MD -- Frederick -- Prospect Hall:
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- PHALL_060220_01.JPG: Prospect Hall
- PHALL_060220_45.JPG: Meade Takes Command: "Come to give me trouble":
Near this spot, on the grounds of Prospect Hall, Union Gen. George Gordon Mead replaced Gen. Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker as commander of the Army of the Potomac on Sunday, June 28, 1863. Meade took command reluctantly because he was concerned about changing leaders in the middle of a campaign. Additionally, he felt his longtime friend Gen. John F. Reynolds was more capable and more deserving the assignment.
Meade described his appointment in a letter to his wife, "At 3:00am, I was aroused from my sleep by an officer from Washington entering my tent, and after waking me up, saying he had come to give me trouble. At first, I thought that it was either to relieve or arrest me... He then handed me a communication to read; which I found was an order relieving Hooker of command and assigning me to it... As a soldier, I had nothing to do but accept and exert my utmost abilities to command success... I am moving at once against [Confederate Gen. Robert E.] Lee, whom I am in hopes [Gen. Darius N.] Couch will at least check for a few days; if so, a battle will decide the fate for our country and our cause." Meade's words would prove prophetic.
- PHALL_060220_50.JPG: Major General
George Gordon Meade
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
into Pennsylvania
and at Gettysburg July 1, 2, 3
fought the decisive battle
of the Civil War.
- PHALL_060220_55.JPG: This boulder
was taken from a point
near Devil's Den
on the battlefield
of Gettysburg
- PHALL_060220_59.JPG: In tribute to
Major General George Gordon Meade
on June 28, 1963
The 100th anniversary of the change of command of the
Army of the Potomac from General Hooker to General Meade
This monument was re-dedicated
under auspices of the
Frederick County Civil War Centennial, Inc.
- Wikipedia Description: Prospect Hall
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Prospect Hall is a historic mansion, built around 1787 on what was known at the time as Red Hill, the highest elevation in Frederick, Maryland. Daniel Dulaney built the original home on the property, though the current mansion known as Prospect Hall was probably not completed until 1810. This white, three story structure, designed in a Greek revival style, has hosted visitors from George Washington to Harry Truman. The mansion was the site of General Meade's takeover of the Army of the Potomac from General Joseph Hooker immediately before the Battle of Gettysburg. It is currently the site of Saint John's Literary Institution (also known as Saint John's Catholic Prep).
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