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What year did Union General Meade graduate from West Point?
Union General George Gordon Meade graduated from West Point in 1835. Meade ranked 19th in a graduating class of 56 cadets. Meade is best known for his victory at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Did Union General George G. Meade fight at the Battle of Antietam?
West point graduate George G. Meade fought at the Battle of Antietam. He was a brigadier general under the command of Corps commander Joseph Hooker. Meade led the Third Division of Hooker's First Corps.
When did Union General George Gordon Meade graduate from West Point?
Union General George Gordon Meade graduated from West Point in 1835. He was ranked 19th among his class of 56 graduating cadets. Meade is most famous for his victory in the Battle of Gettysburg. Some historians believe that Meade was under rated by President Lincoln because Meade was not able to totally destroy the Army of Northern Virginia when it had a chance to do so. The victory at Gettysburg was vital to the defeat of the South. Perhaps better said is that if Meade had lost that battle, it's clear the North would have perhaps been forced to disengage the war.
George Armstrong Custer's education?
Custer was a graduate of the Military Academy at West Point.
Which famous American general and president did not attend West Point?
George Washington. West Point had not been created.Note to earlier poster- Grant did graduate from West Point.
What was the name of the Military training ground for Jefferson Davis and George meade?
Both were regular army officers trained at West Point.
What West Point class did Confederate General George Edward Pickett graduate from?
Confederate General George Edward Pickett graduated with the West point class of 1846. He ranked last in his class of 59 students.
Where did George A. Custer get his formal military training?
He was a West Point graduate. The term Point Man may have originated at the academy, come to think of it!
What is the average salary of a West Point graduate?
A current West Point graduate becomes a 2nd lieutenant with a salary of $69,000 per year.
When did Union General Joseph Hooker graduate from West Point?
Union General Joseph Hooker graduated from West Point in 1837. He ranked 29th in his graduating class of 50 cadets. Hooker became a well known general and reached his peak when Lincoln appointed him to command the Army of the Potomac. Sadly for him, he lost the key Battle of Chancellorsville in May of 1863. He was replaced as the commander of the Army of the Potomac by General George Meade.
When did George Armstrong Custer graduate from West Point?
Graduated LAST in his class in 1863.
What prominent West Point graduate led an expedition to survey possible transcontiental railway routes to California?
In 1853, Secretary of War Jefferson Davis needed a well regarded West Point graduate to survey possible routes of a transcontinental railway to California. He had George B. McClellan lead an expedition to the west to accomplish this.
