — his Opening address. [from the New York Herald.] It is with no ordinary feelings of gratification that we announce to our readers this morning the retirement of Gen. Hooker and the appointment of Major General George G Meade, late of the 5th army corps, to the command of the Army of the Potomac. With regard to the qualification of this officer for this supremely important position at this crisis, the reader will be amply satisfied from the simple facts of his military history which will be found in the sketch given elsewhere in this paper. Distinguished for his good and gallant conduct in the Mexican war, Gen. Meade, in the Peninsula, and Maryland campaigns of Gen. McClellan, and in the late eventful Rappahannock campaigns of Gen. Burnside and Gen. Hooker, has still added to his high reputation as a brave, skillful, and capable military leader. His merits are