George Meade
Sign in to saveUnited States Army general and civil engineer (1815–1872)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1843
- Died
- 1897
- Works
- 3
Top works
- John Gambling presents George Meade's New York
- The Life and Letters of General George Gordon Meade
- Did General Meade desire to retreat at the battle of Gettysburg?
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,581x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 47,587x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 39,882x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 26,803x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 22,965x
via Crossref · CC0
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 31 December 1815
- Died
- 6 November 1872
via Wikidata · CC0
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
Article
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.