Trivia 5-30-19 Who?

[Trivia Master]

In the early morning hours of June 28th, days before the start of the battle of Gettysburg, George Gordon Meade received the order from President Lincoln that made Meade the new commanding general of the Army of the Potomac. What was the name of the army colonel who delivered the order to General Meade?

credit: @Ole Miss

 

[Big Sarge]

Near 3:00 on the morning of June 28, 1863, Colonel James Hardie, a staff officer to General in Chief Henry Halleck, arrived to the tent of Major General George Gordon Meade.

https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2015/...eneral-meade-and-the-july-2nd-council-of-war/

 

[Wallyfish]

James Allen Hardie

 

[Brenal]

Colonel James Allen Hardie.

 

[ErnieMac]

Colonel James A. Hardie.

 

[luinrina]

James Allen Hardie (May 5, 1823 – December 14, 1876)

Sources: Coddington Gettysburg Campaign p. 209, Sears Gettysburg p. 123, Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade II p. 1, wikipedia

 

[SWMODave]

Colonel James Hardie
Source

 

[Kurt G]

Colonel James A. Hardie of Halleck's staff .

 

[captaindrew]

James Allen Hardie

 

[DBF]

At the time that would be Major James A. Hardie, he was promoted to Colonel, according to my source, in March 1864.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5894471/james-allen-hardie

 

[kholland]

He was Colonel James Hardie, a staff officer to General in Chief Henry Halleck.

 

[General Casey]

James Hardie

 

[Deleted User CS]

James Allen Hardie.

 

[connecticut yankee]

GENERAL JAMES HARDIE

On June 28, 1863, Hardie was the officer who arrived from Washington and delivered the surprise order to Maj. Gen. George G. Meade in his tent at Frederick, Maryland, appointing him commander of the Army of the Potomac, three days prior to the Battle of Gettysburg.

 

[Stony]

James Allen Hardie (1823-1876)
source-https://www.green-wood.com/2012/general-george-meade-in-command/

 

[FarawayFriend]

That was Colonel James Hardie

"Near 3:00 on the morning of June 28, 1863, Colonel James Hardie, a staff officer to General in Chief Henry Halleck, arrived to the tent of Major General George Gordon Meade. The Army of the Potomac had been maneuvering and marching north for weeks. As General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia penetrated into Maryland and Pennsylvania, a clash with the Confederate forces seemed imminent. Meade, commanding the 5th Corps of the Army of the Potomac, had positioned his men slightly south of Frederick, Maryland. Surprised at Hardie's untimely arrival, Meade presumed he had been relieved of command. Instead, Hardie presented the general with an order from President Abraham Lincoln. Meade was to assume command of the Army of the Potomac, effective immediately."
https://npsgnmp.wordpress.com/2015/...eneral-meade-and-the-july-2nd-council-of-war/

 

[JOHN42768]

Col. James A. Hardie
source:https://searching4meade.com/2013/06/28/150-years-ago-june-28-1863/

 

[Soldier Boy]

James Allen Hardie

Source:
On June 28, 1863, Hardie was the officer who delivered the surprise order to Maj. Gen. George G. Meade at Frederick, Maryland, appointing him commander of the Army of the Potomac, three days prior to the Battle of Gettysburg.[4]

 

[Eleanor Rose]

James Allen Hardie
Source

 

[MRB1863]

James A. Hardie