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	George Meade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meade served in the Mexican War, assigned to the staffs of Generals Zachary Taylor, William J. Worth, and Robert Patterson, and was brevetted to first lieutenant for gallant conduct at the Battle of Monterrey.
		Meade was promoted from captain to brigadier general of volunteers on August 31, 1861, a few months after the start of the Civil War, based on the strong recommendation of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin.
		Meade assumed his crucial command while Lee's Army of Northern Virginia was invading Pennsylvania and, as a former corps commander, had little knowledge of the disposition of the rest of his new army.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/George_Meade (1787 words)

	George Meade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		General Hooker, like one of Meade's previous superiors, Major General George B. McClellan, was too timid in his force deployment, leaving Meade's effective division in reserve for most of the Battle of Chancellorsville, contributing to the Union defeat.
		Meade was criticized by President Abraham Lincoln and others for not aggressively pursuing the Confederates during their retreat.
		Meade died in Philadelphia on November 6, 1872, due to complications from his old wounds, combined with pneumonia, and is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
	www.selma.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/George_G._Meade (1338 words)

	Biography of General George Gordon Meade
		Meade was assigned to command a brigade of Pennsylvania volunteers and it was during this time that he began a friendship with John Reynolds who was from Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
		Meade was placed in command of a division of the "Pennsylvania Reserves" and led them at the Battle of South Mountain and then at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862.
		Meade's promotion came while the army was embroiled in the siege of Petersburg and Richmond, which lasted through the fall of 1864 until April 1865 when Lee ordered the defenses abandoned and his army to retreat to Danville.
	www.nps.gov /gett/getttour/sidebar/meadebio.htm (1561 words)

	GEORGE GORDON MEADE - LoveToKnow Article on GEORGE GORDON MEADE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At Fredericksburg he and his division won great distinction by their attack on the position held by Jacksons corps, and Meade was promoted majorgeneral of volunteers, to date from the 29th of November.
		The choice was unexpected, but Meade justified it by his conduct of the operations, and in the famous three days battle he inflicted a complete defeat on General Lees army.
		After the war Meade commanded successively the military division of the Atlantic, the department of the east, the third military district (Georgia and Alabama) and the department of the south.
	95.1911encyclopedia.org /M/ME/MEADE_GEORGE_GORDON.htm (527 words)

	Fort George G. Meade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort George G. Meade, 5 miles (8 km) northeast of the town of Laurel, Maryland, is an active US Army installation.
		The fort is named for General George Meade, a Union Army general in the United States Civil War.
		Fort Meade was used as a basic training post and a prisoner of war camp during World War II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_George_G._Meade (247 words)

	The American Civil War, George Meade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Meade was a Philadelphia American army officer who played a critical role in the American Civil War by defeating the Confederate Army at Gettysburg, Pa. (July 1863).
		Although Meade retained command of the Army of the Potomac until the end of the war, his independence of action was sharply curtailed after March 1864, when General Ulysses S. Grant was placed in command of all Union forces.
		Meade was respected by his associates though he engaged in frequent quarrels.
	www.history-world.org /george_meade.htm (271 words)

	Meet General Meade
		Meade became ill with fever while in Florida and was reassigned to the Watertown Arsenal in Massachusetts for administrative duties and to recover his health.
		Lieutenant Meade was eventually promoted to captain and for the next ten years spent time in surveying and design work for lighthouses and participating in the 1850's Campaign against the Seminole Indians in Florida.
		A dry-throated Meade rode to the scene and uttered a hoarse "Hurrah!" at the news of the Confederate repulse.
	www.nps.gov /gett/gettkidz/gkbios/meade.htm (1137 words)

	About George G. Meade
		George Gordon Meade was born on December 31, 1815 in Cadiz, Spain.
		George Meade was appointed to the 3rd U.S. Artillery.
		In Florida, George Meade became ill and was reassigned to the Watertown Arsenal in the state of Massachusetts for administrative duties and to recover his health.
	www.georgemeade.8m.com /about.html (908 words)

	Military Career of General Meade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Meade was then assigned to command the Division of the Atlantic, headquartered in Philadelphia, where at his own request, he could remain with his family in his native city, while overseeing all military affairs.
		George G. Meade, scientist, inventor, scholar, warrior, diplomat, gentleman of highest virtue, a true patriot and hero of his country died of pneumonia brought on by the lingering effects of that wound on November 6, 1872, and passed to his reward.
		Meade was so surprised by the visit that when he first awoke to find the man in his tent, his first thought was that he was being placed under arrest, and he tried foggily to remember what he could have possibly done to deserve it.
	www.generalmeadesociety.org /military.html (6838 words)

	George Meade: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The battle of gettysburg (july 1-3, 1863), fought in and around the town of gettysburg, pennsylvania, as part of the gettysburg campaign, was...
		Meade was criticized by President Abraham Lincoln[Click link for more facts about this topic] and others for not aggressively pursuing the Confederates during their retreat.
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/g/ge/george_meade.htm (3677 words)

	The Civil War Zone \| George G. Meade
		The Union victor at Gettysburg, George Meade rates as a solid, if unspectacular, commander, cautious and careful in the field despite his ungovernable temper.
		In June 1863, Meade was chosen by Lincoln to replace Hooker as a commander of the Army of the Potomac, a position he quickly accepted.
		Meade remained in nominal command of the Army of the Potomac after Grant came east in 1864.
	www.civilwarzone.com /GeorgeMeade.html (172 words)

	George Gordon Meade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Promoted to brigadier general, Meade was given command of a Pennsylvania brigade and participated in the battles of Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, and White Oak Swamp.
		Meade commanded the V Corps at Chancellorsville, and on June 28, 1862, while the Army of the Potomac was tracking the Confederate movement into Pennsylvania, Meade was surprised to be appointed to command the Army of the Potomac.
		After the war, Meade was given a series of difficult Southern commands in which he tried to administer reconstruction policies with fairness and sensitivity.
	www.us-civilwar.com /meade.htm (357 words)

