Mrs. Meade is Dr. Meade’s wife. Her first son Darcy is killed early in the war, and she is very protective of her younger son, Phil Meade, who is eager to go off to war as soon as he’s old enough. When Phil is killed, Mrs. Meade travels to Jonesboro to retrieve his body and buries him in Atlanta during the Yankee siege.
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Mrs. Meade Character Timeline in Gone with the Wind
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Meade appears in Gone with the Wind. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 8
...son Phil to greet her. Dr. Meade says Miss Pittypat promised Scarlett will work at Mrs. Meade ’s hospital. Scarlett confesses she’s already promised to work at other people’s hospitals and asks...
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Scarlett loathes working at the hospital. She is on both Mrs. Merriwether and Mrs. Meade ’s committees. The war bores her and she has no “patriotic fervor.” The hospitals stink...
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Chapter 14
Mrs. Meade is looking down at her lap. She says nothing but everyone knows. Phil Meade, who...
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Scarlett puts Miss Pitty to bed then goes to the Meades’. Mrs. Meade is upstairs, and Melanie is helping some neighbors turn her dresses black. Scarlett decides not...
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Chapter 17
...Pittypat’s veranda, Dr. Meade explains that General Johnston is standing guard like an “iron rampart.” Mrs. Meade hopes her husband is right—if the Yankees invade Georgia, Phil will join the fight. Scarlett...
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...Rhett asks if Sherman has 100,000 men and Johnston only 40,000, including the returned deserters. Mrs. Meade says there are no deserters in the Confederate army. Rhett corrects himself; by “deserters” he...
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Chapter 20
...Melanie says she’s been having pains; she’ll give birth today. She asks Scarlett to fetch Mrs. Meade , not Dr. Meade.
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Chapter 21
Scarlett sends Prissy to get Mrs. Meade and then sits down for breakfast. Her heart beats so fast that she can’t eat....
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Chapter 22
...several hours, she wonders if Sherman has reached Atlanta yet. Scarlett sends Prissy to get Mrs. Meade . Prissy returns alone: Phil is dead and Mrs. Meade is trying to bury him...
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Chapter 23
...arms forever. He wipes her eyes with his handkerchief and suggests that Melanie stay with Mrs. Meade . When Scarlett refuses to leave her, Rhett suggests they put a feather bed in...
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Chapter 28
Frank says that many Atlanta residents such as Mrs. Merriwether and Mrs. Meade are returning to Atlanta, living in tents while they rebuild their homes. Frank insists that...
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Chapter 39
...when she heard Gerald was dead. She’s wearing an ill-fitting mourning dress she borrowed from Mrs. Meade and has only a small bag with her. She doesn’t want anyone to see her...
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Chapter 46
Dr. Meade is so ashamed about how he’d been saved that he says to Mrs. Meade that he’d rather have been hanged. To his shock, Mrs. Meade says it’s more important...
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