Rash's Surname Index
Notes for James Cornell Jr. BIDDLE
Colonel James Cornell Biddle was born on October 3, 1835, and died on November 2, 1898. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and engaged in business pursuits. He married Gertrude Gouverneur, daughter of the Hon. William M. Meredith, the distinguished leader of the bar and Secretary of the Treasury. He served with distinction throughout the Civil War. Enlisting at the outbreak he was promoted to be an officer, and for "gallant and meritorious services" on different occasions, was promoted to Major and brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel. He was once taken prisoner. He served on the staffs of a number of General Officers and principally on that of General Meade with whom he served from May, 1863, to the surrender of General Lee. For General Meade he had the greatest loyalty and admiration. In a letter to him General Meade said, "I desire not only to evince my sense of your gallantry and good conduct as exhibited on that great day (Gettysburg), but to express my grateful sense of the cordial and kindly feelings that have always characterized our intercourse, both official and private.
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