Calvin Coolidge actually said...

"It is a satisfaction to realize that a change has come over public opinion."

"General Lee is reported to have ranked him even higher, saying, 'Meade, in my judgment, had the greatest ability. I feared him more than any man I ever met upon the field of battle.'"

"The records more and more reveal General Meade as a gallant soldier and a Christian gentleman."

"America has ever been the most generous to those who have rendered service in time of war."