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The George Gordon Meade Memorial, also known as the Meade Memorial or Major General George Gordon Meade, is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring George Meade, a career military officer from Pennsylvania who is best known for defeating General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg. The monument is sited on the 300 block of ...
Major General George Gordon Meade is an equestrian statue that stands in Philadelphia 's Fairmount Park. The statue, which was unveiled in 1887, was designed by sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and honors George Meade, who had served as an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was later a commissioner for the park.
Richmond-Petersburg campaign. Appomattox campaign. George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a United States Army Major General who commanded the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He fought in many of the key battles of the Eastern theater and defeated the Confederate Army of Northern ...
The Equestrian Statue of General George Gordon Meade (1895) is left of center; the field of Pickett's Charge is right. The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg, which took place on July 1-3, 1863, during the American Civil War.
Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, 1914 also includes several portrait statues, Abraham Lincoln (1911–13) by J. Otto Schweizer, west side; Governor Andrew Curtin (1911–13) by William Clark Noble, west side; General George Meade (1911–13) by Lee Lawrie, north side; General John F. Reynolds (1911–13) by Lee Lawrie, north side
Smith Memorial Arch is an American Civil War monument at South Concourse and Lansdowne Drive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built on the former grounds of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, it serves as a gateway to West Fairmount Park. The Memorial consists of two colossal columns supported by curving, neo-Baroque arches, and adorned with 13 ...
This statue was created after two years of research, and portrays "Meade without a hat, as he appeared during the battle," in keeping with Bush-Brown's commitment to historical accuracy. [6] Meade holds a pair of binoculars in his right hand and his hat in his left hand. A sword hangs from the left side of his saddle. The monument cost $37,500. [7]
In that incident, the statue's head was gouged and the sword was bent. The statue of General Gouverneur K. Warren is seen at Little Round Top at the Gettysburg National Military Park, Monday, June ...