	George Meade
		George Meade, the son of a United States naval agent, was born in Cadiz, Spain, on 31st December, 1815.
		Meade took part in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run and the the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, 1863.
		George Meade died of pneumonia in Philadelphia on 6th November, 1872.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USACWmeade.htm (811 words)

	Military.com Content
		In the late spring of 1863, Meade's Fifth Army Corps was bivouacked at Frederick, Md., during their pursuit of the Army of Northern Virginia.
		Meade was given command of the Army of the Potomac on June 28, and just three days later, the two great armies met on the battleground of Gettysburg, Pa.
		Meade's final promotion was to major general, and he continued in active duty after the war.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_meade_bkp (468 words)

	Major General George Gordon Meade
		George Gordon Meade, the victor of Gettysburg, was born of American parents in Cadiz, Spain.
		Meade recovered in time to rejoin his brigade for the Federal loss at 2nd Bull Run, and commanded a division at South Mountain and Antietam.
		After Lee launched his invasion of Pennsylvania, Meade was chosen to succeed Hooker in command of the army a scant three days before the Battle of Gettysburg, after Major General John Reynolds declined the post.
	www.swcivilwar.com /meade.html (623 words)

	Gen. George Meade
		Meade would later be criticized for his failure to follow up his victory at Gettysburg with a knockout blow to Lee’s beleaguered army.
		Meade"s leadership at the Battle of Gettysburg was characteristic of his exemplary service to his country.
		In this portrait of Meade I tried to evoke the strong character of the General and his air of dignity, which was described by so many of his peers.
	www.paulmartinart.com /GenGeorgeMeade.html (1261 words)

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		George Gordon Meade, whose defensive strategy at the Battle of Gettysburg proved a major factor in turning the tide of the Civil War in favor of the North.
		Fort Meade became a training center during World War II, its ranges and other facilities were used by more than 200 units and approximately 3.5 million men between 1942 and 1946.
		One key post-World War II event at Fort Meade was the transfer of the Second U.S. Army Headquarters from Baltimore to Fort Meade on June 15, 1947.
	www.mdw.army.mil /fs-i11.htm (646 words)

	George Meade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		George Meade, sometimes referred to as a "goggle-eyed snapping turtle," became the fifth, and last, Commander of the Army of the Potomac on 28 June 1863, succeeding Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker.
		Meade and his aides arrived on the scene at Gettysburg late in the night of 1- 2 July, at the end of the first day's fighting.
		Meade correctly remarked to John Gibbon, after a meeting of all of the commanders, that the center of the Union lines would be the objective of July 3d's action.
	schwartz.eng.auburn.edu /ACW/lrtmap.docs/meade.html (277 words)

	General George Gordon Meade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Meade was promoted to brigadier general of volunteers on 31 August 1861 at the insistence of Pennsylvania Governor Andrew Curtin, and was given a brigade of Pennsylvania infantry.
		Meade and his brigade joined the Army of the Potomac in the spring of 1862 during the Peninsula campaign, where he was severely wounded twice during the battle of Glendale.
		Meade was rewarded with the rank of major general in the Regular Army, only after William T. Sherman and Phillip Sheridan, the latter Meade's subordinate, had been appointed.
	www.netreach.net /~cwlm/aug97.html (478 words)

	George Gordon Meade (1815-1872)
		Meade's short temper earned him notoriety, and while he was respected by most of his peers, he was not well-loved by his army.
		Colonel Haskell described him as "A tall, spare man, with full beard, which, with his hair, originally brown, is quite thickly sprinkled with gray, has a Romanish face, a very large nose, and a white large forehead, prominent and wide over the eyes, which are full and large and quick in their movements,.
		One of Meade's staff officers, Colonel James C. Biddle stated in an address in May of 1888, "He will be remembered with admiration not only for his military achievement.
	www.thelatinlibrary.com /chron/civilwarnotes/meade.html (1540 words)

	GEORGEGORDONMEADE, USA
		George Gordon Meade was born on December 31, 1815, in Cádiz, Spain, while his father was working as a naval agent for the US.
		The resulting financial difficulties required young George Meade to withdraw from school in Philadelphia and attend a school in Washington, D.C. Salmon P. Chase, later a Union politician, led the school.
		Meade was awarded a Thanks of Congress for his efforts to repel the Army of Northern Virginia.
	www.multied.com /Bio/UGENS/USAMeade.html (675 words)

	George Meade (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Meade was born December 31, 1815, in Cadiz, Spain.
		When U.S. Grant was apponted general-in-chief, Meade remained in command of the Army of the Potomac, although Grant dictated the strategy.
		George Meade was promoted to major general near the end of the war.
	nps-vip.net /history/portraits/meade_george.htm (164 words)

	Fort George G. Meade
		Fort George G. Meade has a total of 2,862 sets of quarters, of which 488 are allocated to officers and 2,374 to enlisted personnel.
		Fort Meade also maintains historically significant structures which are eligible for inclusion on the National Register and may be directly affected by the actions proposed in the long range Master Plan.
		Fort Meade is also home to eleven State Endangered Species, including the Glassy Darter which is one of only two locations in the State of Maryland where the fish is known to exist.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/fort-meade.htm (1788 words)

	George Meade
		Each of General George Meade's accomplishments had one major effect on how life is today.
		To start, if Meade had not defeated Lee at the Second Battle of Bull Run the war would not have started off positively for the North.
		Secondly, Meade's defeat of Lee at the accidental Gettysburg.
	www.studyworld.com /george_meade.htm (587 words)

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