Show I GEnAL G EnAL LS L''S S 'S STATUE Hollenbeck By lay L. L A. A Holl President CoolIdge recently accepted accept accept- ed a statue of oC General George G G. G Meade as a present from the state slate of Pennsylvania t to be placed at the tho I capitol at Washington While hile the I writer would not detract from the I j glory due to Meade or anybody else yet it would seem that the the- press press- dent gave too much credit to Meade at GeUs Gettysburg and elsewhere The I fact is that General Hooker Hool was handicapped when he tried to meet meet I General Lee in III his raid in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl- Pennsyl i vania because he was refused tho the j privilege to 1000 Federal troops from Harpers Harper's Ferry and ancl because because be- be I cause of or which he asked ed to he be relieved relieved re re- and then Meade was placed I in command of the army of oC tho the Po Potomac Potomac Poto Poto- to- to mac about two da days s 's before beCore the battie battie bat bat- bat I j I tie tle of oC Gettysburg and andi tho the troops at i Harpers Harper's Ferr Perry Ferry were released to him but Meade heads did not plan the battle i he arrived later The choice of tho ho battle field l was mado made by General I Hancock probably aided by Generals Reynolds and Sickles Lincoln was disappointed d that Meade leade didn't tollow fol fol- low ow and cut off orr Lees Lee's retreat Horace Horace Hor Hor- ace Greeley showed how it could have been done but Meade leado was left lel I as commander of the army of the I Potomac but General Grant was put in n command of all the tIle a armies and cued made nade his headquarters with the army of if the Potomac and took personal charge barge ands and nothing of importance Was as done except b by Grants Grant's command command com- com mand and it was Grant that l. l u the first note to Lee at Appomattox asking him to surrender because It I Iwas was futile to fight further and nul 1 Grant Lee met under McLeans McLean's n the terms tree treo to consider apple which were generous and Meade Meado was not there at all After the battles battles battles bat bat- I of ot the tho Wilderness and Spottsyl- Spottsyl Ivania I vania Grant made a a. flank movement movement movement move move- j ment and admits that he exposed himself to Lee once and only once I and Lee didn't see it and for awhile didn't know c vI cT Tc FD Grant was Tho The movements were Grants Grant's and not nol 1 There Is a popular saying that i j Gettysburg was the turning point of I Iwas the tho war war It was a adi di dl it It was fought July 1 2 and 3 1863 and the tho next day July 4 Grant captured captured captured cap cap- Vicksburg and Pemberton's arm army of about men or more moio Neither Gea Gettysburg nor Vicksburg was the turning point without the other They go together There were great captains on both sides Meade l was no doubt a strong man but hut there were H Hancock cock Reynolds Sickles Sedgwick Warren Warren Warren War War- ren and Sheridan with t ti zi army of oC tho Potomac Potomac all all of them great cap captains and l Iea couldn't go wrong if he to because Grant who was is the really great commander of oC oCe e north commanded every overy important important im im- movement of or the tho army of oC the Potomac after to tho the close clos of or the war an and while It is fit fitting fitting fitting fit fit- ting to honor Meade l he never dem- dem at 7 the generalship of or a Grant a Sherman or a Sheridan f |