Trivia 4-8-19

[Trivia Master]

When General Meade was ordered to take command of the Army of the Potomac, he wrote that he thought that the messenger had arrived for one of two other purposes.
1. What were the two purposes General Meade suggested the messenger was to deliver to him?
2. To whom did the write that?

credit: @hughes

 

[SWMODave]

Meade wrote his wife "At first I thought it was to relieve or arrest me" from The Life and Letters of George Meade Volume 2 page 11

Source

 

[Brenal]

1. After being given the news by James Hardie, Meade wrote " At first I thought that it was either to relieve or arrest me, and promptly replied to him that my conscience was clear....."
2. Written to his wife.
Stephen Sears. "Gettysburg"

 

[SWMODave]

He kind of skipped over the whole 3rd commandment, didn't he?

 

[SWMODave]

Forget the last - somehow posted a reply to a thread on wrong thread - sorry about that

 

[DBF]

General George Meade wrote the following to his wife (Mrs. George G. Meade as he calls her in his letter aka Margaretta Sergeant) regarding his new position in a letter dated June 29, 1863 believing he was either going to be relieved or arrested - - -

"To Mra. George G. Meade:
HIlADQUARTEBS .AJwy 01' TBlIl POTOMAC, Jum 29,1863.

It has pleased Almighty God to place me in the trying position that for some time past we have been talking about. Yesterday morning, at 3 A. M., 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, and promptly replied to him, that my con- science was clear, void of offense towards any man; I was prepared for his bad news."

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/civil-war/The_life_and_letters_of_George_Gordon_Meade-2.pdf

 

[Capt7thWvCoA]

When he revived the messaged he thought he was either being arrested or given command of the army . And if I remember correctly he wrote to his son .

Edit - Sorry, 33rdVaCoB, that isn't a correct answer, but welcome to the trivia game, anyway.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[hughes]

This question is more valid than a previous submission. Sorry again for the earlier confusion.

 

[kholland]

He wrote his wife that he thought he was being arrested or relieved of command.

 

[Northern Light]

He wrote to his wife Margaret that he thought he was being relieved of duty or arrested. http://stonesentinels.com/less-known/frederick-meade-takes-command/meade-takes-command-wm/

 

[General Casey]

To be either arrested or relieved of command.
His wife

 

[Stony]

1. To be arrested.
2. To be court-martialed.
3. General Meade wrote the letter to his wife.

 

[Big Sarge]

He thought army politics had caught up with him and he was being arrested.
He wrote the letter to his wife.

wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meade

Edit - Although your source mentions that Meade thought army politics had caught up with him, that wasn't included in the letter he wrote to his wife.

hoosier

 

[Wallyfish]

He thought he would be either relieved of his duties or arrested.

Meade described his appointment in a letter to his wife, "At 3:00 a.m., 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 it was either to relieve me 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, who I am in hopes [Gen. Darius N.] Couch will at least check for a few days; if so, a battle will decide the fate of our country and our cause." Meade's words would prove prophetic.

Letter was to his wife Margaretta.



http://stonesentinels.com/less-known/frederick-meade-takes-command/meade-takes-command-wm/

 

[Ole Miss]

1a) Army politics had caught up with him
1b) Arrested for a court-martial
2) His wife
Regards
David

 

[MikeyB]

1) Arrest him. Take command
2) His wife

Edit - Although the messenger actually had arrived to inform Meade that he was to take command, the question asked for two other things that Meade thought the messenger had arrived to tell him.

hoosier

 

[Mike Serpa]

1a) He thought he would be arrested. 1b) He thought he would receive a scalp massage from the courier.
2) His wife, Margaretta.

 

[WJC]

When General Meade was ordered to take command of the Army of the Potomac, he wrote that he thought that the messenger had arrived for one of two other purposes.
1. What were the two purposes General Meade suggested the messenger was to deliver to him?
2. To whom did the write that?

credit: @hughes

Meade wrote his wife, Margaretta, describing the landmark incident in his career, "At first I thought that it was to either relieve or arrest me, and promptly replied to him, that my conscience was clear, void of offense towards any man; I was prepared for his bad news."

 

[luinrina]

When Major James Hardie came with important dispatches, Meade thought it was to either relieve or arrest him since Hardie said he "had come to give me [Meade] trouble." Meade wrote about that night-time visitor in a letter to his wife Margaretta Meade on June 29, 1863.

Sources: Stephen Sears Gettysburg, p. 123; The life and letters of George Gordon Meade II, p. 11

 

[hoosier]

1. Meade thought the messenger would inform him either that he was being relieved or that he was being arrested.

2. Meade wrote that to his wife.