Alternate title: | Gettysburg, Pa. Gen. Meade's headquarters |
Summary: | General Meade's headquarters, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, circa 1901-1906. Caption reads: George G. Meade was born in 1815. He graduated from West Point in 1835, and was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Potomac in 1863. During the battle of Gettysburg, his headquarters was a humble dwelling standing on the Taneytown Road and riddled by shot and shell. After his great victory Meade was made Brigadier-General, and in 1862, Major-General. He died in 1872. Postmark Date: October 15, 1906; Postcard number: 2397; Message Included. |
Provider: | Raphael Tuck & Sons |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Printing place: | Europe |
German Empire |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Temporal subject: |
1901-1910
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | Pennsylvania |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | Gettysburg |
Topical subjects: | Military headquarters |
Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
Genre: | Postcards |
ArchivesUM location: | National Trust Library Postcard Collection |
Repository: | National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection |
Browse terms: | Architecture, Landscape, Historic Places |
War, Military |
Copyright holder: | Public Domain |
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