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Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

This Wikipedia article has a photo of the Gettysburg memorial to Meade: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meade

An equestrian portrait of Major General George Gordon Meade looking out over the battlefield at Gettysburg where the Union army under his direction won one of its greatest battles, defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee. He 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 horse featured is Meade's favorite horse, Old Baldy. This photograph, by William H. Tipton, appears to have been made before a bronze plaque was attached to the right side of the base (although a bronze plaque on the front of the base appears to be present). Other photographs taken of veterans at the monument show the plaque in place at the time of the Great Reunion. A photograph of the model for the Meade statue was also made by Tipton. The statue was sculptured in 1895 by Henry K. Bush-Brown, (1857-1935), and the monument cost $37,500. The statue stands across the battlefield from the statue of General Robert E. Lee. – Compiled: SIRS, Gettysburg National Military Park William H. Tipton (photographer) (1850–1929) was a noted American photographer of the second half of the 19th Century, most noted for his extensive early photography of the Gettysburg Battlefield and the borough of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. [1] [2]

The Great Reunion, Gettysburg, July 1913: www.nps.gov/archive/gett/getttour/sidebar/reunion13.htm

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Veterans of the American Civil War, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

There is definitely a rope in the next picture. If you look at the larger version of it you can see someone's hand resting on it. Perhaps the line here really is a rope.

The man holding the flag is Giles Coons, my Great Great Grandfather John Rockwell's (pictured behind him to the right in the white shirt) wife's brother. This is the 106th.

Other Bain/LOC photos of the 50th anniversary reunion at Bloody Angle, Gettysburg: