Major General George Gordon Meade

United States Army

(Right Side):Major General George Gordon Meade

United States Army

Commander of the Army of the Potomac

Born-December 31 1815 Died-November 6 1872

(Left Side):

Cadet U.S.M.A. Sept 1,1831; Brevet Second Lieut. 3d U.S. Artillery July 1, 1835; Second Lieut. December 31, 1835; Resigned ...

Major General George Gordon Meade

(Front Face): Took command

of the Army of the Potomac

Under orders from

President Lincoln

Seven hundred feet

North of this marker

June 28, 1863

He pursued the Confederates

and at Gettysburg July 1,2,3

Fought the decisive battle

of the Civil War

Marked by

The Pennsylvania Historical Commission

1930

(Right Side): This Boulder

was taken ...