This is the Jocco podcast Civil War excursion number six with JD Baker and me

Jocco willing good evening JD good evening Jocco at 3am I was aroused from my

deep sleep by an officer from Washington entering my tent George Meade wrote to

his wife and after waking me up saying he had come to give me trouble at first I

thought that it was either to relieve me or arrest me and promptly replied to

him that my conscious was clear void of offense toward any man I was prepared

for his bad news he then handed me a communication to read which I found was

in order relieving hooker from the command and assigning me to it me to count

suggests an equanimity that may have been more imagined than real according to

the messenger James A Hardy mead at first became much agitated he protested

that John Reynolds should have been chosen instead that he mead was totally

arrogant ignorant of the positions and dispositions of the army he was to take

in charge and that it would only make sense for him to refuse the assignment

Hardy patiently explained that all of Meade's arguments had already been taken

into consideration and the president's decision was final as mead absorbed

this some of his dry humor returned well I've been tried and condemned without a

hearing he told Hardy and I suppose I shall have to go to the execution so that

right there is an excerpt from the book Gettysburg by Noah Andre Trudeau kind of

bringing the Union leader for the Battle of Gettysburg we've heard his name a

bit already general George Meade how he ended up taking command I know this

JD this is this is kind of your your recommended book for Gettysburg yeah if

you're gonna read one I know you've read 50 books about Gettysburg but if you're

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