George G. Meade
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- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Wars, Battles, American Civil War, Civil Wars, Coups
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
Article abstract: Military significance: Meade, named commander of the Army of the Potomac just days before the decisive Battle of Gettysburg in July, 1863, has been criticized for not taking advantage of General Robert E. Lee’s retreat to counterattack and perhaps hasten the end of the Civil War.
George G. Meade, an 1835 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, first saw combat as an army engineer during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). He began the American Civil War (1861-1865) as a brigadier general in charge of a Pennsylvania brigade of...
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