Veterans Visit the Monument to General George Gordon Meade Then & Now

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This photograph was taken near Hancock Avenue.

Major General George Gordon Meade sits astride his horse, Baldy, on Cemetery Ridge. He faces west towards Seminary Ridge, the main Confederate line during the battle. General Meade was appointed commander of the Union Army of the Potomac just three days before the Battle of Gettysburg, after the resignation of General Joseph Hooker.