George Meade served as a Union General during the American Civil War. One of his major accomplishments was defeating General Robert E. Lee at the famous Battle of Gettysburg.
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Major General George G. Meade was in command of the Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Fort George G. Meade was created in 1917.
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.
The Union forces under General George G. Meade.
Major General George G. Meade.
The commander of the Union army at Gettysburg was Major General George G. Meade.
Major General George G. Meade led the Army of the Potomac into the Battle of Gettysburg. The army was large and other commanding generals reporting to General Meade included the following generals who commanded Corps:1. Reynolds 2. Hancock 3. Sickles 4. Sedgwick 5. Sykes 6. Sedgwick 7. Slocum and 8. Cavalry Corps Slocum.In total Meade commanded troops numbering 86,000 men.
George Meade commanded the Union forces at Gettysburg.
Union General George Meade still believed that a "peninsula campaign" was the best way to assault Richmond. Meade did not press his ideas because of the 1862 failed Peninsula campaign of General George B. McClellan.