George Meade
Military Commander
1815 – 1872
Who was George Meade?
George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in coastal construction, including several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican-American War. During the American Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to the Army of the Potomac. He is best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Meade's Civil War combat experience started as a brigade commander in the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles, including the Battle of Glendale, where he was wounded severely. As a division commander he had notable success at the Battle of South Mountain and assumed temporary corps command at the Battle of Antietam. His division was arguably the most successful during the assaults at the Battle of Fredericksburg.
During the Gettysburg Campaign, he was appointed to command the Army of the Potomac just three days before the Battle of Gettysburg, but was able to organize his forces to fight a successful defensive battle against Robert E. Lee.
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- Born
- Dec 31, 1815
Cádiz - Also known as
- George Gordon Meade
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- United States Military Academy
- Died
- Nov 6, 1872
Philadelphia - Resting place
- Laurel Hill Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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