Marcus F. Wright's Civil War Bios -  General George Gordon Meade

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                                   MEADE
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   MEADE, GEN. GEORGE GORDON, born of American parents in Cadiz, Spain,
   December 30, 1815. Graduated at West Point 1835. Became a civil
   engineer, but re-entered United States army in 1842. Served on staffs
   of Scott and Taylor during the Mexican war. Entered the Civil war in
   command of a brigade, and soon commanded a division. Led his division
   through the Seven Days' battle on the Peninsula, being severly wounded
   at Glendale. Fought at Antietam, and distinguished himself at
   Fredericksburg. Commanded the fifth corps at Chancellorsville.
   Succeeded Hooker in command of the entire army, while it was marching
   to check Lee's invasion of Pennsylvania. Fought the battle of
   Gettysburg, compelling Lee to retreat across the Potomac. When Grant
   assumed general command in 1864, he retained Meade in his command of
   the Army of the Potomac, and he led his forces through all the battles
   from Wilderness to Petersburg, and in all the operations which led to
   the surrender of Lee. He attained the rank of major-general in the
   regulat army, and commanded the military division of the Atlantic
   until his death at Philadelphia November 6, 1872.