Battles & Leaders of the Civil War: Meade at Gettysburg (Illustrated Edition)

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th Century, Military
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Author: Francis A. Walker ISBN: 9781619829718
Publisher: Charles River Editors Publication: February 20, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Francis A. Walker
ISBN: 9781619829718
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Publication: February 20, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer. During the Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to command of the Army of the Potomac just days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Naturally, he is best known for defeating Lees Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg in July 1863. Meade's Civil War combat experience started as a brigade commander in the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles. As a division commander he had notable success at the Battle of South Mountain and assumed temporary corps command at the Battle of Antietam after Fighting Joe Hooker was injured in the morning of the Battle. His division was arguably the most successful during the assaults at the Battle of Fredericksburg. In 186465, Meade continued to command the Army of the Potomac through the Overland Campaign, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign, but he was overshadowed by the direct supervision of the general in chief, Ulysses S. Grant, who accompanied him throughout these campaigns. He also suffered from a reputation as a man of short, violent temper who was hostile toward the press and received hostility in return. After the war he commanded several important departments during Reconstruction. In one of the articles from the well known Battles & Leaders series, General Francis A. Walker wrote an account of Meades experience and actions during the Battle of Gettysburg. This edition of Meade at Gettysburg is specially formatted with pictures of Gettysburgs important commanders.
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George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 November 6, 1872) was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer. During the Civil War he served as a Union general, rising from command of a brigade to command of the Army of the Potomac just days before the Battle of Gettysburg. Naturally, he is best known for defeating Lees Army of Northern Virginia at Gettysburg in July 1863. Meade's Civil War combat experience started as a brigade commander in the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles. As a division commander he had notable success at the Battle of South Mountain and assumed temporary corps command at the Battle of Antietam after Fighting Joe Hooker was injured in the morning of the Battle. His division was arguably the most successful during the assaults at the Battle of Fredericksburg. In 186465, Meade continued to command the Army of the Potomac through the Overland Campaign, the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign, and the Appomattox Campaign, but he was overshadowed by the direct supervision of the general in chief, Ulysses S. Grant, who accompanied him throughout these campaigns. He also suffered from a reputation as a man of short, violent temper who was hostile toward the press and received hostility in return. After the war he commanded several important departments during Reconstruction. In one of the articles from the well known Battles & Leaders series, General Francis A. Walker wrote an account of Meades experience and actions during the Battle of Gettysburg. This edition of Meade at Gettysburg is specially formatted with pictures of Gettysburgs important commanders.

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