. The life and letters of George Gordon Meade, major-general United States Army . ,/yfnn f/i i /nii/>/i/hi fl/ • i A nil uij ,yticA<J. THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF GEORGE GORDON MEADE MAJOR-GENERAL UNITED STATES ARMY If BY GEORGE MEADE /»*3- CAPTAIN AND AIDE-DE-CAMP AND BREVET LIEUTENANT-COLONEL UNITED STATES ARMY EDITED BY GEORGE GORDON MEADE Volume I NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS 1913 cHfl. Cheeked THE NEW YORKPUBLIC LIBRARY 634139 ASTOR. LENOX ANDTICD N FOUNDATIONS. R 1913 L Copyright, 1913, by CHARLES SCRIBNERS SONS Published May, 1913lifelettersofgeo01mead

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