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George Meade
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United States Army general and civil engineer (1815–1872)
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George Meade was a male military personnel and engineer born in Cádiz in 1815. He held citizenship in the United States and Spain. Educated at the United States Military Academy, he began his work period in 1835. He served in the Union Army and the United States Army, achieving the rank of brigadier general. His allegiance was to the United States.
Meade participated in the Seminole Wars, the Mexican-American War, the American Civil War, and the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society. He was recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection. Meade died of pneumonia in Philadelphia on November 6, 1872, due to natural causes. He spoke and wrote in English.
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Key facts
- Nickname
- Old Snapping Turtle
- Born
- George Gordon Meade , ( 1815-12-31 ) December 31, 1815, Cádiz , Spain
- Died
- November 6, 1872 (1872-11-06) (aged 56), Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Buried
- Laurel Hill Cemetery , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Allegiance
- United States of America
- Branch
- United States Army
- Service years
- 1831–1836, 1842–1872
- Rank
- Major General , Major General (Volunteers)
- Commands
- United States Lake Survey , I Corps , V Corps , Army of the Potomac , Military Division of the Atlantic , Department of the South , Third Military District
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- George
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Cádiz
- Place of death
- Philadelphia
- Occupation
- engineer
- Educated at
- United States Military Academy
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Conflict
- Battle of Gettysburg
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Military rank
- brigadier general
- Image
- George G. Meade Standing.jpg
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- Commons category
- George Meade
- date of birth
- 1815-12-31
- date of death
- 1872-11-06
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- George Meade
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- allegiance
- United States
- start of work period
- 1835-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was an American military officer who served in the United States Army and the Union army as a major general in command of the Army of the Potomac during the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He fought in many of the key battles of the eastern theater and defeated the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg.
He was born in Cádiz, Spain, to a wealthy Philadelphia merchant family and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1835. He fought in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. He served in the United States Army Corps of Topographical Engineers and directed construction of lighthouses in Florida and New Jersey from 1851 to 1856 and the United States Lake Survey from 1857 to 1861.
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