1. Autograph letter signed by George G. Meade. Office U.S. Survey of the Lakes, Detroit, [Michigan], 25 April 1857. 1 page, 4to. 

A manuscript message sent by telegraph, written and signed by George G. Meade during his tenure with the United States Lake Survey. During his command of the mission, they completed a survey of Lake Huron and extended the survey of Lake Michigan. Meade notably instituted a uniform reference for water level readings. He left the post in 1861 when he was appointed brigadier general of volunteers. He would go on to command the Army of the Potomac from 1863 to 1865, most notably defeating Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at the Battle of Gettysburg. 

2. Special Orders No. 3. Autograph document signed by Sgt. S. Williams. Headquarters Army of the Potomac, [Washington, D.C.], 4 January 1864. 1 page, 8vo. 

A Special Order regarding the re-enlistment of 415 enlisted men of the 8th Illinois Cavalry as Veteran Volunteers. Sgt. S. Williams wrote and signed the order on behalf General George G. Meade, who was in command of the Army of the Potomac. 

The 8th Illinois Cavalry was also known as "Farnsworth's Abolitionist Regiment" by President Lincoln. The only Illinois cavalry regiment to serve the entirety of the war in the Army of the Potomac, it saw several major battles, including Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg. At the latter, Lt. Marcellus E. Jones fired what is considered the first shot of the battle when he fired at an unidentified Confederate. 

At the time of re-enlistment, it was in winter headquarters near Washington, D.C., before it embarked on the bloody Overland Campaign where it would fight at the Battle of Cold Harbor. 

After President Lincoln's assassination, the regiment aided in the hunt for John Wilkes Booth and served in Lincoln's honor guard while he lay in state in the rotunda. 

3. General John Gibbon. An Address of the Unveiling of the Statue of Major-General George G. Meade. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott's Printing House, 1887. 8vo. Original wrappers. FIRST EDITION.  

A scarce pamphlet published to accompany the occasion of Meade's statue at Gettysburg in 1887. 

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Pamphlet with heavy chipping with tape repairs to verso of wrappers. Tape residue and oxidation from a previous paperclip.